Catch a Tiger by the Tale
Krithi Karanth and KK Raghava
Krithi Karanth
Bio
Dr. Krithi K. Karanth has conducted extensive research on conservation issues in India since 2001 focusing on mammal extinctions, effects of anthropogenic pressures, voluntary resettlement of people, tourism trends, human-wildlife conflicts, resource and land use change around Indian parks. She has published 16 scientific articles in several international journals and co-edited a special issue on conservation issues in India for Biological Conservation. Her work has been covered by The Hindu, Times of India, Indian Express, Monga Bay and more then fifty other international and national newspapers and science blogs.
She holds bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Geography from the University of Florida, masters degree in Environmental Science from Yale University, doctoral degree in Environmental Science and policy from Duke University and was a postdoctoral fellow with Columbia University.
She was awarded a Ramanujan fellowship from 2011-2016 by the Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology. She has received the Cambridge Hamied award, Society for Conservation Biology Best Student Award, Wildlife Conservation Award, Duke Outstanding Paper and other honors. She currently works with the Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Centre for Biological Sciences and Columbia University.
KK Raghava
Bio
Raghava KK, named by CNN as one of the 10 most remarkable people of 2010, is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller whose work is shown in galleries and museums around the world.
Having quit formal education at the age of 18 to start his career as a newspaper cartoonist, Raghava is today considered one of India’s most successful young artists. Raghava also applies his artistic practice beyond the gallery space. He is actively involved in a radical education initiative, NuVu Studios, an offshoot of Harvard and MIT, to redefine creativity in education. In 2011, Raghava’s iPad book “Pop-it” shook up the concept of the ideal family and won a Kirkus Book Award for Best of 2011. His current work attempts to combine art and technology to bring multiple perspectives into the deployment of knowledge. He recently demoed his brainwave art at TED2013 in Long Beach.
Raghava is a four-time TED speaker, and he has lectured at several universities and art institutions, including NYU, Carnegie Mellon, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, etc. He serves on the NuVu advisory and has also advised the INK Conference, Singularity University, Innoz, Startup Village, Nytric, and Banto.
Raghava often collaborates with other artists, including Erykah Badu, Paul Simon, and Yann Vasnier, a FIFA Award winning perfumer. He lives and works in New York and Bangalore, India. He is currently working on his next show to open up his artwork to invite participation and redefine the role of the spectator.