Our visit to the institute began with a round of introductions. This was our first experience with individual microphones per place setting. Apparently, this is on the rage because every institute we visited thereafter has a conference room with individual microphones.
The WII was particularly interesting to everyone because of the facility was impressive and information was pertinent to our visit. The first lecture we heard discussed a project that tracked and counted the amount and movement of tigers throughout India. The following lecture covered the history of environmental laws in India. It was interesting and rather long. Everyone’s eyes were closing slowly because it was difficult to hear the speaker and the seats were super comfortable.
After the lecture, we took a nature tour, where we got up close and personal with wild monkeys and observed natural plant life. The guides keep pointing out this and that plant while we kept photographing the much unappreciated and thieving monkeys that plaque the WII. Apparently the monkeys enjoy entering people’s homes and stealing their food. To us, these thieves looked so cute and unique much to the distaste of our hosts.
The day ended with an evening reception at the hotel. All institutions participating in our program were invited and a few leaders showed up. They mainly spoke with our professors while we chatted amongst ourselves. To amuse ourselves, Latha brought down her laptop and we attempted to dance Bollywood style, but fell back on roots of hip-hop and concluded the night with the Cupid Shuffle.
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