Shri Surendra R. Patel awarded
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shri Swarup Dutta winner of
Professional Photographer of the Year, Shri R. Sasikumar winner of Amateur
Photographer
4th National Photo
Awards conferred by Secretary (I&B)
Secretary
(I&B), Shri Bimal Julka today conferred the 4th National
Photography Awards to eminent photographers at a function organized by
the Photo Division, under the aegis of the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting at the National Media Centre, New Delhi. The award function was
attended by noted cinematographer, Shri Santosh Sivan and Chairman of the Jury
Committee, Shri Anil Risal Singh.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri
Julka said that the National Awards were meant to pay salutations to the
greatest and the best from photography profession. The Ministry of I&B and
the Photo Division acted as catalyst/ facilitators to create a dynamic
environment. The Awards assumed significance as they brought together the most
talented and skillful men and women behind the lens and the screen in an
assembly to display their artistic expression.
Shri Julka also gave an overview of
the one day workshop on photography and videography held yesterday and mentioned
that the ministry would work proactively to organize similar workshops for the
North East and J&K shortly. For this
purpose the views of experts at the workshop had been collated and the
unanimous view was that the Ministry should facilitate the emerging trends with
reference to skill upgradation in these regions.
Secretary also mentioned that the
Ministry would consider the recommendations of the Jury Committee on
suggestions given. Complimenting Shri Patel for the Life Time Achievement
Award, Shri Julka stated that the award was being bestowed upon a legendary photographer
who had made extensive and excellent contributions in various fields of
photography at both the national and international level.
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Shri Surendra R. Patel was given
the Life-Time Achievement Award, Shri Swarup Dutta was awarded the Best
Professional Photographer Award and Shri R. Sasikumar was awarded Best Amateur
Photographer. Awards were also conferred to 10 winners under the Special
Mention category for both, the Professional and Amateur segments. The theme for
the Professional Category was “Hamara Bharat Swachh Bharat” and for the Amateur
Category is “Mother and Child”.
The awards were judged by a Jury Committee
comprising of eminent Photojournalists, the Jury consisted of:
(i)
Shri Anil Risal
Singh, Chairman (President of Federation of Indian Photography)
(ii)
Dr. Shivanarayan
Joshi, Member (Retired Professor and Head of Department, D/o Philosophy, JNV
University, Jodhpur, Ex-President Federation of Indian Photography)
(iii)
Shri B. Jayachandran, Member (National
Picture Editor of Malayali Manorama)
(iv)
Ms. Rathika Ramasamy, Member (Prominent
wildlife photographer)
(v)
Shri Avinash Chand Aggarwal, Member
(Senior Fellowship in the Photography, D/o Culture, Government of India.
Working as a freelancer professional photographer since 1992)
The winners in the 4th
National Photography Awards are as follows:
Sl. No.
|
Name
of the awardee
|
Category
of Awards
|
1.
|
Shri
Surendra R. Patel, Gujarat
|
Life-Time
Achievement Award
|
2.
|
Shri
Swarup Duta, Purulia, West Bengal
|
Professional
Photographer of the Year
|
3.
|
Shri
R. Sasikumar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
|
Amateur
Photographer of the Year
|
4.
|
Shri
Jayesh Navinchandra Shah, Rajkot, Gujarat
|
Special Mention Award in
Professional Category
|
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5.
|
Shri
Atul Vasant Ghag, Mumbai, Maharashtra
|
Special
Mention Award in Professional Category
|
6.
|
Shri
Pravin Rawat, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
|
Special
Mention Award in Professional Category
|
7.
|
Shri
Arvind Kumar Jain, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
|
Special
Mention Award in Professional Category
|
8.
|
Shri
Umesh Nikam, Pune, Maharashtra
|
Special
Mention Award in Professional Category
|
9.
|
Shri
Joydeep Mukherjee, Kolkata, West Bengal
|
Special Mention Award in Amateur
Category
|
10.
|
Shri
Akhil Hardia, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
|
Special
Mention Award in Amateur Category
|
11.
|
Shri
Nimai Chandra Ghosh, Kolkata, West Bengal
|
Special
Mention Award in Amateur Category
|
12.
|
Shri
Mukesh J. Thakkar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|
Special
Mention Award in Amateur Category
|
13.
|
Ms.
Tabeenah Anjum Qureshi, Jaipur, Rajasthan
|
Special
Mention Award in Amateur Category
|
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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