Kobita Dass Kolli is an amateur naturalist and independent researcher documenting the flora and small fauna of rocky outcrops and mixed deciduous forests in and around Hyderabad. She’s happy to share her findings as well as her appreciation for the natural world on walks, talks, and social media. She has been guiding a nature activity class along with Sadhana Ramchander at Vidyaranya School, Hyderabad, for more than two decades. She is an occasional illustrator and designed at Titan Watches Ltd in the nineties. She is a graduate in Plant Sciences with an MPhil in Plant Physiology.