Balan Madhavan


Balan Madhavan is an Indian nature conservation photographer. He is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
He runs the N Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation Communication, which awards the annual Madhavan Pillai Conservation award to forest guides and workers.

Recognition and awards

Madhavan was invited to the membership of the International League of Conservation Photographers in 1992 and serves on the board of directors.
He was the recipient of the Keizo Yamaji UNEP Photography Prize in 1992. The competition was organized by the United Nations Environment Programme and Canon Inc. and encapsulated the theme "Focus on your world" and prizes were announced at the World Environment Day ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992.
He is an associate of the Royal Photographic Society, UK and an artiste of Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique.

Works

In 2017 he traveled to Antarctica on a photo expedition. An exhibition of the photographs from the expedition he led was held in Thiruvananthapuram.

Publications