Dr Ramakanta Panda’s wildlife photography exhibition opens at Kala Ghoda

Updated On: 26 November, 2025 09:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Trisha Ghosh

A Mumbai-based heart surgeon has channelled his love for the camera into documenting wildlife in Maharashtra and beyond India. The exhibition features nearly 240 species of birds, and various animals

A pair of Greater Flamingos, accompanied by a juvenile (centre), captured in the brilliant gold colours of sunrise in Mumbai. Pics courtesy/Dr Ramakanta Panda

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Wildlife photography is not just about capturing an image; for me, it is a way of creating awareness,” we are told by Dr Ramakanta Panda. The cardiac surgeon and Padma Bhushan recipient, who serves as the Chairman of Asian Heart Institute in Bandra-Kurla Complex, also happens to be a nature and photography enthusiast. Having combined his affinity for both, his collection of over 200 photographs documenting various birds and animals, is on display as an exhibition, Heartbeats: Wildlife, Our Shared Future from today at a gallery in Kala Ghoda.

An Asian Paradise Flycatcher dives into the water at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, in Navi Mumbai