Advisors
Bikram Grewal: Author of several best-selling guides to
Indian birds, including the latest "A Photographic Guide to the Birds
of India", Bikram has deep and abiding interest in Indian ornithology.
Bill Harvey: Author of birds of Bangladesh and co-author of "A
Photographic Guide to the Birds of India" and lead author of the
"Atlas of the Birds of Delhi and Haryana", Bill Harvey has lived and
worked in this region for 10 years. Bill writes widely on birds and
conservation matters and is closely associated with the Northern India
Bird Network.
K. S. Gopi Sundar: Principal Co-ordinator - Indian Cranes and
Wetlands Working Group. Author and contributor to key scientific
journals. Gopi is one of the top field scientists working on India.
Key
Image Contributors
Ron Saldino: A resident of United States of America, Ron has
spent a lot of time photographing birds in India as a hobby. The 200+
images that he graciously contributed, laid the foundation of
this website.
Otto Pfister: A Swiss national, Otto has spent several years in
India, where he started his acclaimed bird photography. Otto has
co-authored books on Indian birds including "A Photographic Guide to
the Birds of India". His latest book is the "Birds and Mammals of
Ladakh (2004)".
Joanna Van Gruisen: Wildlife photographer and cinematographer
of international repute, Joanna has worked in the sub-continent since
1978. Her images adorn the pages of many prestigious publications.
Joanna is the co-author of the " Insight Guides ~ Indian Wildlife".
Amano Samarpan: Amano travels around the sub-continent
photographing birds. His special interest is birds of Tibet and
surrounding areas from where he has collected some outstanding images.
Amano has recently published his popular "A Photographic Guide to the
Birds of India".
Clement Francis M.: Wildlife lover
and 'top notch' bird photographer, Clement is a co-author of 'Birds of
Western Ghats, Kokan and Malabar'. To see the work of one of India's
best, you have to visit his website at www.clementfrancis.com
Ramki Sreenivasan: A Marketing Analytics professional, Ramki
wields his lens with amazing skill capturing diverse life-forms all
over India. A friend and strong supporter of the
website, Ramki's remarkable work can be fully seen on his "Wild
Ventures" website.
Arun P. Singh: A scientist by profession, Arun's interests are
Nature & Wildlife photography and trekking. Arun has contributed many
scientific papers on the birds & butterflies of the western Himalayas.
Many rare and beautiful images from his collection adorn our pages.
Over a 1000 additional bird images can be seen at Oriental Bird Images
website.
Core
Team
Nikhil Devasar: At the forefront of the Northern India Bird
Network, Nikhil's images, involvement and contributions keep adding
value to the website. Nikhil is the co-author of the "Atlas of the
Birds of Delhi and Haryana".
Dipankar Ghose: This website took
shape thanks to the guidance and dedicated support of Dipankar and
Sujan Chatterjee. A PhD. holder for his work on the targopans of
Northeast India, Dipankar is responsible for the scientific accuracy
of the contents and his deep knowledge of North-east India is an added
plus.
Bhaskar Das: Widely traveled, especially in northeastern India,
Bhaskar is the 'explorer' for the website.
Bhaskar's travels into the unknown open up the area for us and bring
us closer to our subject.
Sujan Chatterjee: It is fair to say that a lot of what
the website is today, owes much to Sujan's
interest, association and contribution. An ace photographer and an
acknowledged expert on eastern species,
Sujan's focus in promoting birding in the east is manifested in his
stewardship of both Bengalbirds, a leading forum on birds around
Kolkata and Prakriti Samsad, a local birding
NGO. Sujan is an experienced Bird Guide and leads tours to eastern and
north-eastern India.
Sumit K Sen: Webmaster and photographer. It is an abiding
interest in promoting and protecting India's natural heritage that
drove him to create this site with the help
of his friends and supporters. Sumit has co-authored ''The Sundarbans
Inheritance''.
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Location:
Kolkata, India
Address: Jodhpur Park, Kolkata 700068
Mail:
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Results
of an independent Poll run between
1/8/07 and 31/8/07
