Events
18-21 October, 2026
From 18th October to 21st October, Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and volunteers were invited as resource persons for the Conservation Proficiency Course 2026 organized by the Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore. The field visit was conducted in Coorg, Karnataka where the course fellows were introduced to the work and contributions of the Director and his team to bat conservation in South Asia, bat biology, and successful conservation practices.
9 October, 2026
On 9th October, 2026 Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS, representing Osmania University was awarded as Changemaker at Saahas-2025 held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, recognizing the efforts of the University in establishing the 2-tonne capacity Biogas plant and ensuring its continued operation at the campus for over 800 days. The successful initiative continues to inspire the development of innovative and practical environmental solutions to implement the principles of circularity and sustainability.
4 October, 2026
On 4th October 2026, CBCS organized a second Nature Journaling session under Perspectives, to celebrate Wildlife Week, led by Ananditha Pascal. This time the event also saw the participation of curious students from the Department of Zoology, who were led to lean away from scientifically identifying species, to being more aware and appreciative of the beauty of Nature. With the help of open-ended prompts, participants spent their time moving around the landscape behind the Centre’s building, observing tiny flowers, herbs, rocks, bird calls, and butterflies. While some of them sketched and drew their observations, some wrote down wonderful descriptions, thoughts, and curious questions on both the nature around and themselves. The session ended with a relaxed time of sharing thoughts and reflective discussions.
2 October, 2026
As part of National Wildlife Week, the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (CBCS), in association with the Department of Zoology, Osmania University, organized a field visit to Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad for the second-year M.Sc. Zoology students. The visit was led by Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS. The students undertook a guided tour of the zoological park, with visits to the Reptile House, Nocturnal House, Fossil Park and Natural History Museum. The visit provided students with an opportunity to observe wildlife and animal enclosures and learn about animal diversity, evolution, behaviour, and natural history.
26 September, 2026
On 26th September 2026, CBCS organized its first Nature Journaling session as part of Perspectives, led by Ananditha Pascal. The session was a time of observation and immersion in nature, where participants were invited to lean away from check-listing species and instead connect themselves with the natural world, becoming more receptive and appreciative in the process. The session was led by Ananditha Pascal, who introduced participants to the process of nature journaling and provided some inviting prompts to slow down, notice, and observe. With the enthusiastic involvement of the participants and a time of sharing thoughts at the end of the session, Perspectives’ first Nature Journaling event was successful.
21 September, 2026
On 21st September 2026, Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS, and Dr. Sandhya, Joint-Director of CBCS, facilitated the launch of Osmania University’s Digital Garden, in the presence of Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Vice-Chancellor, O.U, and other imminent professors. The online database serves as a repository of the floral diversity present in the campus and is available for campus students and the public to access. The Digital Garden not only serves as a species register but also serves to spread awareness and appreciation for the floral diversity being nurtured in the green spaces of Osmania University.
12 September, 2026
Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society (HyTiCoS), in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Shehr Walk Festival and CBCS, organised a guided bat walk at Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, led by Dr. Aditya Srinivasulu. The walk received a huge participation from people from different parts of the city to not only appreciate the history of the timeless fort, but also to witness thriving populations of bats that have colonized the fort spaces for generations. They were introduced to the diversity and ecology of bats, including their identification, echolocation, roosting behaviour, feeding ecology and conservation. Participants witnessed how visual observations, acoustic detection and roost observations are used to document these bats. Large colonies of R. leschenaultii, estimated at 1,000–1,500 individuals, were observed at the fort during their remarkable evening emergence. The walk highlighted the importance of heritage structures such as Golconda Fort as wildlife habitats and helped participants understand the ecological role of bats in urban ecosystems.
11 July, 2026
As part of the fourth season of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas (HBA), a bird survey was conducted around the campus of Osmania University. The survey was led by Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and involved 11 participants. Four 15-minute checklists were completed across the campus, with observations documented and finalized to be added to the HBA database through eBird. A total of 56 bird species were recorded, including the Pied Cuckoo, Brahminy Starling and Indian Paradise Flycatcher. Photographs were also collected during the survey, contributing to the ongoing systematic documentation of avian diversity in Hyderabad.
28 June, 2026
On the 28th of June 2026, a bat walk at KBR National Park was organized in collaboration with the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society (HYTICOS) as part of their Last Urban Green Spaces (LUNGS) initiative. Dr. Aditya Srinivasulu – speaker for the session – led a group of curious participants to observe, understand, and appreciate the presence and diversity of bats around us. Dr. Aditya explained the details of bat echolocation, the tech required to detect their presence, and other wonders of bat ecology and behaviour. The walk not only included sighting bat species in action but also involved insightful questions and discussions among the group, making the session a successful outreach event.
25 april, 2026
A nocturnal walk was organized in collaboration with HYTICOS and the Osmania Biodiversity Club (OBC), as walk number 13, part of the LUNGS initiative. The walk was led by Dr. Aditya Srinivasulu and Mr. Nandakumar Palle. Participants were introduced to the nuances of bat-behaviour, bat echolocation, and how detecting these echolocation calls works through the use of bat-detector tools. This was followed by a trail through the Landscape Garden, Osmania University, where bats were spotted, their calls visualized and species identified via these calls. Further down the trail, other nocturnal creatures like spiders, moths, and geckos were spotted and identified.
24 APRIL, 2026
On the 24th of April, 2026, CBCS in collaboration with WWF-Hyderabad, facilitated the launch of the City Nature Challenge for the year 2026. The 4-day event involved citizens of the city actively documenting and identifying species in Hyderabad city, and uploading it on the iNaturalist portal. The event held every year, encourages citizen-participation in biodiversity documentation and nature-connectedness among the general public.
14 February, 2026
On the 14th of February, 2026, CBCS in collaboration with the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society (HYTICOS) and the Osmania Biodiversity Club (OBC) organized a bat walk as part of the Last Urban Green Spaces (LUNGS) initiative. The session was led by Dr. Aditya Srinivasulu, who led a group of curious participants, introducing them to the world of bat behaviour, biology and ecology. This was followed by a demonstration of how bat-detector tools work, followed by a trail in the Landscape Garden, Osmania University.
7 February, 2026
The first birding session at CBCS for the year 2026 was conducted in the campus, on 7th February as part of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas 2026. A team of 10 enthusiastic birders and volunteers was led by the Director, Prof. C. Srinivasulu and around 42 species of birds were identified and recorded along the campus trail.
25 October, 2025
Staring from October, through November and December, 2025, CBCS conducted its first set of classes as part of a short course on Wildlife Study Techniques with the MSc students from the Department of Zoology, Osmania University. The session was led by Prof. C. Srinivasulu and Dr. Aditya Srinivasulu, who introduced students to fundamental ecological survey methods, habitat mapping in QGIS, and population sampling methods. The classroom-based discussions and demonstrations were complemented by outdoor sessions, allowing students to gain hands-on exposure.
28 August, 2025
CBCS launched Perspectives, an exciting new series designed to make science more accessible and engaging for learners and enthusiasts. The program involves two formats. “Discussions” held online every second Thursday, are open-table conversations on scientific work and developments. On every fourth Thursday, “Talks” hosted both online and at OU-CBCS involve invited speakers delivering 45-minute lectures tailored to non-specialist audiences, followed by interactive Q&A sessions. The first Talks session was held on 28th August, 2025, led by Dr. Bhargavi Srinivasulu, who spoke about research communication and publication ethics, followed by a wonderful Q&A round!
10 July, 2025
Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University has received the ACE Award 2025 under the Higher Education Institutions Category. By bestowing this award, the International Council for Circular Economy (IC-CE) has recognized the University for promoting circular economy via the OU-Mahalaxmi Biogas Plant. This Biogas Plant has been established in Ladies Hostel Complex of the University in collaboration with SASHAS NGO, through the support of KPMG, India. The Centre has played a critical role in establishing the Biogas Plant on campus to convert organic waste in to biogas thus reducing wastage.
6-5 July, 2025
A monsoon birding session was conducted by CBCS as part of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas, in the campus of Osmania University. The session was led by Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS. Several enthusiastic birders participated in the walk and successfully identified 44 species of birds together. Another birding session was also conducted in Uppal.
29 June, 2025
On the 29th of June, 2025 a macro-photography and nature walk session was organized in collaboration with Hyderabad Birding Pals, Telangana Photography Society and Osmania Biodiversity Club (OBC). Participants included both students, enthusiasts and experts, who engaged in identifying, documenting, photographing species around the CBCS premises, and learning from other experienced participants about the nuances of macro-photography.
5 June, 2025
On the occasion of World Environment Day, a plantation program was conducted around the CBCS campus. Led by Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS, the staff of CBCS and the members of the Osmania Biodiversity Club participated.
21 May, 2025
On the occasion of Biodiversity Day, a snake awareness poster was released by Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University along with Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and other imminent professors. The poster presented information on the common venomous snakes found in Peninsular India and the first aid steps to be taken for snakebites.
27 April, 2025
The Centre organized a community awareness session on bats, followed by a bat walk. The session included insights of bat behaviour, their echolocation calls and a demonstration on the use of bat detectors. On the night walk around the campus through Oxygen Park, participants were guided and successfully identified seven species of bats.
7 April, 2025
The first e-vehicle was dedicated to the service of the OU-Mahalaxmi Biogas Plant by Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. G. Naresh Reddy, Registrar, Prof. S. Jithender Naik, OSD to VC, Prof. R. Rajashekar Reddy, Director, Infrastructure, Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director, CBCS and other administrative officers of the university.
23 February, 2025
The closing ceremony of the first season of Hyderabad Bird Atlas was conducted to celebrate the contributions of all enthusiastic birders and experts who participated in this first ever endeavour in Hyderabad city. Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and Dr. Bhargavi Srinivasulu also participated in the survey and were recognized for their contributions to the survey.
20-22 February, 2025
The National Youth Biodiversity Conference for the year 2025 was hosted by the Telangana Biodiversity Board. It was held at Kanha Shanti Vanam, Ranga Reddy and was attended by 70 postgraduate students from across India. Packed with hands-on activities and exhaustive sessions, the conference engaged the participants on biodiversity conservation issues, benefit-sharing, law and policy and sustainable development. Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS was a speaker on the 2nd day of NYBC, engaging the audience on bats and their ecological importance. He also interacted with the participants and mentored them on biodiversity conservation.
16 February, 2025
As a part of the Hyderabad Bird Atlas surveys, CBCS conducted a winter birding session along with enthusiastic participants, volunteers and the members of the Osmania Biodiversity Club.
30 January, 2025
Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and Dr. V. Bhaskar Reddy, Joint-Director of CBCS facilitated the relaunch of the Osmania Biodiversity Club, in the presence of Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Vice-Chancellor, O.U and other imminent professors. The relaunch encouraged interested students of the university, irrespective of departments, to join the club, learn and participate in its activities.
16 December, 2024
The Mahalaxmi Biogas Plant of Osmania University was inaugurated by Prof. Kumar Molugaram, Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University in the presence of Prof. G. Naresh Reddy, Registrar, Prof. S. Jithender Kumar Naik, OSD to VC, and Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS. Dr. Kalyana Lakshmi, Director, Ladies Hostel, Dr. K. Srinivas, Chief Warden, Mr. Devand Bhandari, CSR Partner, KPMG, Mr. Rajbir Singh, Director of SAAHAS NGO, and Mr. Devender Ahuja, Managing Director of Ahuja Engineering Services were also present.
22 November, 2024
As the part of the new initiative towards converting organic and food waste into the biogas for use at kitchens in Women’s Hostel Complex, a new Biogas Plant is being established under the CSR initiative through the Centre. Director of CBCS, Prof. C. Srinivasulu inaugurated the biogas stoves.
22 May, 2023
The Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies received its new building on 22nd May 2025. The building was inaugurated by Prof. D. Ravinder, Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University, in the presence of Prof. C. Srinivasulu, Director of CBCS and other administrative officers, marking a significant milestone for CBCS.
22 May, 2021
An essay writing competition was organized by the Centre on the theme ‘I’m part of the solution’ to address and identify the role of every citizen towards conservation of biodiversity. Many participants from various UG and PG colleges across Telangana sent in their entries and around 225 essays were received, out of which the best three were chosen.
14 March, 2021
A Bird Walk was conducted in collaboration with Hyderabad Birding Pals to document the bird diversity in the Osmania University campus. Around 60 participants belonging to various backgrounds from software engineers, academicians, homemakers, students to young children took part in this bird walk. The day witnessed six different groups who each surveyed a set area of the campus, photographed, and documented their bird observations. The Bird Walk started at 6.00 AM and progressed up until 11.00 AM in the morning during which about 78 species of birds were documented.
2– 8 October, 2020
As a part of the National Wildlife Week, 2020, celebrations, CBCS organized a series of six online talks by eminent persons from various organizations. More than 40 participants registered for the online series covering various topics and subject areas of biodiversity conservation. Speakers included Mr. Avinash Vishwanath, Ms. Farida Tampal, Mr. Sriram Reddy, Mr. Ravikanth Mancheriyala, Mr. Imran Siddiqui, and Dr. Chelmala Srinivasulu. The video lectures are available on the CBCS YouTube channel.
5 May, 2020
CBCS organized an online awareness campaign by creating posters in 12 different languages to generate public awareness that bats do not directly cause COVID – 19 and are not the culprits for the ongoing pandemic.
13 – 17 January, 2020
The workshop was conducted in collaboration with the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK. Participants learned new techniques about the identification, ecology, statistics, phylogenetics, and conservation of bats. Resource persons for the workshop included Dr. Chelmala Srinivasulu, Dr. Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Dr. Harpreet Kaur, Mr. Aditya Srinivasulu, Prof. Gareth Jones, Dr. Matt Zeale, and Dr. Lia Gilmour.
26 July, 2019
A tree plantation program was in the Central facilities for Research and development (CFRD) premises in Osmania University Campus. A total of 80 saplings of native trees were planted.
20 June, 2019
This workshop (Training Workshop on Mobile GIS for Field Data Collection and Mapping in Biodiversity Conservation) was conducted to make participants learn ways of documenting biodiversity in their vicinity by recording observation on their mobile phones, using apps and websites like iNaturalist.
