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Sangita Iyer

Multiple Award-Winning Nature & Wildlife Filmmaker, Broadcast Journalist, National Geographic Explorer & Author of "Gods in Shackles"

Sangita Iyer

Sangita Iyer

Multiple Award-Winning Nature & Wildlife Filmmaker, Broadcast Journalist, National Geographic Explorer & Author of "Gods in Shackles"

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Animals & Wildlife, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Virtual Speakers
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Sangita Iyer Biography

Sangita Iyer is the author of the recently released book, "Gods in Shackles," a National Geographic Explorer, multiple award-winning nature & wildlife filmmaker and broadcast journalist, and a biologist. Nine of the 26 short films of the Asian Elephants 101 series world premiered on multiple National Geographic channels. Iyer also directed and produced the globally acclaimed epic documentary, "Gods in Shackles", which was nominated at the United Nations General Assembly, and has garnered 13 international film festival awards. Iyer received the "Nari Shakthi Puraskaar" - Women Power Award - the highest award for women making a difference in India from the country's President for her courage to expose the plight of captive elephants that are being exploited for profit behind the veil of culture and religion.

During the production of Gods in Shackles film, Iyer was deeply saddened by the plight of Kerala’s festival elephants. She realized that there was a significant lack of awareness regarding the plight of captive elephants, and used Gods in Shackles documentary as an educational tool to empower the people of India, particularly students, who hold the key to the future.

She soon realized that it was also necessary to implement tangible solutions to protect the endangered Asian elephants that were elevated to the status of India's Heritage Animal in 2010. This inspired her to create Voices for Asian Elephants (VFAE) and offer resources to the people of India, to stop capturing and exploiting elephants, and protect their habitat.

Iyer’s deep bond with elephants began when she was around three years old. Her grandparents took her to their family temple in a little village near the District of Palakkad in Kerala, southern India, where she was born and raised. By the age of four her family moved to Mumbai, where she did her schooling and university, but she missed interacting with her soul animals.

After her undergrad degree in B. Sc., Iyer taught in a primary school in Mumbai for a while, followed by a stint as a secondary school teacher in Nairobi, Kenya. She eventually moved to Toronto, Canada, where she went back to school and pursued broadcast journalism, aspiring to educate the masses about nature and wildlife.

Iyer began her journalism career as a news desk assistant at CTV Toronto, then as a video journalist and host at Rogers’ OMNI Television in Toronto. She moved to Bermuda in 2004, where she reported and anchored the primetime news on the island’s ABC/ CBS affiliate, ZBM News.

In 2008, she co-founded Bermuda Environmental Alliance (BEA), a non-profit organization aimed at educating Bermudians on nature and wildlife issues, and providing practical solutions aligned with earth stewardship. Over the years Iyer transitioned into producing nature and wildlife documentaries harnessing the power of sounds and images to communicate in a manner that resonated with people.

Iyer produced a four-part miniseries, Bermuda – Nature’s Jewel for Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet. She also hosted, executive directed and produced a six-part series of the same title, currently being used as an educational aid in Bermuda’s schools. In September 2012 Iyer was one of the few Canadians selected for The Climate Reality Project training by the former US Vice President Al Gore. She has given several lectures on climate change in Canadian schools and universities.

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Sangita Iyer Speaking Topics

  • Climate Change

    Elephants are proven climate mitigators. We all know that money makes the world go round, and the International Monetary Fund values one elephant’s lifetime of carbon sequestration at $1.75 million per sq. km. Sangita can discuss the importance of protecting these natural climate mitigators and the cascading effects of their loss that would be felt around the world, helping people realize that everything is interconnected. She focused on the monetary benefits of elephant conservation when she rang the closing bell at NASDAQ, the world’s second largest stock exchange.

  • Biodiversity

    Elephants are a keystone species, meaning other species depend on them for survival. When an elephant is lost, so is their important link to support others in the magnificent web of life, including humans. Sangita’s short films include interviews with experts on how the elephants maintain balance and support life around them.

  • Women’s Empowerment

    Elephants live in matriarchal societies and have invaluable lessons to teach us, especially for those like Sangita who were born and raised in a patriarchal society. Sangita's organization, Voices for Asian Elephants (VFAE) employs tribal women in leadership roles to implement projects in India, fostering empathy and cooperation by working with and for the elephants.

  • Healing from Abuse

    In her award-winning book, Gods in Shackles • What Elephants Teach Us About Empathy Resilience and Freedom, Sangita poignantly draws parallels between her own survival of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and the elephants who are severely mistreated in captivity. Given that many of India’s elephants are exploited under the guise of religion and culture, Sangita is on a mission to persuade temples to use robotic elephants rather than subject live elephants to the grueling days of festival celebrations.

  • Re-Wilding

    This is the concept of restoring natural processes to repair damaged ecosystems and revive degraded landscapes. VFAE bought its first patch of plantation land in Sangita’s native Kerala in June 2023, returning it to the Kerala Forest Department for re-wilding. Sangita connects the concept of re-wilding land to the re-wilding of the mind, allowing it to seek its natural potential unencumbered by thoughts and ideas that seek to control. Sangita sees a strong connection between the climate of the planet and the climate of the mind, both needing conservation and rescue from pollution and overuse.

  • Immigration

    Sangita and her family left India and spent 5 years in Kenya before moving to Canada in 1989. Like elephants who are forced to find new homes due to habit loss, Sangita faced many challenges in assimilating to life in a foreign country. From adapting her cultural traditions to talking speech classes to soften her Indian accent, she took pointers from elephants on adapting to life in a place very different from the one she grew up in.

Sangita Iyer Videos

  • Explorer Classroom | Elephant in the Classroom with Sangita Iyer
    Explorer Classroom | Elephant in the Classroom with Sangita Iyer
    Watch Explorer and filmmaker Sangita Iyer to learn about her work protecting endangered Asian elephants of India by engaging the local community in...
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Sangita Iyer Books

  • Gods in Shackles: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom
    Gods in Shackles: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom

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Sangita Iyer is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Climate Change, Biodiversity, Women’s Empowerment , Healing from Abuse, Re-Wilding and Immigration. The estimated speaking fee range to book Sangita Iyer for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Sangita Iyer generally travels from TorontoCanada and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Liz Bonnin, David Doubilet, Dr. Enric Sala, Brian Skerry and David Suzuki. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Sangita Iyer for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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