Tara Gandhi, 2023-08-01, 2025-01-15

Tara Gandhi is a conservationist who has worked with numerous conservation and ecology organisations such as INTACH, WWF, Commonwealth Secretariat in the UK, WTI, and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. She is one of the founding trustees of WTI. She edited A Bird’s Eye View: The Collected Essays and Shorter Writings of Sálim Ali, a compilation of essays, interviews, and other writings of Sálim Ali and Words for Birds: The Collected Radio Broadcasts. She has also authored the books Birds and Natural Regeneration and Birds, Wild Animals and Agriculture. Tara Gandhi was born in 1949 in Kolkata. She has an undergraduate degree in microbiology and zoology from Sophia’s College, Mumbai, and a Master’s degree in Field Ornithology from BNHS with a fellowship from BNHS. She was one of the last students of Sálim Ali.