Shivya Nath
Shivya Nath is an Indian travel writer, author and filmmaker sharing slow journeys, local stories and community-led climate action through The Shooting Star.
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- From
- Dehradun, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas
- Work
- Travel writer, author, filmmaker and sustainability educator
- Started
- Left her corporate job in 2011, aged 23
- Breakout
- The Shooting Star, her 2018 bestselling travel memoir
- Education
- Master’s in Sustainability and Environmental Management, Harvard University (DCE)
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Dehradun, Shivya wondered what lay beyond the mountains. She studied in Singapore and joined the Singapore Tourism Board, where following travel bloggers helped spark her own plans. A two-month sabbatical in 2011 took her to Western Europe and the Indian Himalayas. She then left her job to travel.
Finding her readers.
She began The Shooting Star in 2011 and gave up her rented home in 2013. Her 2018 memoir, also called The Shooting Star, brought those journeys to book readers. Penguin reports that it has sold more than 20,000 copies. Her writing has appeared in BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller and The Washington Post.
Travel with purpose.
Her work now connects travel with local communities and climate action. She founded The Shooting Star Academy in 2024 to teach purposeful travel storytelling, and runs Climate Conscious Travel. Her Routes of Resilience documentaries centre community voices, while her second book, Rootless and Restless, returns to questions of freedom and belonging.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2026Rootless and RestlessAuthor
- 2025Women Travel SoloContributing writer, story on a Slovenian family farm
- 2018The Shooting Star: A Girl, Her Backpack and the WorldAuthor
Documentary films
- 2024Routes of ResilienceDirector
- 2024Mujeres Ya Trabajan (Women Work Now)Director
Awards
- Bessie Awards · Social Impact Award2025 · Winner for Routes of Resilience.
- Inspire Global Media Awards · Broadcast of the Year (vlog)2025 · Winner for the film Routes of Resilience.
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards2023 · Silver for video under two minutes and an honourable mention for Instagram storytelling.
- WTM Responsible Tourism Awards India2020 · Best Communicator winner.
Quotes
After all, places are not just destinations. They are someone’s home.Shivya Nath, SheThePeople
In June 2026, she discussed how travellers can think more carefully about the places and people they visit.
Trivia
- She became vegan in 2015.
- For nearly seven years, she lived nomadically out of two bags.
- Rootless and Restless began as an attempt at a travel novel before she returned to her own experiences.
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