A historian, environmentalist and writer based in Chennai, Nanditha Krishna has a Ph. D. in Ancient Indian Culture from Bombay University, where she was also a Heras scholar.She has been a Professor and Research Guide for the Ph.D programme of CPR Institute of Indological Research, affiliated to the University of Madras.
She was the Honorary Director from 1981 of The C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation and was elected President in 2013. She is the Founder of its constituents: C.P. Art Centre; C.P.R. Institute of Indological Research; Saraswathi Kendra Learning Centre for Children; The Grove School (Chennai); Shakunthala Jagannathan Museum of Folk Art and Rangammal Vidyalaya (in Kanchipuram); Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Memorial Nursery & Primary School, Kumbakonam; and C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (established by the Min
For more information, please see www.cprfoundation.org and www.cpreec.org . She is also the President of the Conjeevaram Hindu Educational Society (SSKV Schools & Women’s College), Kanchipuram; Blue Cross of Kanchipuram; and Member, Governing Body of Blue Cross of India. She is the editor of ECONEWS , Indian Journal of Environmental Education , www.heritageonline.in and publisher of the Journal of Indian History and Culture .