Conceptualised and led by a team of dedicated and passionate birders, Vannya is a rich information resource replete with pictures, vocalizations and information for more than 1,340 bird species in India. With its ease of use and pleasing design, Vannya is a birder's delight and a priceless tool for any bird scout.
Conventional birding involves carrying hefty and bulky field guides. Moreover, they’re easily weathered and also not updated regularly as discoveries are made. Finding the specific information you need through these books is always cumbersome.
Vannya was founded with the aim of creating a common platform for different stakeholders of the birding world to interact and collaborate. With a multitude of features like life lists, various kinds of distribution maps, identification pointers and more, Vannya truly completes your birding experience.
Shashank Dalvi
Shashank is a researcher, conservationist and entrepreneur from India with more than 20 years of field experience and immense knowledge of the natural history of the country. His work has led to the discovery of the new bird species, Himalayan Forest Thrush, apart from several rediscoveries and range extensions across almost all vertebrate taxa in India. His research work on birds also includes understanding biogeographic barriers on population genetics and the impact of land use change on bird communities.
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Shashank was also instrumental in exposing the mass-scale hunting of Amur Falcons in Nagaland and subsequently designing a conservation action for the species. In 2015, Shashank completed a Big Year in India, with 1,128 species seen just within the country. This led to him developing a mobile application called Vannya to get more Indians to actively start watching birds. The application is now used by more than 100,000 people across the world. For 15 years, Shashank has been juggling all his research, conservation and education work with guiding bird tours because he enjoys the challenge and the constant reminder of the reason he fell in love with India's wildlife.
Dr. Vishnupriya Sankararaman
Ph.D. in Ecology from Penn State University
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Vishnu is a quantitative ecologist with an interest in developing conservation tools and strategies for multi-species communities in production landscapes. Most of her work has focussed on understanding amphibian and bird communities in the agroforests of the Western Ghats. She received a Master's degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from National Centre for Biological Sciences and has worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, India.