Dr P Gowri Shankar is a wildlife biologist working on king cobras for over two decades.
As part of his PhD at North Orissa University and Uppsala University, Sweden, he recently discovered the presence of four species of king cobras against one, as believed for the last 185 years.
He has been featured in several wildlife documentaries on channels like the BBC, Discovery, NatGeo Wild, Animal Planet, Smithsonian and National Geographic Channel.
He was awarded the Herpetologist of the year 2015 by the Swedish Herpetological Society and the ‘Vasundhara Mitra Award 2023’ by Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited.
