PRAKRITI Awareness Program on Forestry and Wood Science at Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore PRAKRITI Programis anagreement through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun and KendriyaVidyalayaSanghatan (KVS), NavodayaVidyalaya (NVS) and Directorate of Education to promote awareness about forests and environment among school children for acquiring skills that reflect care and protection towards forests, environment and society. In very simple terminology, the students were briefed about the activities of the institute and the work carried out in different divisions’ especially nursery practices and cultivation methods, protection of trees and wood, wood seasoning, preservation, properties and uses, wood modification and wood polymer composites. A documentary on the same was also screened for the benefit of the students. The students were explainedall about WOOD at the state of the art Wood Museum cum Interpretation Centre. The institutions that visited Institute of Wood Science and Technology during the month of January 2020 are as follows. Sl. No Date of Visit Name of Institution Discipline No of Students No of Faculty KendriyaVidyalaya Nil NavodayaVidyalaya Nil Others 01 13.01.2020 Department of Forest Science, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland III semester MSc 10 1 02 16.01.2020 BGS World School, Bangalore Grade VI&VII 158 5 03 17.01.2020 BGS World School, Bangalore Grade V 127 4 04 28.01.2020 St. Mary’s Public School, Bangalore Grade V - VIII students of school’s Eco Club 52 4 05 28.01.2020 ManonmaniamSundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu I & II MSc (Botany) 32 5 06 29.01.2020 Aditya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Bangalore I, II & III BSc Botany, Chem, Biotech) 30 3