N. A. Naseer Explained

N. A. Naseer
Birth Date:	1962 6, df=y
Birth Place:	Ernakulam district, Kerala State, India
Nationality:	Indian
Known For:	Wildlife photography, conservation of nature, and authoring books

N. A. Naseer, (born 10 June 1962) in Ernakulam district, Kerala,^[1] is an Indian wildlife photographer, nature conservation activist and author,^[2] who is a member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He is sometimes called the ambassador of Kerala's forests.^[3] He is also a martial artist (karate, thai-chi, chi gung).^[2]

Career

In addition to leading Malayalam periodicals, he writes on wildlife with photographs, in magazines like the Mathrubhumi Yathra travel magazine, Mathrubhumi weekly Sanctuary Asia, Hornbill,^[4] Frontline,^[5] Outlook, Traveller, and others. Besides conducting sessions about nature conservation, photography all over South India, he teaches martial arts.^[2]

Books

• Woods and Photographer,^[6] which was the first book on wildlife which was written in Malayalam, Naseer's mother tongue, and sold out three months after being published. It has photographs of fauna native to South India.
• Kadine chennu thodumbol:^[7]
• Kadum Camerayum^[8]
• Vranam pootha chantham^[8]
• Malamuzhakki (2020)^{[9] [10]}
• Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum^[11]

Awards and honours

• 2013-KR Devanand Memorial Award^[12]
• 2011-Excellency in Photography award by All Kerala Photography Association^[12]

See also

• Sandesh Kadur

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nazeer. N. A.. 2017. കാടും ക്യാമറയും /. 27 October 2020. find.uoc.ac.in. Malayalam.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091226201331/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/n-a-naseer-profile/ N. A. Naseer's profile
3. News: Joy Mathew releases wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book . Mathrubhumi . 20 July 2020 . en.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711122300/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/articles/hornbill/an-unusual-butterfly-gathering/ An unusual butterfly gathering
5. Web site: Close encounters in the wild . Hindu.com . 13 March 2009 . 2 October 2016.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20111017233226/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/2011/10/book/ Archive
7. Web site: കാടിനെ ചെന്നുതൊടുമ്പോള്‍ . Deshabhimani . ml.
8. Web site: Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now . Mathrubhumi . en.
9. Web site: എന്‍.എ നസീര്‍ കേരളത്തിലെ കാടുകളുടെ അംബാസിഡര്‍- ജോയ് മാത്യു . Mathrubhumi . 20 July 2020 . en.
10. News: Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now . 26 May 2021 . Mathrubhumi . 5 July 2020 . en.
11. Web site: Naseer . N. A. . Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum (കാട്ടിൽ ഒപ്പം നടന്നവരും പൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോയവരും) . Mathrubhumi Books . 2017.
12. Web site: NA Naseer . Mathrubhumi.