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The ECSF extends congratulations to Puja Mishra for securing her PhD admission in Zoology, Diamond Harbour Women’s University.

Students and Scientists of the ECSF felicitated the visiting scientist Dr. Danilo Calliari (UdelaR, Uruguay) for his scientific contribution and outreach engagement with different universities of India as a scientific representative of the foundation. On that occasion Prof. S.K. Raut has expressed the validation remarks on behalf of the ECSF. The students of the foundation have gifted Dr. Danilo Calliari a token of appreciation.

Certification Ceremony of Hands-On and YECS students was held at ECSF on 24th February, 2024 . Students were handed over certificates by Dr Satyajit Dhara, Dr Danilo Calliari and Prof. S .K. Raut. ECSF wishes the best of luck to the students for their future careers.

ECSF and Diamond Harbour Women’s University jointly hosted international seminar on biological oceanography. Dr. Danilo Calliari, Associate Professor of Ecology and Environment, University of the Republic, Uruguay presented his lecture on ‘Plankton diversity and current research in Uruguayan waters of the South West Atlantic’. His seminar engaged discussions on developing estuarine studies in the Ganges. Students and faculties of the Zoology, Botany and Geography departments took part in it. The occasion was graced by the Registrar Dr. S Rahaman, SERB JC Bose Fellow Dr. C Mondal, and many other distinguish academicians. The event was jointly convened by Dr. S Das of Zoology and Dr. S Paul of ECSF. Dr. Calliari was facilitated by DHWU for his scientific contributions.

ECSF and Purbasha jointly conducted UN Ocean Decade endorsed international field workshop on ‘Socio-ecological balance of World’s largest deltaic mangroves: Perspectives of ecosystems functions and vulnerabilities’ in Indian Sundarbans on 17th and 18th Feb, 2024. The said workshop had attracted participation from universities, government officials, EIA professionals, college students and faculty members of different institutions in India. The workshop had sessions of water quality, estuarine biology, mangroves and their importance, embankments and their vulnerabilities and science communication. The workshop was convened by Dr. Sourav Paul of ECSF and Mr. Umasankar Mondal (Mangrove Man) of Purbasha Eco Helpline Society. Dr. Danilo Calliari of the University of Republic, Uruguay and Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay were engaged as the chief experts. The sessions were chaired by other experts such as Dr. Kanailal Das, Mr. Ashis Biswas, Mr. Praloy Halder and Ms. Debarati Sengupta.

Debarati Sengupta has successfully defended her research on ‘Revisiting the concept of zooplankton diversity assessment: perspectives from carracases’. Debarati has conducted this research in the estuaries of Indian Sundarbans under the joint supervision of Dr. Sourav (ECSF, India) and Dr. Danilo Calliari (UdelaR, Uruguay). Best of luck to her in her future career.

The ECSF Director Dr. Sourav Paul met the honorable High Commissioner (David Pine) as a part of extending the bilateral ties of education between India and New Zealand. On the same occasion, he met the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Otago and discussed the possibility of MoU between the foundation and the University. The said occasion was staged at the New Zealand Embassy in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Danilo Calliari a visiting scientist to the ECSF, has delivered a lecture on ‘Environmental overview of the South West Atlantic and Coastal Ecosystem Processes’ on the occasion of Darwin Day (12 February 2024) at the Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta. The lecture was attended by postgraduate students, faculties, and scientists of different colleges and universities.

An international workshop on ‘Ecosystem Dynamics of estuaries’ was conducted on Ganges estuary on 10-11 February 2024. Participants included students, researchers and professionals of various colleges of University of Calcutta, CUSAT and KUFOS Kerala, College of Fisheries (OUAT) Odisha, Linkon University of Malaysia and so. Dr. Danilo Calliari (UdelaR, Uruguay), Dr. Mahammed Moniruzzaman (KNU, India), Mr Samya Karan (ECSF) imparted the training of ecological physiology work on phytoplankton, microzooplankton, mesozooplankton and fishes on hourly basis. Demonstration team also included Jhinook Mitra, Puja Misha, Sayani Dhara who showed how to keep going for tidal and hourly basis for 24 hours studies. Participants also learned measured pulse of Ganges for every minute for 24 hours! Thanks to the sponsors who helped in kind.

Congratulations to ECSF Director Dr. Sourav Paul for his proposal for a special session being selected in prestigious ECSA60 conference which would be held at Hangzhou, China between 2 and 5 September 2024. He is all set to convene special session on ‘Response and resilience against natural hazards: science, policy and community engagement’. If you want to participate register at https://www.estuarinecoastalconference.com/description.html#8