Awards

Best Nature Film award at the Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival for the documentary, ‘Point Calimere – Little Kingdom by the Coast’, 2007

Golden Tree Award, Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, New Delhi, for ‘The Ridley’s Last Stand’, 2003

Merit Award for Conservation Advocacy, International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana, U.S.A., for ‘The Ridley’s Last Stand’, 2003

Special Mention of the jury, Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, for ‘Nagarhole – Tales from an Indian Jungle’, 2003

Arlette Vincent Prize, Valvert International Wildlife Film Festival, Brussels, for ‘Nagarahole – Tales from an Indian Jungle’, 1999

Special Jury Award, Sondrio International Film Festival on Parks and Protected Areas, for ‘Nagarahole – Tales from an Indian Jungle’, 1998

Special Jury Award, International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana, U.S.A., for ‘Nagarahole – Tales from an Indian Jungle’, 1998

Best Nature Film Award, Earthvision Festival, Japan, for ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’, 1992

Invitational Prize, Sondrio International Film Festival on Parks and Protected Areas, for ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’, 1991

Special Jury Award, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, for ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’, 1991

National Award for Best Cinematography, for ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’, 1991

National Award for Best Film on Ecology and Environment, for ‘Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest’, 1991

National Award for Best Agricultural Film, for ‘Seeds of Hope’ 1988

National Award for Best Film on Ecology and Environment, for ‘A Cooperative for Snake Catchers’ 1987

Other Awards

Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Service Award, 2011

Edberg Foundation Award, Sweden, 2008

Canara Bank – CMS – UNEP Prithvi Ratna Award for using film for conservation, 2007

Carl Zeiss Award for Conservation, 2007

Rolex Award for Enterprise (Associate Laureate) for the initiative ‘The Wild India Project – Changing Hearts and Minds through Moving Images’, 2004