Recognition

This section lists some of the recognitions and awards received for my photography work. 


Featured in the 2023-2024 HIPA Awards Book

My image titled “Stable Ecosystem” was featured in the Annual Award Book for the Hamdan International Photography Awards 2023-2024

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2022 Chromatic Photo Awards

My image titled “The Turquoise Sweater” won honorable mention in the Nature and Wildlife Category of the awards. 

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Sony A1 Advertisement 

My photograph was featured on the official Sony Advertisement for the A1. The Ad was published in the National Geographic Traveller India Sep-Oct 2022 Edition.

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2022 Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 

My image titled “The Explorer” won the “Highly Commended” in the “Night Sky Category” of the Awards

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2022 Wild Sojourns Online Magazine Cover, Monsoon Edition

My image “Fire in the Rain” was selected as the cover shot for the online wildlife magazine!

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2022 International Photography Awards — One Shot Color

My image “Fire in the Rain” was a finalist and made it to the 'Official Selection' of the Competition. The image is also featured in the Competition Winners E-book.

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2021 HIPA Worlds Coolest Winter Competition

My portfolio of images under the “UAE Wildlife” and the entry for the “Mountains” category were one among the finalists

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2021 Global Village HIPA Competition

My image “One Flag, One Heart” won second prize in the Competition.

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2021 Tokyo International Foto Awards 

My image “Spirit of Love” secured Bronze Award in Nature and Wildlife Category. 

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Earth.org Photographer

Was selected to be one of the EO Photographers and contributor of Images to the Earth.org. 

Earth.Org aims to use the power of photography to tell stories, share moments and raise awareness of the environmental crisis faced by our planet. 

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2021 Greatest Masai Mara Photographer of the Year 

My wildlife image of titled “A mothers Love” was selected as one of the finalists for the Greatest Masai Mara Photographer of the Year Competition.

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2021 Bird Photographer of the Year

One of my images made it to the highly commended under “Black and White” category. Two images including this one was featured in the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Yearbook as well. The same image was selected to be featured in the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Year, Bespoke Print Store as well.

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2021 WildArtPoty Monochrome Top 100

One of my images made it to the Top 100 from the WildArt Photographer of the Year Monochrome theme Top 100 images.

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2020 Bird Photographer of the Year

One image made it to the “highly commended” under “Bird Behavior” category and the same was featured in the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year Book.

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