Sh. Vinod Goel Retd- bureaucrat and now Wildlife Photographer and Writer
From schooling in a hostel in Sainik School Balachari in Jamanagar in the State of Gujarat ,and later on as a Civil Servant in the Ministry Of Finance, Govt Of India , his job took him to various parts of India. His very first visit to Kanha National Park in Central India in April 2004 ignited the passion for wildlife and has not digressed from that. During the last 14 years he had been to more than 50 to 60 National parks and wildlife sanctuaries and captured unbelievable moments in the wild.
He held his first solo exhibition “Tiger’s Realm; at The India International Centre New Delhi in Dec 2011.The second exhibition namely “Jewels of the Wild was held at India Habitat Centre New Delhi along with his son. In May 2012 as well in April 2016 , Ministry of Environment and Forest invited duo of father and son to hold exhibitions during the conference on Global tiger recovery Program and 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference for tiger conservation ,respectively ,at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
At present (1st November to 20th November 2017 ) his photographs are center of attraction at the Aravalli Utsav Exhibition at the India Habitat Centre ,New Delhi.The aim is to protect one of the oldest range of the world through activities such as exhibition of photographs ,talks and walks.
From 2013 his articles on Wildlife started appearing in reputed magazines such as ‘Airports India’, ‘Rail Bandhu’ ‘Shubh Yatra, ‘Exotica’ and Marwar India etc.
His photographs have appeared in the books namely, ‘Wild Fire’, ‘Winged Fire’ and ‘Saving Wild India - A Blue Print for Change’ by the well-known conservationist and writer ‘Valmik Thapar’. Another photograph appeared in the book named ‘Tadoba Inheritance’ by Sanctuary Asia magazine. His images are regularly published in WWF India calendar for the last 2 years. (2016,2017). Some more photographs are coming in the WWFIndia calendar of 2018.
After superannuation, through his articles and photographs he is trying to make people aware of the rich wildlife heritage of the country and exhorting them to protect the same for the benefit of future generations. He regularly loves to capture the most uncommon behavior of the common birds and animals .
He can be followed on his face book page Vinod Goel wildlife and Nature Photography as a regular blogger.
