Ravi Jambhekar is a post-doctorate researcher studying urban ecology at Azim Premji Uiversity, Bangalore. When
he isn’t chasing butterflies in the forests, he dabbles as an artist, traveller, photographer and Ultimate Frisbee player.
He posts as @ravijambhekar on Instagram.

Kartel Shockington is a failed comic book creation with special powers of rapid hair loss. He sometimes appears as Kartik Shanker, and at other times as Dan Brockington.

Kartik Shanker is at Indian Institute of Science & Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, India. Email: kshanker@gmail.com

Daniel Brockington is at University of Sheffield, UK. Email:d.brockington@sheffield.ac.uk.

Amit Kaikini is a freelance illustrator, with a decade of experience in digital advertising. He loves to explore Sci-Fi & Horror genres, with an inclination towards nature & a desire for surreal storytelling, he is working towards selfpublishing his own comics in the near future.

Sheena Deviah by day, works as an art director at a children’s book publisher and by night she enjoys working with her hands while surrounded by her three rowdy cats. She loves the company of messy art supplies and is constantly fascinated by nature, both inside and outside.

Neha Sinha is with the Bombay Natural History Society. Views expressed are personal. She has a chapter in the newly
published, ‘Nature Conservation in the New Economy’, ed Ghazala Shahabuddin and K Sivaramakrishnan.

Shriya Datye is a design student, interested in documenting and reflecting on the natural and human world around her, through illustration. She especially enjoys mixing analog materials with digital editing- working primarily with ink and pencil and digitally colouring and manipulating these artworks and images.

Emmalina Glinskis is an environmental researcher and journalist from Brooklyn, New York City. She is interested in the
nexus of ecology, agriculture, and urbanization through geospatial analysis and sustainable planning practices. She completed a Fulbright research grant with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & Environment in the Western Ghats, Karnataka.

Adwait Pawar is an illustrator based in Bangalore who lives with his three cats and aspires to their sense of detachment. He has been experimenting with different styles of illustration recently and is quite enjoying himself.

Rahael Mathews is an undergraduate student of art and design based on Bangalore with a keen interest in sustainable
practices. She enjoys making conceptual art rooted in abstraction and can usually be found with her head stuck in the
world of books.

Jennifer Robertson works as a big cat keeper at the Philadelphia Zoo. She completed this project as part of her
graduate work in the Global Field Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. (Contact info: rober162@miamioh.edu;
Robertson.Jennifer@phillyzoo.org).

Sana Bansal is a Bangalore-based illustrator, drawing odd humans, odd animals and everything in between. Her work is often influenced by folktales and magic realism. She loves working with print and occasionally brings out self-published zines and comics.

Ambika Aiyadurai is an anthropologist of wildlife conservation with a special interest in human-animal relations and communitybased conservation projects in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Ambika is an Assistant Professor (Anthropology) in Indian Institute of Technology – Gandhinagar.

Roshini Pochont After realising that her love for words and images could converge in illustration, Roshini made the jump from literature and journalism to study graphic design at the National Institute of Design. She is an illustrator and visual designer with a love for picture books, beautiful imagery, vintage ephemera, and all things handmade.

Ipsa Jain is a post-doctoral fellow at Instem. She works on scientific visualisation and communication. She treasures the beaches and the tree trash. Find more about her work at Ipsawonders.com or follow her on Instagram at ipsawonders.

Anusha Shankar is a National Geographic Explorer and a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, New York, she studied how American and Ecuadorian hummingbirds manage their limited energy.

Rohan Dahotre is a wildlife illustrator based out in Pune. He loves illustrating animals, birds, and all things wild, contributing to the cause of wildlife awareness, conservation, and welfare.

Ladyfingers Co. is a communication design studio with a fun and sensitive approach, based in Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. At their core, they believe in making communication relevant to context and culture.

Radhika Gupta has a Master’s in Social Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development from the Stockholm Resilience Centre. She is interested in science communications and dialogue-based multi-stakeholder engagement

Prabha Mallya is an editorial illustrator and comics creator. She is known for drawing insects in the margins, pressing flowers into endpapers, and populating spines with kittens.

Ishika Ramakrishna is a researcher, blogger, podcaster and dancer interested in primates, people and all the stories they have to offer. Outside of her love for all-things-monkey, she is also passionate about science communication and nature education.

Viplov Singh is a visual artist based out of New Delhi, creating stories and ideas in illustration and animation. His collaborators include Google, Red-bull, Giphy, Chronicle and Penguin books to name a few.

Mayukh Dey is an ecologist and a field recordist with the Nature Conservation Foundation. His research focuses on studying the behaviour of aquatic animals using sound

Tara Sunil Thomas is an illustrator/ animator from Kerala who was based in Brooklyn. She is known for her work in NGOs supporting causes like environmental conservation, animal conservation and education for children.

Shawn Dsouza is a researcher at Dakshin Foundation with interest ranging from marine ecology to marine resource
management.

Matthew Creasey is a biologist and science writer. He currently works for the wildlife conservation charity WildTeam.

Kalyani Ganapathy is a children’s books illustrator. She lives in South India and enjoys observing nature. You can see more of her work at www.kalyaniganapathy.com

Caitlin Kight is an educator, communicator, and scientist. She is the author of the natural history book Flamingo and tweets as @specialagentCK.

Akshaya Zachariah is an illustrator by profession, who believes in making a difference with the little time she has on this planet. Learning about nature, right from a young age, has opened doors for her to utilise her knowledge and translate that into illustrations to educate everyone around, including herself.