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Indian conservationist, documentary filmmaker, and environmental journalist

Swati Thiyagarajan is an Indian conservationist, documentary filmmaker and environmental journalist,^[1][2] based in Cape Town, South Africa and New Delhi, India.^[3] She is a core team member of the Sea Change Project in South Africa and environmental editor at the Indian television news network of NDTV.^[4] Thiyagarajan is the recipient of the Carl Zeiss Award, Earth Heroes Award and two Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.^[5] Her work as the environmental editor at NDTV has been acclaimed internationally and she has been described as the doyenne of environmental journalism in India.^[5][6]

Early life

Swati Thiyagarajan grew up in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu,^[1] and is the daughter of Kannan Thiyagarajan, a student of Sishya School, Chennai and Rishi Valley School, the latter of which was