Awards & Accolades

Year	Title	Description
2025	“Honorable Mention”, Street Category	Monochromatic Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Awards,
2025	“Honorable Mention”, Culture Category	Chromatic Photography Awards
2025	"Honorable Mention", People: Travel/culture Category	Neutral Density Photography Awards
2025	"Honorable Mention", People: Event Category	Tokyo International Foto Awards.
2025	"Official Selection & Honorable Mention", Event, Traditions & Cultures categories.	International Photography Awards 2025 (IPA 2025). IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation.
2025	"Honorable Mention", Human/Candid Category	Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards 2025. Organised by House of Lucie.
2023	"Jury Member"	Mela Moments Photography Contest organized by National Academy of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Government Of India., New Delhi.
2023	"Nominee"	16th Annual International Color Awards, California, USA.
2020	"Honorable Mention", People : Travel/culture Category	Neutral Density Photography Awards (ND Awards)
2020	"Honorable Mention"	13th Annual International Color Awards,California, USA. Exhibited and published in International Color Awards Winner Book 2020.
2020	"Honorable Mention" Series and single category of Culture & Daily Life.	15th Pollux Awards. Organised by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, UK.
2019	"Bronze Award", People : Culture Category	Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA Awards)
2019	"Honorable Mention", People : Culture Category	Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA Awards)
2015	"Best 50 Award", Travel Category	Travel Photographers Asia
2015	"Finalist", People : Culture & Daily life Category	7th Pollux Awards,organised by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, UK.
2013	"Top 100 images"	Grauda Indonesia World Photo Contest, organised by Indonesian Government.
2011	"Finalist"	31st Annual Spring Photography Contest, organised by Serbin Communications, California and Co-sponsored by Sigma. Image was published in a hardcover book titled “ Best of Photography 2011”, published by Serbin Communications, California, USA.
2010	"Permanent Collection"	Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria.
2010	"Photo of The Day"	Published by National Geographic Society, USA .
2010	"Your India Photo"	Published by National Geographic Society, USA .
2010	"Sacred India"	Exhibition & Talk at British High Commission, New Delhi.
2010	"Finalist"	Lonely Planet’s 100 Millionth Guide books "Mosaic Photography Competition". Judged as one of the top 200 Images from a pool of over 130,000 images.
2007	"Permanent Collection"	The San Diego Museum of Art, California,USA.
2005	"Second Prize"	19th Surajkund Craft Mela Photo Competition, organised by Haryana Government.
2005	"Permanent Collection"	National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India.
2000	"Third Prize"	Photo Contest organised by Better Photography Magazine.
2000	"Second Prize"	Photography contest organised by International Library of Photography, New York.
2000	"Junior Fellowship"	Awarded by Department of Culture, Government of India, for two years.

Year	Title	Description
2023	108 Portraits of Indian Photography	Contributor in the book edited by Dr. Alka Pande ( Art Historian, Arts Advisor, Art curator & Consultant, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi).
2020	Winners Book 2020	Contributor in the book,13th Annual International Color Awards California, USA.
2019	Third Eye : Photography and Ways of Seeing	Contributor in the book edited by Dr. Alka Pande ( Art Historian, Arts Advisor, Art curator & Consultant, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi).
2019	Calender for the Year	India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2015	Voices & Images	Contributor in the book edited by Dr. Alka Pande ( Art Historian, Arts Advisor, Art curator & Consultant, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi).
2012	Silvershotz folio	The International Journal of contemporary photography, UK
2006	CHILDLINE	Sole contributor of photographs in the book titled "Childline"on street children, published by a Mumbai based NGO named Childline India Foundation.
2005	Nobody's Children	Photography & caption based column titled “Nobody’s Children” in the First City magazine (published from New Delhi) continuously for one year and nine months, since feb. 2005.
2003	If I Were Rain	Major contributor of photographs in the book titled “If I Were Rain” published by a Delhi based NGO Youthreach.