The Chennai Snake Park Trust celebrated its Founders Day on June 21 at the Chennai Snake Park campus. Chief guest K.S.S.V.P. Reddy, IFS (Retd.) – Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, inaugurated the newly constructed learning centre building, in the presence of V. Naganathan, IFS – Additional Principal Conservator of Forest.
Dr.S.Paulraj IFS (Retd.) – Executive Chairman of the Trust delivered the keynote address. Photos of former chief functionaries of the Trust (A.N.Jagannatha Rao, B.Vijayaraghavan, IAS., Retd. and S.Subbrayalu, IFS, Retd.) were also unveiled at the event by K.V.Sudhakar – President of Madras Naturalists’ Society, Dr.V.Kalaiarasan – Trustee and Director (Research) and Dr.V.Naganathan, IFS – Additional Principal Conservator of Forest.
The A.N.Jaganatha Rao & Sally Walker Endowment Award was awarded to:
- B.Rathinasabapathy, Ecologist, FBH, Hyderabad – A.N.Jaganatha Rao Endowment Award-2022;
- Dr.R.Aengals, Scientist (Retd), ZSI, Chennai – A.N.Jaganatha Rao Endowment Award- 2023;
- N.Baskar, Biologist (Retd), TNFD, Chennai – A.N.Jaganatha Rao Endowment Award-2024;
- Dr.B.A.Daniel, Director, LIFE-India- Sally Walker Endowment Award-2023;
- Dr.C.Venkatraman, Scientist, ZSI, Chennai – Sally Walker Endowment Award-2024.
