Kobita Dass Kolli and KV Subbarao

KV.Subbarao has more than three decades experience in agribusiness. He has lead businesses to achieve market leadership and has experience improving farm incomes and livelihoods of small-holder farmers across Asia and Africa.

Subbarao currently advises on agricultural production, sustainable agricultural practices and carbon credits. [He is a graduate of Plant Genetics with a PhD in Molecular Biology.

Kobita Dass Kolli is an amateur naturalist, observing and documenting the flora and fauna around her; the backyard, rocky outcrops and mixed deciduous forests of the Hyderabad region.

She is happy to light the spark of curiosity and share her findings on Tree Walks, talks and social media. She and a friend have continued to guide an activity class on gardening and nature awareness for 4th class students at Vidyaranya School for 19 years. Kobita is an illustrator and worked at Titan as a watch designer. She is a graduate of Plant Sciences and Botany with an MPhil in Plant Physiology.