Meet an Educator: Taukeer Alam Lodha

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.

Meet an Educator: Adithi Muralidhar

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.

Meet an Educator: Deepak Ahirwar

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.

Meet an Educator: Snigdha Sehgal

Snigdha Sehgal is an educator, biologist and naturalist living and working in Goa. She organises workshops on science and nature education for children and adults through her initiative ‘The Learning Forest. She ensures that she’s always ready with never-ending enthusiasm to go on nature discovery quests with any eager child at school.

Meet an Educator: Maria Antony P

Maria Antony is from Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu and is currently a Nature Educator at ATREE’s Agasthyamalai Community Conservation Centre (ACCC) in Manimutharu, Tamil Nadu. He draws on his skills in digital illustration, painting, caricature, storytelling, nature photography and his background in wildlife biology to design innovative conservation education programmes.

Meet an Educator: Chanchal Singha Roy

Chanchal Singha Roy is a self-motivated teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School in Kadamtala, Middle Andaman. He works with the students to raise awareness of the islands’ unique ecosystems by using locally available resources so that they are kept as a part of their way of life in the long run.

Meet an Educator: Surendhar Boobalan

Surendhar Boobalan is a school teacher and a birder from Puducherry. He popularises bird watching among students and the public by organising bird walks and talks. He is a part of the Tamil Birders Network and organises the Pongal Bird Count and co-ordinates Campus Bird Counts in Puducherry every year.