Allahabad :

Eminent photographer V Srinivas Chary (Karimnagar, AP), received the first KG Maheshwari award of the 9{+t}{+h} All India Laxmi Salon contest, 2013, organised by the Sri GangaKalyanSewaSamiti. The winners of the national photo contest were announced here on Wednesday. Chary won the award for his photograph titled ‘Shy Bonda Girls’.

The awards for winners in five categories were decided from among 964 entries received. The award winning photographs will be exhibited in a two-day photo exhibition to be inaugurated on August 12, informed president of the organisation Ravi Prakash and secretary Jitendra Prakash.

In the Monochrome Print category the first prize went to Alok Avinash (Purulia) for his entry titled ‘Morning Raga’. The runners up were Pati Nagu (Kakinada, AP) for ‘Smiling Face’ and KG Maheshwari (Mumbai) for ‘Contemplative’.

Photographers selected for certificate of merit were Manab Kumar Nandy (Kolkata) for ‘Nocturnal Glow’, Alok Avinash (Purulia) for ‘Swanery’ and RV Sharma (Kanigiri, AP) for ‘Happy Mood’.

Winners in other categories are: Color Print: 1. Dr Suwarna R Gawde (Mumbai) ‘Shephard Girl’, Sitanath Paul (Chinsurah) ‘Steps’ and Partha Pratim Chakraborty (Kolkata) ‘Composition’. Certificate of merit: CVS Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (Vijayawada, AP) ‘Smile’, Waje Rajesh Shantaram (Pune) ‘Sejal’ and Kalyan Bhattacharyya (Chinsurah) for ‘Not Alone’.

Nature Print: Sandipan Saha (Kolkata), Bibhuti Bhushan Nandi (Coochbehar, WB) for ‘Frog Duo’ and RK Madhu (Karnataka) for ‘Paradise Fly Catcher With Young Ones’. Certificate Of Merit: Partha Pratim Chakraborty (Kolkata) ‘Beauty Of Beast’, RK Madhu (Karnataka) ‘Indian Dhole with Kill’ and Shibu Bhusan Das (Kolkata) for ‘Light And Shadow’.

Photo Travel Print: 1 CVS Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (Vijayawada, AP) ‘Bull Fight’, Hussain Khan (Khammam, AP) ‘Speed Boat’ and, JP Sharma (Lucknow) ‘Sport In Snow’. Certificate Of Merit: Writwik Chakraborty (Nadia, WB) ‘Naga Dance’, Rakesh Sharma ‘Rajdeep’ (Udaipur) ‘Dancing Event’ and Dipankar Ghosh (Howrah) for ‘Dreadful Khumbu’.

Photo Journalism Print: 1 CVS Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (Vijayawada, AP) ‘Skid’, Subrata Bysack (Kolkata) ‘Rescue Operation’, Deepak Bartakke (Mumbai) ‘Shobha Yatra’. CertificateOf Merit: Dipankar Ghosh (Howrah) ‘Descend’, T Srinivasa Reddy (Vijayawada, AP) ‘Equality’ and CVS Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (Vijayawada, AP) ‘Jellikattu’.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad  by TNN / August 01st, 2013