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26.14 SCIENCE EXPRESS - BIODIVERSITY SPECIAL (SEBS)

SEBS is an innovative mobile exhibition mounted on a specially designed 16 coach AC train, traveling across India from 5 June to 22 December 2012 (180 days) to create widespread awareness on the unique biodiversity of the country.

SEBS is the fifth phase of the iconic and path-breaking Science Express.


The SEBS is a unique collaborative initiative of Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India.

The state-of-the-art exhibition aboard SEBS aims to create wide-spread awareness on the unique biodiversity of India, Climate Change, Water, Energy Conservation and related issues among various sections of the society, especially students.

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Under the leadership of NGO. aaranyak’s Greater adjutant stork project team, 14 women self-help groups of Dadara village in Kamrup district have formed a ‘Hargila (Greater adjutant stork) army’, for the conservation and protection of these birds.