<p>Ramki Sreenivasan, a tech entrepreneur-turned-wildlife photographer and conservationist, passed away in Bengaluru on Saturday night. He was 49 and is survived by his wife and son.</p>.<p>Ramki was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and he managed to beat it. But the disease came back about five months ago. </p>.<p>A physics graduate who later studied MBA, Ramki founded Marketics, a data analytics company, and steered it to great success.</p>.<p>He eventually sold the company and took retirement at the age of 36 to pursue his childhood calling: birdwatching and photographing rare species.</p>.<p>Ramki was the founder of Conservation India, an NGO, and Wild Ventures, a digital archive of India’s natural heritage.</p>.<p>One of his pet projects was a programme to save amur falcons from mass hunting.</p>.<p>The project led to a ban on the hunting of amur falcons in Nagaland. Ramki also founded Wildlife for Cancer to help poor children affected by cancer.</p>.<p>“His passing away is a huge loss to the wildlife conservation community in India,” said ornithologist Shashank Dalvi, who had known Ramki for 20 years.</p>.<p>“We bumped into each other while watching birds in Arunachal Pradesh,” Dalvi said. “We covered the entire Northeast and the rest of the country.” </p>
<p>Ramki Sreenivasan, a tech entrepreneur-turned-wildlife photographer and conservationist, passed away in Bengaluru on Saturday night. He was 49 and is survived by his wife and son.</p>.<p>Ramki was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and he managed to beat it. But the disease came back about five months ago. </p>.<p>A physics graduate who later studied MBA, Ramki founded Marketics, a data analytics company, and steered it to great success.</p>.<p>He eventually sold the company and took retirement at the age of 36 to pursue his childhood calling: birdwatching and photographing rare species.</p>.<p>Ramki was the founder of Conservation India, an NGO, and Wild Ventures, a digital archive of India’s natural heritage.</p>.<p>One of his pet projects was a programme to save amur falcons from mass hunting.</p>.<p>The project led to a ban on the hunting of amur falcons in Nagaland. Ramki also founded Wildlife for Cancer to help poor children affected by cancer.</p>.<p>“His passing away is a huge loss to the wildlife conservation community in India,” said ornithologist Shashank Dalvi, who had known Ramki for 20 years.</p>.<p>“We bumped into each other while watching birds in Arunachal Pradesh,” Dalvi said. “We covered the entire Northeast and the rest of the country.” </p>