Kartikeya Singh (Naturalist & Expedition Leader)
Kartikeya’s love for nature and wildlife took its roots in the early years of his life at his village nestled in a rural part of central India. He holds a Master’s degree in Ecology and Environment and has eight years of research experience working with Wildlife Institute India. He has studied the ecology of Indian wolves for more than six years, which was featured in an episode of the acclaimed BBC TV documentary series, The Natural World. Kartikeya has undertaken research on the Asiatic lion, involving the identification of individual lions based on their whisker patterns and the interaction of lions with the local communities in Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.

Kartikeya is a proficient canid trapper and is an expert in catching, anesthetizing and radio collaring large carnivores such as wolf, hyena, lion, jackal, fox and wild dog etc. He was one of a team of specialists involved in the reintroduction of gaur (Indian bison) from Kanha to Bandhavgarh as an initiative to reverse the local extinction of the species.

Kartikeya has worked as an additional photographer on documentaries produced by BBC and assisted in the making of ‘The Grasslands’, episode of the also acclaimed BBC series ‘Planet Earth’. For four years, Kartikeya was head naturalist at Mahua Kothi, Bandhavgarh National Park.

Apart from being an avid birdwatcher he is also interested in the flora of India and is a keen photographer.

Kartikeya is the recipient of TOFT (Travel Operator for Tigers) best lodge naturalist of the year 2010 and has been leading wildlife expeditions in India and Bhutan since 2010.