Awards & Accolades

Year	Title	Description
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)	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	15th Pollux Awards. In series and single category of Culture & Daily Life category. Organised by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, UK.
2019	Bronze Award (people : culture)	Tokyo International Photography Awards (TIFA Awards)
2019	Honorable Mention (people : culture)	Tokyo International Photography Awards (TIFA Awards)
2015	Best 50 Award (Travel Category)	Travel Photographers Asia
2015	Finalist (people : culture & daily life)	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". My Image was 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.
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.