Photographer Neel Sureja. Photo by Michael Rodgers, Handa Isaland, Scotland.
About Neel
Neel Sureja is A Zoologist and Wildlife photographer from India. He is pursuing Masters in Applied Wildlife conservation at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus.
The sole purpose behind this passion is to tell an unheard story that nature has to reveal and to use it for research purposes. To make the world more sustainable and lively for every organism living on this planet. I have an idea that a photograph should tell a story, Be it is the state of nature, its conservation, or the subject’s behaviour. Photography skills help me to put forward my thoughts and feelings toward the world. It is a way to showcase his passion for fauna and still be able to communicate his concerns about nature to the audience. It’s a tool that enables his voice my perturbations about how we are losing our precious ecosystem. We need to restrain ourselves from doing irreversible damage to the planet that we call our home.
Currently, he is volunteering with RSPB as a Wildlife photographer.
Achievements
- 6th place in expert “wildlife and nature” category in young photographer of the year awards at "Digital Camera Academy", UK (Dec 2018).
- 1st rank in oral paper presentation at “11th National Science Symposium 2019” Organised by Christ College Rajkot. (Sponsored by GSBTM).
- 1st rank in Paper Poster Presentation at “Science Excellence-2018" Organised by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
- 1st in Bird Photography "Dang Bird Festival” Gujarat-2018.
- 2nd place in urban biodiversity Conservation photography Competition at Coimbatore India, organised by CUBE.
- Runner up in Urban Wildlife (young adults) at Outback photography competition 2021.
- Special mention in Urban Wildlife & Birds at Outback photography competition 2021.
- 2nd place in the category bird photography competition at Marine National Park, Jamnagar.
Scientific Publications
- Sureja, N., H. Radadia, B. Trivedi, D. Varagiya & M. Gadhavi (2022). The checklist of birds of Rajkot district, Gujarat, India with a note on probable local extncton. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(8): 21508–21528
- Sureja, N., Radadia, H., Patel, J., Chovatiya, S., (2021) Notes on ‘the breeding behaviour of Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) from Khijadiya, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, India. Buceros, Envis Newsletter, Avian Ecology at the Bombay Natural History Society Vol.26, No. 1, April-July,2021.
- Jhaveri, D., & Raval, B., Sureja, N., (2018). Sightings of tagged waders near Jamnagar. Flamingo XVI (3): 14-15.
- Sureja, N. (2018). Grey Heron preying on a Little grebe. Flamingo XVI (2): 14.