Organising committee

Megh Roy Choudhury

Megh Roy Choudhury, is one of India’s well known award-winning Wildlife Photographers. She is the Director of WildSojourn Admodum LLP- a company dedicated to Wildlife. She is also the Editor-in-chief of one of the most prestigious online Wildlife Magazines ‘WILD SOJOURNS “. Professionally she is an academician and her work in wildlife photography has earned her tremendous respect and love among her peers!! Many of her works have been featured and published in various National and International publications and books. She has conducted various seminars, workshops and webinars on Wildlife Photography and Conservation. Her presence as the judge has graced many prestigious national competitions. As a part of her philanthropic endeavours, she is the Chief Trustee of the Trust “Chinu Datta Gupta Memorial Foundation” catering to human welfare and nature conservation .

Dr Prasanna AV

Dr. Prasanna is not only an accomplished and highly skilled neuro and spine surgeon but also a passionate wildlife photographer. He is a Director of WildSojourn Admodum LLP- a company dedicated to Wildlife. He possesses a deep reservoir of dedication when it comes to saving lives and helping others, serving as a true inspiration. While maintaining calmness and serenity in a highly stressful professional life, he seeks solace and joy in capturing the incredible beauty of the natural world through the lens of his camera. With a keen eye for detail and a genuine love for nature, he skillfully captures breathtaking moments that showcase the intricate complexities and captivating allure of wildlife. Through his photography, he invites others into his world where the wonders of medicine and the magnificence of nature gracefully intersect.

D.P. Vishwakarma is one of the top technological professionals in the fields of photo printing and image processing. Also known as Montuji he has been involved in quality assurance and photo-processing equipment maintenance since 1987. Starting his career as a Service Engineer at Fujifilm for photo processing equipment and digital mini lab, he founded “Precision Engineers (India), a company dedicated for designing and developing of customised automation works, along with import and service provider of Digital photo processing machineries. 

Mr. Vishwakarma is also serving with his immense experience with the following organizations for the upliftment and betterment of the photography and image processing field.

He is the president of the Photographers Welfare Association of India  (Regd.), New Delhi and Photographic Professionals’ Association (Regd.), Kolkata. He also is a Technical Adviser: at PixMaster(Image image-processing research and development company).

Prashant Arora

Prashant Arora is a photographer with a vision for the future. His mission is to create an archival museum, which would comprise photographs of celebrities from different walks of life, with their signatures on them.  Mr Arora has painstakingly built an archive of more than 2000 personally autographed photographs of national and international celebrities across the board. His special areas are – classical music and classical dance, and each photograph is complemented with a brief bio-data of the personality concerned. He is celebrated as a portrait photographer of considerable excellence. He offers a unique example of happy marriage between two passions – photography and autographs.

People ranging from Mrinal Sen to Majrooh Sultanpuri, M. F. Hussain to Madhuri Dixit, Birju Maharaj to Bhimsen Joshi, Hari Prasad Chourasia to Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ruskin Bond to Shoba De, Mehndi Hasan to Daler Mehndi, Naushad Ali to Gopal Das ‘Neeraj’, Shantidev Ghosh to Saurav Ganguly, find themselves frozen in time within a small frame of an autographed portrait. All the creation of one man – Prashant Arora, at work.