This year the Rufford India conference was organised in Corbett from 8th to 11th February 2019. The conference provided an opportunity for the grantees from three different countries, India, Nepal and Bangladesh to interact with each other and learn on-ground conservation challenges and opportunities from each other. One of the major outcomes of this conference was the collaboration between the researchers from India and Nepal in implementing elephant early warning system, developed by Indian grantee (Sanjoy Deb, Road kill detection device) to address human-elephant conflict issues in Nepal (Roshan Thakur). The conference was attended by 30 Rufford grantees – 25 from India, three from Bangladesh and two from Nepal. The grant recipients presented their work as oral presentations (long talks of 18 minute and speed talks of 8 minute) and Videos (15-20 min). On the first day of the conference we had an interactive session where participants introduced themselves and their work through photographs of their study landscape and work. We also had a session where we screened a movie related to wildlife trade and conservation and a discussion on this topic. Mr. Rajat Ramakant Nayak (Research Associate, FERAL) welcomed all the participants. He explained the aim and objectives of the RSG conferences and emphasised on the role played by the RSG in the careers of young researchers. Apart from presentations from grant recipients, the conference included workshop by Ipsita Herlekar, Science Communication Co-coordinator, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru.