Shekar Dattatri

Shekar Dattatri is an Indian herpetologist and wildlife filmmaker from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.^[1][2]

Career

Shekar Dattatri's lifelong fascination with wildlife began at the age of 14, when he joined the famous Madras Snake Park as a student-volunteer. This led to nature photography and, subsequently, to filmmaking.^[3][4] He also was among the discoverers of the snake species Oligodon nikhili.

Publications

• Whitaker, Romulus; Dattatri, Shekar (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, South India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 79 (3): 630-631).

Filmography

• The Truth About Tigers
• A cooperative for Snake Catchers

References

1. PPeeyus pradhan (2017-03-12). "For many, wildlife photography is a quest for trophies, not conservation: Shekar Dattatri, Wildlife Film-maker". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
2. PUBLISHED November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25). "Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation". News.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
3. Shoba Narayan. "The filmmaker and the entrepreneur: Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan". Livemint. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
4. "Work for the joy of it: Shekar Dattatri". The Hindu. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-27.