Shubhalaxmi Vaylure

Mumbai

V.Shubhalaxmi has experience of two decades in the field of environment education and entomology and four years in non-profit management. She heads the education department of BNHS which includes two Conservation Education Centres in Mumbai and New Delhi. She holds a doctoral in Entomology from University of Mumbai and attended Boston University during her Hubert Humphrey Fellowship programme in 2009 and University of Montana during Fulbright Fellowship in 2003. Her skill set lies on development of educational materials, conducting training workshops and developing online environmental courses. She has been a pioneer in starting first online environmental courses in India. She has adapted several of educational modules of United States at the centres she manage. She has developed range of educational materials for teachers and general public. Besides her professional experience she is the first female entomologist in India to study moths. She is currently writing book on Indian Moths.