
Simple, Meaningful Stories for everyone
I am a filmmaker, podcast producer and science communicator with experience in digital media and broadcast production. I have worked on shows for global networks like Nat Geo Wild, Love Nature, and have produced stories for Mongabay India, Radio New Zealand and government organisations like the Department of Conservation as an independent producer.
My award-winning short film Sniper, which follows a conservation dog protecting Yellow-eyed Penguins, has been screened at several international film festivals. My work explores the intersection of people and nature, with a focus on underrepresented stories.
In 2021, I received the Jackson Wild Fellowship.
I'm currently producing and presenting the award-winning Tune into Nature podcast, weaving natural soundscapes with storytelling to inspire listeners to reconnect with the natural world.
My mission is to create authentic, high-quality content telling stories that resonate across cultures and communities.
Recent Work as Producer / Director and Presenter -
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Raising Rare Native Plants at a Coimbatore Nursery - Short Film for Mongabay India
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Bringing back lizards in Central Otago - Tune into Nature episode featured on Radio New Zealand
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Changing Period Care for Good - Podcast for Here Now, Radio New Zealand
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Tune into Nature Podcast - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube
Select Broadcast Credits -
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Researcher /Assistant Producer - South America's Weirdest - Nat Geo Wild 3x1 hour
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Researcher /Assistant Producer - Dawn to Dusk for Love Nature 8x1 hour
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Camera Assistant, Topside - Shark Vs Surfer for Nat Geo Wild 1hour special
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Archive Producer - Shadowlands for Love Nature 3 x 1hour
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Archive Producer - Alien Abyss for Love Nature 3 x 1hour
Awards & Recognitions
Best Science & Environmental Podcast - Finalist
2025 NZ Radio & Podcast Awards
Best Independent Podcast - Finalist
2025 NZ Radio & Podcast Awards
The Climate Award - Silver
2024 NZ Podcast Awards
Best Non-Fiction Podcast and Best Concept (Non-Fiction Podcast) Finalist
2024 NZ Web Fest
Best Independent Podcast - Finalist - Tune into Nature
2024 NZ Radio & Podcast Awards
NZ Lotteries Grant to produce two seasons of Tune into Nature Podcast
Received funding (2022-2024) in collaboration with SciComm, University of Otago & OAR FM
Featured on RNZ's Our Changing World
Tune into Nature Podcast
Recipient of the coveted Jackson Wild Fellowship
Footage of Velvet Worms/ Peripatus featured on Animalogic, YouTube
Best Natural History Film Nominee, Living Fossils Peripatus
Nature inFocus Film Festival
Best Newcomer Award
10th CMS Vatavaran Environment & Wildlife Film Festival for Sniper
Official Selections
Short Film Sniper selected for screening in 7 film festivals globally
Podcast produced for SciComm student project selected for broadcast on Radio New Zealand
Photo published in The Hindu BusinessLine
Story by Nihar Gokhale on the Annual Vembanad Fish Count in Kerala, India.
Talks and Film Screenings
2024
Panel Discussion - 2024 NZ Web Fest Best Non-Fiction Podcast Finalists panel discussion
2024
Film Screening & Talk "Telling Stories about Nature and Wildlife" a talk about my work and journey producing Tune into Nature podcast and wildlife conservation short films at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
2023
Talk & Presentation - "Tuning into Nature: Exploring audio storytelling to share about
wildlife conservation and unique nature soundscapes" at Sound Matters a virtual symposium hosted by the South African Research Chair in Science Communication, The Academic Citizen, and the South African Journal of Science.
2021
Film Screening - 'Sniper' Screening at Wild Dunedin Festival of Nature
2020
Film Screening & Talk titled "Birds through the lens" Short Documentaries Beating the Odds and Sniper screened for members of Birds New Zealand Otago Branch, Dunedin
2020
Online Event - Three short films as a part of the online Wild Dunedin Festival - "Your Wild Bubble" an initiative to keep people entertained during COVID-19 Lockdown
2020
Film Screening & Talk for Visual Communication students of Kumaraguru College of Liberal arts, Coimbatore, India.
2019
Film Screening of Sniper at the 10th International Penguin Conference in Dunedin
2019
Film Screening - Sniper at the National-level Conservation Symposium on Yellow-eyed Penguins, Dunedin
2018
Shining Lakes of Kancheepuram documentary screened
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at 10th anniversary celebrations of Chennai Trekking Club
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at Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Chennai yo raise awareness on local waterbodies around the industry
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to NSS Students of Ramakrishna Polytechnic College, Chennai.
Qualifications
2018
Post-graduate Diploma in Science Communication ( Graduated with Distinction ) University of Otago, Endorsed in Science & Natural History Filmmaking,
2009-13
Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile Engineering
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.