Dr. Neelima Kulkarni is Retd. Head, Department of Zoology, at V.G. Vaze College, Mulund, Mumbai. She retired after being in the teaching profession for 39 years. She was a recognised research guide at University of Mumbai in the subject of Zoology. She attended and presented research papers at several National and International conferences. She writes popular articles on environment for Marathi print media and All India Radio.