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