Kamlesh Singh Atri is a trained educator with a Master’s Degree in Geography. She is also a trained instructor for various vocational courses aiming at providing livelihood to marginalized sections of society. She has vast experience working with government and private organizations with a primary focus on the upliftment of underprivileged communities and the conservation of the environment and wildlife.

After completion of her studies, she worked with the Government of India on a project aimed at imparting education and securing livelihood to children affected by child labour for two years. Then, she joined The Corbett Foundation (TCF) in 2015 and worked in Central India for 6.5 years. She was involved in the development of nature education material, the conduction of awareness programmes in schools and villages and the organization of vocational training for women of tribal and forest-dependent communities of Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh. She also worked on various wildlife research and conservation projects. She played an important role in the successful implementation of watershed projects, habitat restoration projects, vulture conservation, human-wildlife mitigation projects etc.