She is an Indian filmmaker. She began her journey as a wildlife camera girl at the age of 22. In 2014, she graduated in Science and Natural History Filmmaking from University of Otago. Her camera skills combined with her knack for storytelling has quickly made her successful. Her University project 'Sirocco - How a dud became a stud', which she completed on a shoestring budget of mere Rs.50000 won the 'Green Oscar' in 2014. She is currently working on two film projects with Animal Planet. Ashwika is a wildlife and conservation filmmaker. At 27, Ashwika became the youngest person and India's only woman to win the Green Oscar in a Global Category, also known as the Panda Award. She gained worldwide critical acclaim for her film Sirocco, a quirky, rags-to-riches story about the only bird in the world with a government job. Her wildlife filmmaking career has so far taken her to live and work in several parts of the world including South Africa, Kenya, Borneo, Nepal, New Zealand, India, and the United Kingdom, where this year, she got the chance to work on location with the Godfather of wildlife filmmaking - Sir David Attenborough himself. But, as a young woman in India making an unconventional career choice hasn't been easy at all. Pursuing her passion has always required immense determination and resolve to ride through the lean times. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
12 дек 2017
