Areas of Expertise and Experience:
Titles held during the course of my career :
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January 1994 to October 1995 As Trainee Photographer/Dark-room assistant in Pan-Asia News Agency , New Delhi
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November 1995 to January 1996 As Photographer at Financial Express Newspaper, New Delhi
- February 1996 to September 2001 As Sr. Photographer at Hindustan Times Newspaper, New Delhi
- October 2001 till date As Photographer in an International News Agency, New Delhi
Education :
- Diploma in Photo Journalism- Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
- Higher Secondary from A.S.V.J. Anglo Sanskrit Schhol, New Delhi, 1991
Major News Coverage:
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Cyclone in Kandla, Gujarat in 1998
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Kargil War in Jammu & Kashmir state in 1999
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Drought in Rajasthan 2000
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Earthquake in Gujarat 2001
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Election coverage
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Cricket and sports tournaments in India
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SAARC summit in Kathmandu Nepal 2002
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Post Taliban period in Afghanistan, May 2002
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Asain Games in Busan , South Korea Sep.-Oct.2002
Freelance Assignments :
As Photo Editor/ photographer for sportasia.com , a joint venture of AFP and china.com, from January 2001 to May 2001. My Job was to arranage all the sport coverages from India and Pakistan, receive the photos through e-mail, edit them and send to Hong Kong based office.
- Microsoft Training Certification in MCSE
- IBM certification on Web development
- Masters Diploma in Software Engineering (MDSE)
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Award :
- Third prize in UNICEF photo of the year Award -2000, Germany
- Diploma in photography for the year 2001 from Academy of Visual Media
Exhibition :
- A group exhibition with AFP Delhi photographers on Afghanistan in 2002