Botany Department of Malda College arranged seminar in Wetland Hijal Forest Not in a classroom or in a seminar galler

Not in a classroom or in a seminar gallery, the program happened "Hijal Forest",40 km away from Malda Town, which is the largest wetland in India. The Department of Botany of Malda College organized a seminar on the importance and conservation of wetlands with 45 students of the second, fourth and sixth semesters. On Tuesday, June 24, at the Hijal Forest adjacent to the Anuradhapura Border Out Post Camp under the controlled by Border Security Forces of India. The Main Speaker of the seminar was Dr. Sudipta Kumar Shil, Professor, Department of Botany, from University of Gour Banga. Principal of Malda College Dr. Manas Kumar Vaidya, IQAC Coordinator Dr. Narayan Chandra Saw were present there. NAAC Action Committee Convener Dr. Ujjwal Kumar Saha, Commandant of 12 Battalion Border Security Force, Ram Paul and Member of Srirampur Gram Panchayat, Maniram Chowdhury were present in this event.
Explaining the importance of wetlands in nature at the seminar in Hijal Forest, Professor Dr. Sudipta Kumar Shil said that due to lack of conservation of Hijal Forest, which is the largest wetland in India, number of Hijal trees has decreasing. This Hijal Forest ⁸should be preserved and the balance of nature should be maintained.
Principal of Malda College,Dr. Manas Kumar Vaidya said that Malda College has never organized such a seminar by taking students out of the classroom and into nature. Such an initiative of the Department of Botany to go to Wetland to explain the importance and conservation of Wetland in nature, is truly innovative. Head of the Department of Botany, Piyus Kanti Saha said, "Once upon a time, leopards, rhinos and many other wild animals roamed freely in this Hijal Forest. During British rule,Lord Curzon came here to hunt wild animals. There were three types of rose gardens under the water in the freshwater mangrove Hijal Forest on the Bangladesh border."