Union MoS Dr L. Murugan confers 8th National Photography Awards

8th National Photography Awards

Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Murugan presented the 8th National Photography awards in New Delhi. A total of thirteen awards were presented during the ceremony today including 6 each in the Professional and Amateur category. The theme for the Professional category was “Life and Water”, while in the Amateur category the theme was “Cultural Heritage of India”.

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A total of 13 awards were presented comprising of one Lifetime Achievement Award with cash prize of Rs.3,00,000; one award each in Professional Photographer of the Year category and Amateur Photographer of the Year category with cash prize of Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.75,000 respectively; and 5 Special Mention Awards in both Professional and Amateur categories with cash prize of Rs.50,000/- and Rs.30,000/- each respectively.

Winners of the 8th National Photography Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ms Sipra Das

Professional Photographer of the Year Award

Shri Sasi Kumar Ramachandran

Special Mention Awards in the Professional category

Shri Dipjyoti Banik
Shri Manish Kumar Chauhan
Shri R S Gopakumar
Shri Sudipto Das
Shri Umesh Harishchandra Nikam

Amateur Photographer of the Year Award

Shri Arun Saha

Special Mention Awards in the Amateur category

Shri C S Sreeranj
Dr Mohit Wadhawan
Shri Ravishankar S L
Shri Subhadip Bose
Shri Tharun Adurugatla

Jury for 8th National Photography Awards

Shri Vijay Kranti, Chairman of Jury for the awards informed the audience that a total of 9 entries were received for Lifetime Achievement Award while 12 were entered in the category on recommendation of Jury members. He further informed that 462 entries with a total of 4,535 images were received for the Professional category. These entries were received from 21 States and 4 Union Territories. In the Amateur category, 874 entries with 6,838 images were received from 24 States and 6 Union Territories.

Members of the Jury for 8th National Photography Awards