Ramnarayan K is an independent researcher and climate change educator from Munsiari, Uttarakhand. He trains and mentors lesser privileged and rural communities in natural history-based citizen science as a tool to broaden their understanding of natural history and environmental sciences.

Jyoti Patale is a conservation educator from Solapur, Maharashtra. Jyoti has been closely working with tribal children in Chhattisgarh for the last 7 years. Finding that there were no discussions on nature observations in their classrooms, she started exploring a nature-based curriculum and context-based classrooms for the children.

Deepa Mohan is a wildlife volunteer and bird educator. She organises regular bird walks in and around Bengaluru, and conducts education sessions in other parts of the country whenever she gets the opportunity. She finds children, for the most part, to be alert and curious, so piquing their interest is easy.

Maxim Rodrigues is an Executive-On-Ground Projects at The Habitats Trust. In 2016, he founded a group called the ‘Kasaragod Birders’, a community of bird watchers and nature lovers. They concentrate on bird-related projects related to citizen science, wildlife education, biodiversity monitoring, and working with kids and community.

तौकीर उत्तराखंड की वन गुज्जर नोमैडिक ट्राइब कम्युनिटी से हैं। वहाँ पर वह पिछले 10 सालों से पर्यावरण शिक्षा पर काम कर रहे हैं । उनके ग्रुप का नाम “मई” है। वह एक्टिविटी-बेस्ड लर्निंग के माध्यम से भाषा, गणित, कला और नेचर एजुकेशन सिखाते हैं।

Taukeer Alam Lodha belongs to the Van Gujjar nomadic tribe of Uttarakhand. He has been enthusiastically working towards nature conservation and education over the past 10 years. He has formed a group called ‘MAEE’ that works with children of his tribe. They focus on activity-based learning to teach languages, math, art and nature education.

Adithi Muralidhar works on education research in Mumbai, understanding how children learn and working to contextualise outreach for impactful nature learning. Through her work, she hopes to help build mindful relationships with nature to broaden people’s understanding and its interconnectedness across disciplines.

Deepak Ahirwar is from the Panna District of Madhya Pradesh whose childhood was spent in the jungles. Through his nature education work, he hopes that children or the community are motivated to connect with nature and contribute to its conservation. He does environment-related activities with children and organises bird and nature walks.

Angeline Mano is a nature educator from Salem, Tamil Nadu. She introduces bird watching to women, children, youth and the public through bird walks, outreach & nature education programs. She believes that education about nature and birds is the foundation for a better future.