Two day photo exhibition by 25 Photojournalists at Press club of India concluded
Manvendra Vashisht , PTI , First, Mukesh Aggrawal from The Tribune is second and the third prize went to Vivek Nigam ( Amar Ujala).
The then Vice President with his wife watching the monkey curiously.
The two day photo exhibition organised at Press Club of India precincts concluded yesterday evening with three photojournalists honoured for coming first, second and third for their outstanding photographs. Twenty five photo journalists from various media organisations have participated with their exemplary photos shot at various locations and different moods.
The member of the parliament and Bahubali of Bihar Pappu Yadav was the chief guest on the inaugural day whereas several other guests were present on this occasion. The Secretary General of Press Club of India Neeraj Singh Thakur graced the occasion with his significant presence as a special guest of honour as the president of PCI senior journalist Gautam Lahiri was out of station to Kolkata. SUNIL Negi, a management committee member also participated on the second day in the afternoon and saw the outstanding photographs shot by various photo journalists.
OTHER Important DIGNITARIES WHO GRACED the exhibition by their pivotal presence were : Akash Kumar, founder of Heart Foundation, Vipin Goyal, Dr. Sanjay Solanki, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Singer Nishi Singh , Manoj Jain, Councillor , Santoor player, Abhay Sopori, Ravindra Kumar, executive member PCI and himself a camera journalist in a news channel, Ragini Renu, Soofie Singer and others.
The unique and outstanding photographs of various photo journalists exhibited their exemplary talent and dedication and those who visited here enjoyed watching about 48 outstanding photographs.
The exhibition was jointly organised by the Press Club of India and the Media photo Journalist Trust.
The Media trust is doing a great job and the awarded journalists are Manvendra Vashisht , PTI , Mukesh Aggrawal from The Tribune and the third prize went to Vivek Nigam ( Amar Ujala). The five photo Journalists accorded consolation prizes were : Imtiaz Khan, Mihil Singh, Dhruv Kumar, Neeraj Koli and Sumit Pal.
This is the second exhibition of photo journalists organised at Press club precincts this year on the initiative of PCI present management committee led by veteran journalist Gautam Lahiri.
According to the Secretary General of Press Club Neeraj Singh Thakur such meaningful events not only promote art and journalism but also spread awareness in the society.
The chairman of the Media Photojournalists Trust Naval Hans, Kumar Sibten, Vijay Verma, Wasim Servar, Hemant Rawat, Jagjit Singh, Surendra Singh , Kanan Saran Singh , all members were also present on this occasion.
