Sangita Iyer is the Founder of Voices for Asian Elephants and author of the Amazon bestseller, Gods in Shackles - What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom, a National Geographic Explorer, multiple award-winning nature & wildlife filmmaker and broadcast journalist, and a biologist.

Sangita's 26-part short docu-series, Asian Elephants 101, world premiered on multiple National Geographic channels. Sangita produced and directed the popular series with a storytelling grant from the National Geographic Society. 

She's also the director and producer of the globally acclaimed epic documentary, "Gods in Shackles", which was nominated at the United Nations General Assembly, and has garnered 13 international film festival awards. Sangita received the "Nari Shakti Puraskaar" - Women Power Award - the highest award for women making a difference in India from the country's President for her courage to expose the plight of captive elephants that are being exploited for profit behind the veil of culture and religion.