On the occasion of the birth centenary year of Induchudhan (K.K.Neelakantan), Mr. P.K.Uthaman, the president of K.N.H.S, proposes to prepare an exhibition in 2023, including the photographs of the birds described in K.K.Neelakantan's famous book 'Keralathile Pakshikal'. Executive members supported it and made necessary arrangements. We went ahead knowing that collecting pictures of each species of bird described in the book would be difficult. The images of birds that have not been present in Kerala for 50 years and the images of birds that are not easily caught in camera were challenging for a few days. Blue Breasted Quail picture by Ms. Jainy Maria, Wood Snipe by Athanu Mondal were some of the rare ones among the pictures exhibited.
When bird pictures of P.K.Uthaman, Sathyan Mepayyur,CSushanth,P.Sivaprasad, Abhilash .R, AV Manoj,Dr. Balagopal V.K,Joby,Sreejesh, Abhinand C, Arun CG,Biju.P.B, Manoj P,Vivek C, Abhijit, Jayakrishnan S,Rahana Rafeek, Reshmi Verma Apitha.N and 83 other photographers pictures came, the bird photography exhibition 'Induchoodan's Birds' became a reality. It had 306 prints of 267 Bird species.
It is regrettable that some of the pictures received could not be displayed due to technical reasons.
Sri. Balan Madhavan inaugurated the photography exhibition on 20th September 2023,5.00 pm at K.C.S Panicker Gallery (Museum Auditorium),Thiruvananthapuram Mr.L. Namassivayan presided over the function.
Sri. C Sushanth gave a welcome speech. Mr. Abu S., Head of the Museum Zoo department did felicitation.Mrs. Rahana Rafeek expressed vote of thanks.
Senior bird watcher Dr. KG Raghu who was present at the ceremony was felicitated.
On the 21st Evening, Mr. K.V Uthaman delivered a commemorative lecture on the famous wildlife photographer K. Jayaram to a packed audience. This was followed by the screening of 'From Insect to Infinity' - a documentary on K Jayaram Sri Sathyan Meppayur presented the recordings of Bird songs and various calls and explained the methods and significance of audio recording and their practice to the audience on the eve of 22nd.
On 23rd, Dr. V Santharam,Ornithologist, shared his experience by presenting '25 years in Rishi Valley-Long term monitoring of birds' .
Sri. S.M Vijayanad I.A.S, Chief secretary(Rtd) ,Sri. Vinod I.F.S,Sri. Aditya Varma and several dignitaries graced the function. The event were attracted to the public.
Kerala Natural History Society, Warblers & Waders jointly organized the exhibition.
Under the leadership of senior members Mr.P.K.Uthaman ,C.Sushanth,S.Rajeevan and Blesan.S.George,members of Warblers & Waders were active in conducting the event. Shola Nature Society members stepped up.
The exhibition was prepared with the help of many well wishers including Mrs. Girija Krishnaswamy, Dr. Mohan, Mrs. Sheena, Radhakrishnan,Liza R.S,Jose K.S, Radhakrishnan J and Narayana Bhattathiri to name a few.The program concluded on 24th September 2023.
