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From life-saving medicines to deadly toxins; from mind-bending chemicals to the nourishment on our plates.
Embarrassingly, we know so little about fungi.
This session invites you to watch, listen, and participate. Three short films, a panel discussion with entrepreneurs and experts, and a light-hearted audience interaction with quizzes, polls and surprises.
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Prithvi Kini
Prithvi Kini is an entrepreneur, yoga practitioner, and citizen scientist dedicated to empowering individuals to reclaim their health and well-being through the therapeutic potential of fungi. As co-founder of Nuvedo, India’s premier functional mushroom brand, she envisons a future to bring the healing benefits of mushrooms to people and the planet. As the India Program Lead for the Fungi Foundation, she champions allyship with fungi across conservation and policy reform.
Harikrishnan M T
Harikrishnan M T, known on Instagram as @indiantoadstool, is a microbiologist by training and a mycologist by passion. Among the foremost mushroom identifiers in India, he spreads awareness about the country’s fungal diversity through citizen science and public education.
Bijoy Venugopal
Bijoy Venugopal is a writer and nature educator. He is the founder-editor of The Green Ogre, a nature storytelling project. He anchors the ongoing Docu Dialogues series at NGMA.
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