Sangita Iyer
Founder, Voices for Asian Elephants, Author & Wildlife Filmmaker
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Sangita Iyer is the Founder of Voices for Asian Elephants, author of the Amazon bestseller, Gods in Shackles - What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom, National Geographic Explorer, multiple award-winning wildlife filmmaker, broadcast journalist, and biologist. Sangita's most recent 26-part short docu-series, Asian Elephants 101, world premiered on multiple National Geographic channels. She is also the director and producer of the globally acclaimed epic documentary, "Gods in Shackles", nominated at the United Nations General Assembly, and garnered 13 international film festival awards. Sangita received the "Nari Shakthi Puraskar" - Women Power Award - the highest award for women making a difference in India from the country's President for the courage she displayed in exposing the plight of captive elephants who are being exploited for profit behind the veil of culture and religion.
Session: The Power(s) of Animals’ Stories: A Multi-Media Roundtable
