Swati Thiyagarajan

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the Carl Zeiss Award, Earth Heroes Award, and two Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Serves as conservation storyteller/filmmaker at The Sea Change Project since 2017.
Authored the book 'Born Wild' (2017), which features an interview with natural historian David Attenborough.
Served as environmental editor at NDTV, where she created, directed, and presented the 'Born Wild' documentary series for 15 years.
Was the production manager for the Netflix film 'My Octopus Teacher'.
Directed the documentary film 'The Animal Communicator' (2012).

Biography

Swati Thiyagarajan is an Indian conservationist, documentary filmmaker, and environmental journalist, based in Cape Town, South Africa, and New Delhi, India. She is a core team member of The Sea Change Project and is recognized as the environmental editor at the Indian television news network NDTV. Thiyagarajan is a recipient of the Carl Zeiss Award, Earth Heroes Award, and two Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Thiyagarajan joined NDTV as a journalist in 1997.