Dr. Ravi Chellam is currently the Director of the Mission Secretariat, National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being and Chief Executive Officer at Metastring Foundation. Dr. Ravi Chellam has been involved with wildlife and biodiversity research, education and conservation since the early 1980s. He has a Masters Degree in Wildlife Biology from AVC, College, Bharatidasan University and a Doctorate from Saurashtra University based on his work on the ecology of the Asiatic Lions.