Latika Nath

Latika Nath is an Indian author, photographer and wildlife conservationist. Featuring her work, in 2001, she was awarded the title of 'The Tiger Princess' by National Geographic who featured her in a one hour documentary film.[1][2] She has worked since 1990 for the conservation of tigers in India.[3] In May 2020, she was bestowed with the honorary title of "Her Daringness" by Mr Nitin Gupta (Former Ministerial Adviser, Australia ) in a Cover Story based on Latika’s life and work, and featuring her work on wildlife conservation.[4]

Latika Nath
OccupationWildlife photographer & conservationist, author
NationalityIndian
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
GenrePhotography
Notable worksOmo- Where time stood still, Hidden India, Takdir The Tiger Club, Wild Things, A Tiger's Tale, A Tale of Two Tigers
Notable awardsKaramveer Puraskar; Awarded with the title of 'Tiger Princess of India' by National Geographic; “Her Daringness” a title bestowed by Mr Nitin Gupta (Former Ministerial Adviser)

Early life and education

Latika Nath was born to Prof Lalit M Nath & Meera Nath. Prof Lalit Nath is ex-director AIIMS and was on the Indian Board of Wildlife and responsible for setting up the animal conservation movement in India in the 1970s. She spent much of her childhood visiting wilderness areas with her parents and received her sense of ecological ethics from them.[3] Nath graduated in Environmental science from the University of Delhi and was awarded a Chevening Award by The British Council to complete a Masters in Rural Resource Management from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK. She then obtained her D. Phil under the guidance of Prof. David Macdonald at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), Department of Zoology, Christ Church, Oxford. She was awarded a Research Fellowship at the Wildlife Institute of India and worked on Human-Elephant conflict resolution issues.[5][6]

Career

Nath started to work as an academician and worked as a consultant with various national and international organisations including IUCN, UNDP, UNFPA and ICIMOD on environment and wildlife.[7][8] Nath has travelled the world to photograph various animal species (tigers, lions, cheetahs, jaguars, snow leopards, clouded leopards, Asian Elephant, the Gangetic Dolphin, the arna or wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)) and worked for their conservation. She eventually changed her focus to work with the tribal communities and to resolve human-wildlife conflicts.[3][9]

Notable works

Publications and films
  • Omo- Where time stood still – 2019. Limited Editions. Academic Foundation. ISBN 9789332704985[10]
  • Nath Latika & Nath Shloka. Hidden India 2018 – a journey to where the wild things are. Limited Editions. Academic Foundation. ISBN 9789332704626[11][12]
  • Rana, Latika Nath 2005 Takdir the Tiger Cub. Tulika Books. ISBN 8181460618[13]
  • Rana, LN 2005. Report on the status of large mammalian species and identification of biological corridors in the Khangchenjunga Conservation Landscape. ICIMOD, Nepal[14]
  • Rana LN 2002. Conservation of Wetland Fauna in Nepal. Proceedings of the River Symposium 2002, Brisbane, Australia.[15]
  • C. Carbone1, S. Christie , K. Conforti, T. Coulson, N. Franklin, J. R. Ginsberg, M. Griffiths , J. Holden, M. Kinnaird , R. Laidlaw, A. Lynam, D. W. MacDonald, D. Martyr , C. McDougal, L. Nath, T. O'Brien, J. Seidensticker, J. L. D. Smith, R. Tilson and W. N. Wan Shahruddin .(2000) The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of cryptic mammals: response to Jennelle et al. Anim. Conserv. 5: 121–123.[16]
  • Latika Rana – Tiger Princess of India. National Geographic Television.[17]

Contributions
  • Remembering Great Apes – 2018. Margot Raggett. Wildlife Photographers United. ISBN 978-1999643300[18]
  • Macdonald, David 2001 The New Encyclopaedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198508239[19]
  • Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes. 1999. Seidensticker J, Christie S and Jackson P. ISBN 9780521648356[20]
  • National Geographic. Dececmber 1997. Vol. 192. No 6. Wild Tigers[21]
  • A Tiger's Tale. BBC Wildlife
  • Wild Things – Latika Nath ( Discovery Channel)
  • A Tale of Two Tigers. BBC Wildlife[3]

Exhibitions
  • Omo – where time stood still. The Bikaner House, New Delhi. 5–12 November 2018[22]
  • Omo – a preview. The Corridor Project @The Quorum Club, Gurugram, Delhi NCR. 6 November – 6 December 2018.
  • Participated in a Group Show – An Eye on the Tiger, The World's Largest Tiger Photography Exhibition by the World's best Wildlife Photographers. The Royal Albert Hall, 18 September – 14 October 2018[23]
  • Participated in a Group Show – Remembering Great Apes. La Galleria, Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom. 15–27 October 2018[24]

Awards, honors and titles
  • Grant from Save the Tiger Fund for Camera Trap Development 1998–1999[25]
  • Overseas Research Student Scholarship[3]
  • Oxford and Cambridge Society of India Scholarship[26]
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship for the Year (Chevening Award)[27]
  • Research Fellowship, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra dun, 1994 – 1997[6]
  • Karmaveer Puraskaar for Work in the field of Environment and Conservation
  • Award from ATOI for contribution to Ecotourism in India 2007. National Geographic featured Latika in an hour long program called "Latika Rana – Tiger Princess" for a series titled "True Originals (USA)" and "Truth Files (Worldwide)"[3]
  • Latika was part of the campaign to launch National Geographic Channel in India along with Gerry Martin and Hritikh Roshan[8]
  • TEDxGurgaon 2012 Born to be Wild.[28]
  • TEDxSIULavale 2019. Tiger Conservation and more[29]
  • "Her Daringness" May 2020 - An honorary title bestowed by former Ministerial Adviser Mr Nitin Gupta in a Cover Story based on Latika's life and work.

References
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  2. "JLF 2019 Will Address the Year's Struggle for Gender Equality". The Quint. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. DelhiJune 24, Roshni Chakrabarty India Today Web Desk New; June 24, 2018UPDATED; Ist, 2018 22:18. "India's first female wildlife biologist and 'Tiger Princess' Latika Nath on breaking India's animal conservation barriers". India Today. Retrieved 28 February 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Meet 'Her Daringness'". The Indian Sun. 7 May 2020.
  5. "Meet Latika Nath, the Oxford Grad Dubbed India's Tiger Princess By Nat Geo!". The Better India. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. "Truly born to be wild". Hindustan Times. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. "Omo- Where Time Stood Still – Core Sector Communique". corecommunique.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. inventiva (7 July 2018). "Meet "India's Tiger Princess" Latika Nath – the first Indian with a doctorate on tigers". Inventiva. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "Treading the wild turf". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. "Ethiopian tribes in pictures: Snapshots from most remote and beautiful parts of Africa". Hindustan Times. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. "Jungle Book". The Indian Express. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  12. "We need to learn the laws of the jungle: Latika Nath". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  13. "Takdir The Tiger Cub". Tulika Books. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  14. "Wildlife Corridors: Why is their Maintenance so Important for India's Tigers?". The Outdoor Journal. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  15. "Meet "India's Tiger Princess" Latika Nath – the first Indian with a doctorate on tigers – YourStory". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  16. Nath, Latika (19 November 2001). "The use of photographic rates to estimate densities of cryptic mammals: response to Jennelle et al" (PDF). Animal Conservation (2002) 5, 121–123 2002 the Zoological Society of London. United Kingdom. 5 (2): 121–123. doi:10.1017/S1367943002002172.
  17. "The tiger princess – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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  19. "0198508239 – The New Encyclopedia of Mammals by David Macdonald; Sasha Norris – AbeBooks". abebooks.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  20. Seidensticker, John; Jackson, Peter; Christie, Sarah (1999). Riding the tiger : tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521648356.
  21. "1997 December Vol. 192, No. 6: Wild Tigers (National Geographic Magazine) by National Geographic | Rent book online". www.readersparadise-me.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  22. Chakrabarty, Roshni (12 November 2018). "Photos of Omo Valley tribes document unique customs: Facts on the tribes living where modern humans first evolved". India Today. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  23. "Royal Albert Hall | Save Wild Tigers". www.savewildtigers.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  24. News, Matt Golowczynski 2018-05-29T15:27:54 148Z. "Winners of Remembering Great Apes competition announced". digitalcameraworld. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  25. "Setting priorities for conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005–2015". ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  26. "OCSI Dialogues – Conversations on India's Wildlife and Ecology, Friday, 20 April 2018". The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  27. "Omo- Where Time Stood Still". Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  28. TEDx Talks (8 November 2012), Born to be Wild: Dr. Latika Rana at TEDxGurgaon, retrieved 28 February 2019
  29. "TEDxSIULavale | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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