ABOUT DR. P. KUMAR, India

One of India's leading wildlife photographers-authors. Has published widely at both national & international levels. His stock imagery was represented by the erstwhile M/S Planet Earth Pictures, London. Small stock files are still available with M/S Sunset Agence Photographique, Paris, and M/S Getty Images (through Taxi).

Dr. Kumar, 56, has been teaching Zoology at the University of Delhi for about 30 years. He began practising wildlife photography as a natural extension of his academic occupation about 15 years ago.

One of Dr. Kumar's more immediate undertakings is to provide a true online international exposure to Indian Wildlife. His first-ever Indian Wildlife website (WILDLIFE CHRONICLE at http://www.cranes.org) is one of the biggest such undertaking on the web. This site was followed by Dr. Kumar's safari site (PREMIUM RANTHAMBORE SAFARIS at http://www.supersafaris.com) - meant for personalized safaris & workshops conducted by Dr. Kumar exclusively at Ranthambore National Park & Tiger Reserve.

NATIONAL CLIENTS

Dr. Kumar's wildlife pictures-features have been widely used by the following organizations, magazines and newspapers:

INDRAMA Travel Magazine (Sita Travels, New Delhi), 

FRONTLINE (The Hindu Group, Madras), 

The Hindu (Madras), 

The INDIA MAGAZINE (New Delhi),

The Indian Express (New Delhi),

SANCTUARY Asia Magazine (Bombay), 

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK (New Delhi), 

CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY (New Delhi), 

PROJECT TIGER DIRECTORATE (New Delhi), 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (New Delhi), 

CORBETT TIGER RESERVE (UP),

NATIONAL BOOK TRUST (New Delhi),

ASIAN ADVENTURES (Noida, UP),

DOWN TO EARTH (New Delhi)

INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS

01. International Crane Foundation, (Wisconsin, USA) maintains a stock of Dr. Kumar's images of Siberian Cranes in their photo-library.

02. NATURAL HISTORY Magazine (American Museum of Natural History, New York) used eight of Dr. Kumar's pictures in its November, '98 issue - including the COVER picture (see above) - all as part of a feature entitled,"A Monsoon Delivers Storks".

03.  HEXAGONO Magazine (Argentina) used some of Dr. Kumar's Painted Storks pictures in its September,'99 issue. They were supplied online image scans.

04. TIME/LIFE Books Series (USA) featured a Painted Stork picture in February,'99.

05. PHOTOGRAPHIER LES ANIMUX, Observations, Techniques et Conseils  (France), a book brought out by Larousse-Bordas, and edited by Albert Visage & Claude Jardel, included Dr. Kumar as one of the leading 38 international nature/wildlife photographers featured in their book.

06. The INK GROUP Publishers Ltd. (England) used Dr. Kumar's image for its Animal Humour Series greeting cards.

07. The BBC Wildlife Magazine (UK) used Dr. Kumar's image in its select postcard edition. This card package included pictures by some of the leading professional nature/wildlife photographers of the world.

08. Several pictures have been sold worldwide by some of the premier Natural History/Wildlife agencies of the world, e.g., M/S PLANET EARTH PICTURES, London in the past, and M/S SUNSET AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, Paris & M/S Getty Images (through TAXI) currently.

09. Image featured in the WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Portfolio THREE, 1994, brought out jointly by the BBC Wildlife Magazine, the Natural History Museum and British Gas (all UK) and printed by Fountain Press Ltd. (UK).

Images also featured in similar publications mentioned below :

10. WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Portfolio FOUR, 1995

11. WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Portfolio FIVE, 1996

12. BBC Wildlife Magazine (UK), September,'94, included Dr. Kumar's image in a feature "Best of the Rest", including pictures by six of the leading nature/wildlife photographers of the world.

13. Pictures used in the book 'Terror of the Wilds' (UK) published to accompany the BBC TV series telecast of the same name.

14. SPAN Magazine - United States Information Service, New Delhi.

15. APA Travel Guides - INDIA edition, Singapore.

16. Stock Directory - GREEN DIRECTORY 2 - brought out by M/S Planet Earth Pictures, London.

17. ELEPHANT TRUST (UK).

18. NEW SCIENTIST Magazine (UK).

19. WildAid.org - for their promotional campaign.

20. Through our online feature "Crane Rain: the Village of Demoiselle Cranes" we had provided   

      story lead (and subsequent production assistance) to the US-based video production 'Wild 

      Things' in December, 1999.

21. Asian Conservation Awareness Programme (ACAP)
     ACAP is an international campaign of WildAid.org in partnership with the David    

     Shepherd Wildlife Foundation and with local wildlife groups

     http://www.acapworldwide.com/elephant.html

     http://www.acapworldwide.com/tiger.html

        http://www.acapworldwide.com/bear.html

22. DiscoveryBooks.net - for their forthcoming book on elephants.