Ela Foundation is a non-government registered charity devoted to nature education and conservation.
Ela Foundation’s Centers : (at Pingori, Taluka Purandar, Pune, Maharashtra, India.)
- “Ela Habitat” – Our Field Station
- “Ela Center for Education, Research and Training”
- “Center for Ornithology”
- “Prakruti” – Rural Community Health Center.
- “OENSL” – “Ornithology, Ethno-Ornithology & Natural Sounds Laboratory ” – (at Pune)
Some of the major projects executed by us are:
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES –
✦We conduct the unique ‘Certificate Course in Basic Ornithology’ jointly with M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Pune. The course is running since 2003 and more than 1000 participants have completed the course successfully.
✦We conduct certificate courses on “Conservation Principles in Indian Culture”, “Certificate Course in WildLife Photography” and “Rural Outreach Programs for Habitat Conservation”.
✦We conduct lectures, workshops and audio-visual presentations in urban and rural schools, colleges and institutions to promote nature conservation through education.
✦Sanskrit article कृषिवलमित्रम् (‘Krushivalmitram’) written by Dr. Suruchi Pande about the importance of owls was included in the 9th grade textbook of Maharashtra State board schools.
BIRD RINGING –
✦Ringing of Grey Herons and Painted Storks in collaboration with Forest Department, Maharashtra, and Bombay Natural History Society.
STATUS SURVEYS
DISEASE MONITORING –
✦Surveillance of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza-Bird Flu-HPAI-H5N1, in wild and migratory birds in India, jointly with National Institute of Virology, Pune since 2008.
ACTIVE NATURE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
PAPERS AND ARTICLES ON ORNITHOLOGY IN JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES –
✦More than 70 Scientific papers and several articles are published in peer-reviewed journals.
BOOKS ON WILDLIFE BY MEMBERS OF ELA FOUNDATION
PRODUCTION OF VIDEOS BASED ON ORIGINAL RESEARCH –
✦The Amazing Birdlife of Jamnagar
✦Fire Brigade to the Rescue of Grey Herons
✦Fostering the Bonelli’s Eagle
✦Eagle’s Nest-A Rescue
✦Secret Life of the Screech Owl
✦Coral Island Lakshadweep-A Threatened Paradise
✦Red-headed Falcon: Fight for Survival
✦Bird ringing of herons and storks at Bhadalwadi
✦Kingdom of the Eagle Owl-The enigmatic life of Bubo bengalensis is depicted for the first time on screen.
COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH INSTITUTIONS –
Zoological Survey of India, Indian Coast Guard, Forest Department, Maharashtra, Bombay Natural History Society, National Institute of Virology, Pune, Ecological Society, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Governments of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh; Tata Power Company; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.etc.
FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES –
info@elafoundation.org