By Kamlesh K Maurya

There are some new openings in WWF- India. Please see the links below.

• Senior Manager – Sustainable Forest Management
  http://www.wwfindia.org/work_with_us/senior_manager.cfm
• Coordinator– Water Stewardship, Kanpur Field Office
  http://www.wwfindia.org/work_with_us/coordinator_water_stewardship.cfm
• Coordinator-Water (Living Himalayas Global Initiative)
  http://www.wwfindia.org/work_with_us/coordinator_water.cfm
• Programme Coordinator- TRAFFIC India
  http://www.wwfindia.org/work_with_us/programme_coordinator_traffic_india.cfm
• Senior Project Officer – Sustainable Agriculture, Aurangabad
  http://www.wwfindia.org/work_with_us/senior_project_officer.cfm
  

Dr Kamlesh K Maurya completed his  Doctoral Degree in wildlife science from WII, where he studied the ecology of the Indian Fox (Vulpes bengalensis) to understand how the Indian fox coexist in a mid size carnivores ecosystem and various costs and benefits associated with dispersal in the Indian foxes in semi wild landscape of Kutch. After that he joined WWF India as Senior Project Officer-Tiger Conservation Programme.

By Kausik Banerjee

• Mohamed bin Zayed (MBZ) Species Conservation Fund -- Grants in Support of Endangered and Critically Endangered Species - The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund makes grants to individuals, communities, and organizations for the conservation of animal, plant, and fungi species worldwide. The Fund has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected species. Grants are up to US$25 thousand. The next application deadline is June 30, 2014. More details available at  http://www.speciesconservation.org/grants/ or mail to enquiries@mbzspeciesconservation.org

By Kausik Banerjee

• Aga Khan Foundation -- International Scholarships 2014-2015 The Aga Khan Foundation supports programs in rural development, broadly defined, in a number of developing countries. It provides scholarships and loans for postgraduate studies to outstanding students from the developing world, with priority for masters studies. The Foundation also considers applications for PhD programs in certain circumstances. Applications are invited from the following nationalities: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The application deadline is 31 March 2014. More details can be procured from http://www.akdn.org/akf_scholarships.asp. 

By Kausik Banerjee
Nature Kaleidoscope is not only a voice of young researchers at WII, it has an edifying role as well. It has often been felt at WII that majority of early or mid-career students remain perplexed about the scopes and opportunities in the conservation field. Most common FAQs humming in the campus are like these: ‘what are the international forums (seminars, meetings) where I can discuss my findings’, ‘where and when should I write for a grant proposal as my project is terminating shortly’, ‘is there any training workshop or field visit course through which I can learn something new’ and so on. Sometimes a student knows about a conference, nevertheless slips to apply for it after forgetting the deadlines. BWII recognizes these and therefore we have come up with a relevant section (News and Opportunities) shown as a white button link in the right hand side of our blog page. We would attempt to make this a regular fortnightly column where our editorial team would inform the onlookers about the upcoming events and research grants in the conservation field. We would try our best to update you well in advance so as to enable you to grab these opportunities. We would also urge our readers to enrich our repository by regularly contributing such news bytes. Finally, on behalf of BWII I welcome you to this important section of our blog. Please keep an eye on this section and avail of some top opportunities in our field.