List of prominent wildlife photographers in India

The following is a list of prominent wildlife photographers in India. The list includes renowned wildlife and natural photographers who are known in India and have worked in the 21st century as professional and freelance photographers. Their photography has appeared in books, magazines, calendars, and other print media worldwide. These wildlife photographers in this list have received many awards from several national and international institutes.
== History of wildlife photographers in India ==
In India wildlife photography started with documentation of animals killed by Kings and Britishers, as it was difficult to capture and document live animals in their habitat due to slow lenses and low sensitivity of cameras. With the beginning of 1940, Madhaviah Krishnan started pioneering the black and white photographs of wildlife in India.
== Essential pieces of wildlife photography gear ==
* Binoculars or a monocular
* Headlamp or flashlight
* Telephoto lens
* Bean bag – lens coat, lens sack
* Tripod
* Gimbal
* Camera bag for long lenses
* Long lens rain cover
* Teleconverter
== Best places for wildlife photography in India ==
* Corbett National Park Located in Uttarakhand
* Dachigam National Park located in Kashmir
* Dudhwa National Park located in Uttar Pradesh
* Hemis National Park located in Ladakh
* Great Himalayan National Park located in Kullu
* Ranthambore National Park located in Rajasthan
* Gir National Park Located in Gir of Gujarat
* Tadoba National Park located in Chandrapur
* Simlipal National Park located in Odisha
* Anamalai Tiger Reserve located in Tamil Nadu
== Examples ==
File:Sudhirshivaram.jpg|Photograph by Sudhir Shivaram
File:Rathikaramasamy.jpg|Photograph by Rathika Ramaswamy 
File:Shaazjung.jpg|Photograph by Shaaz Jung 
File:Shivang.mehta.jpg|Photograph by Shivang Mehta
File:Tapansheth.jpg|Photograph by Tapan Sheth 
File:Thomasvijayan.jpg|Photograph by Thomas Vijayan 
== Facts ==
Some of the amazing facts of Wildlife in India making it attraction for Wildlife Photographers 
* 10% of the World’s wildlife species are found in India.
* 40 tiger reserves 
* 35 national parks
* 15 species of wild cat 
* 1250 species of bird.
* Over 870 endemic species
* 50% of World's bear species
== List of prominent wildlife photographers in India ==
Name 	Professional	Freelance	Type 	Specialization 	Location 	Country	Notes
N. A. Naseer 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Kerala 	India 	
Jayanth Sharma 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	Elephant, Cat(Family)	Bangaluru 	India 	
Kalyan Verma 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bangalore 	India 	
Shekar Dattatri 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Chennai 	India 	
Sudhir Shivaram 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Karnataka 	India 	
Shaaz Jung 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bhopal 	India 	
Aditya Singh 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Sawai Madhopur 	India 	
Sundeep Kheria 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Gujrat 	India 	
Shivang Mehta 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Faridabad 	India 	
Nisha Purushothaman 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	 	India 	
Ganesh H Shankar 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	 	India 	
John Isaac 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	 	India 	
Sandesh Kadur 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	Clouded Leopards 	 	India 	
Parav Sharma 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	 	India 	
Thomas Vijayan 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bangalore 	India 	
Rathika Ramaswamy 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	Bird 	Delhi 	India 	
Tapan Sheth 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	Gir Lions 	Surendranagar 	India 	
Gopinath Krishnamoorthy	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Manapparai 	India 	
Sachin Yadav 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	New Delhi 	India 	
Charu Verma 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Atrauli 	India 	
Milton Biswas 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Jaipur 	India 	
Oonitejas Sahoo 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bhubaneshwar 	India 	
Shashi Choubey 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Mumbai 	India 	
Saptarshi Bhattacharyya	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	West Bengal 	India 	
Rahul Vaghela 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Ahmadabad 	India 	
Suraj Sharma 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Ludhiana 	India 	
Deependra Padhi 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bilaspur 	India 	
Madhusoodanan P 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Trivandrum 	India 	
karan mishra 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Korba 	India 	
Ganesan Ram 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Coimbatore 	India 	
Madhu R.K 	Yes 	 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Gundlupet 	India 	
Nilanjan Ray 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Bangalore/Gurgaon	India 	
Udayan Verma 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Mumbai 	India 	
Jaison A. M 	Yes 	Yes 	Wildlife Photographer	 	Denkanikottai 	India 	
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== References ==
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