Ishaan is an information science engineering graduate, trained photographer, and conservationist. He has documented the lives of pastoralists for the NGO Sahjeevan, headed photography projects on rehabilitation of sex workers and transgenders for the Government of Karnataka, and participated in the tracking of Amur falcons for Wildlife Trust of India. He has a decade’s experience in the Amazon working with Field Projects International, including seven years of deploying tracking and monitoring equipment for research.