India, Nov. 23 -- Cardiac surgeon Dr Ramakanta Panda is in his scrubs - he has come straight from the morning rounds for this interview, and will get into back-to-back surgeries later. He has done 30,000-plus heart surgeries over 40 years.

That's serious business but Dr Panda isn't your straight-faced, brooding doctor. Beaming with excitement, he says, "My exhibition of wildlife photography has over 100 photographs shot in the last two years." He then holds forth about his adventures with the camera in forests, curated into a show titled Heartbeats: Wildlife, Our Shared Future, to open at the Jehangir Art Gallery next week, and inaugurated by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The showcase features Dr Panda's photos of wild animals and b...