2008

In order to enhance conservation awareness amongst the school children, the WII in collaboration with the Friends of the Doon (FoD) conducted a 'Wildlife and Environment Quiz' programme. A total of thirteen schools in Dehradun participated in the programme, which was conducted during the Wildlife Week on October 1, 2008 in two rounds. The final round of the quiz was held on the same day in which teams from Brightlands School, Scholar's Home, Ann Mary School, Welham Girls School and Summer Valley School participated. Brightlands School (Akshay K. Sharma, Saumaric Satyavrat Dangwal & Atreyi Bhattacharya), Ann Mary School (Debayan Chakraborty, Arpita Choudhury & Sukriti Jolly) and Welham Girls School (Pooja Elangbam, Iva Dixit & Richa Gupta) bagged the first, second and third prize respectively. Shri S.K Mukherjee, former Director, WII, gave the WII-FoD Trophy to Brightlands School and distributed prizes to the winning teams.