User:Suyash Keshari/sandbox

Suyash Keshari is a 24-year old wildlife filmmaker and presenter based in New Delhi, India. In the summer of 2019, Suyash quit his Political Advocacy job in Washington D.C., USA, to follow his passion to be a full-time wildlife presenter. Suyash spent his childhood in Central India where his deep affection for wildlife was ignited. His first series is inspired by this very region, its people and its animals. Suyash is also an award- winning wildlife photographer.

At the age of 19, he became one of the youngest people to win the Nature’s Best Photography Asia Award, for a photograph of a six-month old tigress. This photo was exhibited for a year at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. Suyash was also the finalist for the Sustainable Category Award of Smithsonian Natural History Museum Most recently he produced his first series #SafariWithSuyash which was selected by WWF International and can be watched here. Safari with Suyash is a real-life web series about a young person’s life with tigers and conservation issues surrounding the species, centered in Bandhavgarh National Park. Suyash is currently filming Season 2 which will focus on Wildlife and Conservation issues in South Africa.

Suyash’s goal is to tell stories that would evoke passion in hearts and minds across the world and urge them to play their part in conserving our beautiful natural heritage.

More about Safari With Suyash:

Safari with Suyash is a real-life web series, which follows Suyash Keshari a young wildlife filmmaker and presenter as he explores biodiversity-rich habitats across the world. The series was selected by WWF International for a web-release on their YouTube Channel. Season 1 of the series focuses on tigers as the umbrella species in India’s Bandhavgarh National Park. The goal of this series is to virtually transport people from across the world into a very pristine natural habitat, learn about the importance of the species in that ecosystem, its fragility and the co-existence of humans and large predators in the area such as the tiger. Suyash believes that “we all have a curiosity towards nature embedded deep within us, but somewhere along the way this curiosity was overtaken by the perils of a fast-paced developing world. The goal of this series is to ignite that curiosity through a first-hand virtual experience.” According to Suyash “the easiest and most effective way for us to encourage people to conserve nature is to help them find a deeper connection with it - What we can see, we can love. And what we can love, we will fight to protect.”

Suyash is currently filming Season 2 of Safari in South Africa.