SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOPS HELD AT/BY MCBT

1. First Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Snake Specialist Group
2. Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist group 
3. First Indian Sea Turtle Specialist Group Workshop
4. Sea turtle survey techniques workshop
5. Crocodile Conservation and Management Workshop
6. Herpetological Symposiums
7. Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Indian Crocodile Specialist Group
8. IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group- Western Asia Regional Conference
9. Andaman & Nicobar Islands- Biodiversity Conservation & Protected Area Management Planning
10. Coral reef socio-economics workshop
11. Coral reef environmental education workshop
12. Mugger surveys in Tamil Nadu
13. Field techniques, data collection & analysis training workshops
14. Captive management of the king cobra
15. Environmental education teachers training workshops
16. Sea turtle training workshop for forest department front line staff in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
17. Conservation and Action plan for freshwater Turtles and Tortoises of India. 17th– 20th October 2005, Lucknow, U P. India

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
(Committees/ Membership/ Collaboration/ Consultation/ Editorial/ Networking)

• The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
• IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group
• IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtles Specialist Group
• IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group
• IUCN/SSC Indian Subcontinent Reptile & Amphibian Group
• IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group
• IUCN/SSC Sustainable Use of  Wild Species Group
• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
• Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
• World Congress of Herpetology
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)- India & International
• Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
• Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai
• Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
• Chicago Herpetological Society, USA
• Fauna and Flora International, UK
• Development Alternatives, New Delhi
• Irula Tribal Women’s Welfare Society, Chennai
• Irula Snake Catchers’ Cooperative Society, Chennai
• International Gecko Society, USA
• International Association of Zoo Educators, UK
• Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Chennai
• Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, UK
• Wildlife Preservation Trust International, USA
• Tamil Nadu Society for Social Forestry Research, Chennai
• Niligiri Wildlife Association, Ootacamand
• Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
• Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History, Coimbatore
• Anna University, Chennai
• Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
• Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
• Pondicheery University, Pondicherry
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands State Wildlife Board, Port Blair
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands State Level Environmental Council, Port Blair.
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands ‘Monitoring Committee for the Working Plan for the South Andaman Division’. 
• Andaman & Nicobar Coastal Zone Management Authority.
• Andamans Science Association, Port Blair
• Society for the Andaman & Nicobar Ecology, Port Blair
• Auroville Index Seminum, Tamil Nadu
• Ashoka Innovators for the Public, New Delhi
• Kalpavriksh, Pune
• Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
• Coral Reef Monitoring Network- South East Asia, Sri Lanka
• Survival International, UK
• Trust for Environmental Education (TREE), Chennai
• Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore
• The Indian people’s Tribunal on Environment &Human Rights, Mumbai
• The Wildlife Trust of India, New Delhi
• Smithsonian Institution, USA
• Marine Conservation Society, U K.
• UNEP/Conservation for Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Germany