| 词条 | Kalyan Varma |
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| name = Kalyan Varma | image = Kalyan_Varma.jpg | caption = Kalyan Varma | birth_date = | birth_place = Bangalore | known_for = Co-founder of India Nature Watch, Nature InFocus, Peepli Project| nationality = Indian |occupation = Photojournalist, Filmmaker | website = http://www.kalyanvarma.net | footnotes = }} Kalyan Varma is a Bangalore based wildlife photographer, filmmaker and conservationist.[1] He is one of the founders of Peepli project;[2] co-director of Nature InFocus nature and wildlife festival; founding member of India Nature Watch. He currently freelances with the BBC Natural History, Netflix, discovery channel and National Geographic Channel (India), and also works with grassroots NGO's like Nature Conservation Foundation to highlight environmental issues in India. He is recipient of the prestigious Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation award. Earlier lifeKalyan studied mechanical engineering from P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore South Campus and right after joined Yahoo! in 2001. He headed the security division of Yahoo and at that time was active in Open-source software and linux communities in India and was active in pushing these technologies in the society. He was one of the core members of the annual conference FOSS.IN. He won the superstar award in Yahoo given to ten employees globally each year. At the end of 2004 he quit his job and decided to chase his passion for nature and photography. He worked in Biligiriranga Hills for more than a year before he took up full time wildlife photography and filmmaking as a profession. Community InitiativesKalyan is involved in fostering community among photographers and wildlife conservationists since his early years. In 2004 he, along with a team of photographers, founded India Nature watch, an online community which now has become the largest platform for wildlife photographers in Asia. In 2015, he co-founded the slow-journalism initiative the Peepli project, which delves deep into the unreported, under-reported, themes that public discourse currently abdicates. Kalyan undertook a year long project to document the ground realities of human-elephant conflict in Karnataka.[3] He is one of the co-founders of Nature InFocus, an annual festival, which is one of the largest in the world, focussed on nature photography and conservation.[4] Wildlife documentariesKalyan has in the last decade dedicated himself to make wildlife documentaries. He is one of the very few Indian filmmakers who has worked with various wildlife documentaries for the BBC and National Geographic Channel.[5]
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References1. ^{{Cite web|title = Meet Kalyan Varma, the Visual Storyteller and Wildlife Photographer|url = http://www.mansworldindia.com/people/kalyan-varma/|website = Man's World India|access-date = 2016-01-24|language = en-GB}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/stories-not-headlines/article7637563.ece |title=Stories, not headlines |publisher=Hindu Businessline |date= |accessdate=2016-01-22}} 3. ^{{Cite web|title = Nature without Borders|url = http://peepli.org/project/naturewithoutborders/|website = www.peepli.org|access-date = 2016-07-14}} 4. ^http://www.ndtv.com/bangalore-news/photography-exhibition-brings-together-nature-enthusiasts-in-bengaluru-778469 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://kalyanvarma.net/india-wildlife-cameraman-filmmaker|title=Wildlife filmmaker and cameraman in India|last=Varma|first=Kalyan|website=kalyanvarma.net|language=en|access-date=2018-04-25}} 6. ^[https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/a-majestic-celebration/article26429185.ece/ Majestic celebration: Wild Karnataka] 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05q599b|title=Big Cats - BBC One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-09}} 8. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0319ncl|title = India: Natures Wonderland|publisher = www.bbc.co.uk|date = |accessdate = 2016-01-22}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027dkjp/p027dj42/ |title=Wonders of the Monsoon |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-01-22}} 10. ^{{cite web|author=P. Oppili |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3282652.ece |title=Today's Paper / NATIONAL : ‘Secrets of Wild India' bags award at International Wildlife Film Festival |publisher=The Hindu |date=2012-04-05 |accessdate=2012-10-26}} 11. ^http://www.iconfilms.co.uk/productions/past-productions/one-million-snake-bites.html 12. ^http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/zeiss-wildlife-conservation-awards-celebrates-unsung-heroes-117032500648_1.html 13. ^{{Cite web|title = Stunning Images Show the Impact of Man on Nature|url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151201-por-el-planeta-conservation-photo-contest-winners/#/04porelplaneta.ngsversion.1448978400991.jpg|website = National Geographic News|access-date = 2016-01-24|first=Brian Clark|last = Howard|publisher=National Geographic | date=1 December 2015}} 14. ^{{Cite web|title = The Hunt|url = http://www.asferico.com/concorso/gallerie/e_index.html|website = www.asferico.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}} 15. ^{{Cite web|title = Cocoon of life|url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2013/images/botanical-realms/4758/cocoon-of-life.html|website = www.nhm.ac.uk|access-date = 2016-01-24}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/photography/gallery/item/2037/asInline.html|title=Best Wildlife Photography Images and Nature Conservation Photos {{!}} Sanctuary Asia - The Voice of Wild India|website=www.sanctuaryasia.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-13}} External links
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