Anjali Swamy
A dedicated wildlife enthusiast, photographer, and conservation volunteer with hands-on experience in bird and butterfly identification, field surveys, wildlife documentation, and community-based conservation work.
Anjali Swamy is a wildlife photographer, guide and conservation volunteer based in Bidar and Bengaluru. Since 2022 she has led bird and wildlife walks in Bidar for students, individuals and organisations, helping them observe and identify birds, butterflies and the habitats they share. She worked as a watcher with the Karnataka Forest Department team searching for the Lesser Florican in the Bidar grasslands, and as a field assistant with BNHS mapping its habitat. She volunteers with Team YUVAA and is a co-facilitator with Living Labs Network and Forum. She is currently studying anthropology, and hopes to bring together wildlife, photography, fieldwork and people in her practice.
Courses
Open for applications
Listening to a Place: creative practice with(in) living contexts
6 Jan – 20 Feb 2027
A course to learn about listening as a practice to understand open natural ecosystems through museums. Offered in collaboration with Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)
- Schools For Concentration: Sensitive Ecologies
- Micro-Context: Hesaraghata Lake and Grassland
- Micro-Context: Water Systems
- Place: Yelahanka
- Place: Bidar
- Learning Module: Deliberate Practice
- Trimester: 01
- Open-Collab