Udupi: Astro Mohan Wins Prize in National Photography Contest


Udupi: Astro Mohan Wins Prize in National Photography Contest

Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (AF)

Udupi, Jun 7: Noted press photographer Astro Mohan has won the third place in the Clean India Photo Awards 2008, organized by WES-Net India. It is the country's first sanitation award for photojournalists, held between March 20 and June 5.

Astro Mohan is not only a well-known photojournalist but also a magician, an astrologer, a palmist, an orator, an artiste and an art critic. His deep academic interest in astrology earned him the prefix 'Astro.'

He has documented the cleaning workers for 15 years in Udupi and has earned national and international recognition for the same.


About the Awards:

The idea of the awards was conceived given the negligible coverage given by the media to problems of sanitation and water management. The idea aims at creating awareness, learning and cooperation through media among the general public, professionals and policy makers. This initiative was a part of WES-Net India’s efforts to promote 2008 as International Year of Sanitation in India.

To be eligible for the awards, photojournalists across India had to publish photographs on the theme of sanitation with a title and a caption, which describes the context in
newspapers/magazines from World Water Day, which was observed between March 20 and March 27 this year.

The first prize was bagged by Tamil photojournalist A M Sudhakar, while the second prize went to Sudhanshu Malhotra who is freelancing with Civil Society and Time Out.

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  • dinesh chandra, Hussain Ganj,Lucknow(U.P.)

    Mon, Jun 09 2008

    Hello Astro, 5th June,2008 was a great day in my life. It was a big achivement when I met a master mind like you.Three cheers for third prize. Unfortunately I could not spend more time with you because I was getting late to report at airport.Please visit Lucknow, once again congratulations. yours fan, Dinesh Chandra (Co-Finalist Wes-Net clean India Photo Contest,2008)

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  • janardhan, kodavoor,udupi

    Mon, Jun 09 2008

    Hai Astro.. Congratulations for attaining National award.Keep it up.I wish you a very bright future ....

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  • SA Krishnaiah, Udupi

    Mon, Jun 09 2008

    Congratulations on winning the National Photographic Award.

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