On its 1582th Tree Talk, Vidyarthi of Woods delivered a lecture and spread awareness on diverse life forms at Department of Zoology in collaboration with Science Club, University of Jammu.

Om Prakash Sharma, fondly called as Vidyarthi of Woods is a former senior Indian Forest Officer and Sahitya Akademy award winner for his creative writings who shared a glimpse of his vast knowledge on the eve of the anniversary of his 14-year long journey of biodiversity awareness that started on 19^th December 2010. Apart from spreading awareness on diverse forms specifically in J&K, he shared nomenclature origins of many of life forms in English-Hindi-Dogri. He shares the traditional knowledge with ease and zeal to farmer community and to the professionals.

Prof. Seema Langar, Head, Department of Zoology, University of Jammu in her welcome address shared and congratulated Mr. Om Prakash Sharma for this noble work of creating awareness in masses. The event was conducted by Dr Chinmoyee Maharana, Coordinator, Science Club, Utsaah, University of Jammu and conveyed her gratitude on behalf of the academic fraternity to the speaker in spreading awareness among youth who are the future of tomorrow.

Dr Sarabjit Kour, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology gave formal vote of thanks. The eminent present at the event were Prof. Pankaj Kumar, Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Arti Sharma, Dr Rakesh Panjaliya, Dr Ripu Daman Parihar, Dr Shashpal, Dr Pankaj Chhiber, Dr Younis, scholars and students from Dept. of Zoology, University of Jammu and Cluster University of Jammu.