Dear All,

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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

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Title : One million snake bites

Narration : Romulus Whitaker

Date : 9th October 2013, Wednesday

Time : 3:00 PM (Running time: 58 mins)followed by discussion

Venue : CES Seminar Hall

All are cordially invited

Tea/Coffee after the screening

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From youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_UWhRS7yrI

From the giant King Cobra to the tiny sawscaled viper, India is home to
many of the world's deadliest snakes. Now a new report has revealed that
India is in the middle of a snakebite epidemic of epic proportions, with a
loss of human life far in excess of any official figures.

Armed with more than forty years of field experience, snake expert Romulus
Whitaker and his team set out on a journey around India to investigate the
natural history behind these chilling new statistics and to see what can
be done to help India's people and ultimately, its snakes.

The documentary screening will be followed by a discussion led by
Gowrishankar who is featured in the documentary and has been working with
snakes ( specifically King cobra) for the past 10 years.

Anu,Ekta,Jaideep and Vignesh,
Ecology Students' Society (ESS),
Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore,
India.