-Event- 2nd National Photo Awards, 2011-2012 (India)

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2^nd National Photo Awards, 2011-2012 (India)

The 2nd National Photo Awards, 2011-2012 were given away on 28 March 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi by Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India to the eminent photo artists of India for their outstanding work in the field of art photography. The awards were conferred by Mrs. Meira Kumar, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr. Manish Tewari, Minister of State (Independent Charge) - Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India presided over the function.
These prestigious awards were given in three categories; Life Time, Professional and Amateur. 

The award winners for different categories are:

• Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients –

(1) Mr. Pranlal Patel, (2) Mr. T.N.A. Perumal and 

(3) Mr. T.S. Nagarajan

• Best Professional Photographer of the Year 2011-12 –

Mr. Salil Bera

• Professional Photographer of the Year 2011-12 on “Green India Environmental Stories” -

Dr.  Pankaj Sharma

• Professional Photographer of the Year 2011-12 in Open Category –

Mr. Anil Risal Singh

• Special Mention Awards (Professional) –

Mr. Anand Patel,  Mr. Atul Choubey,  Mr. Shib Narayan Acharya,  Mr. Kailash Soni, Mr. Vinod Gajjar,  Mr. Chetan Soni,  Mr. Dilip Lokre,  Mr. Kailash Mittal,  Mr. Sanat Kumar Sinha and Mr. Shankar Mondal

• Best Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011-12 –

Mr. Subhash Jirange

• Best Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011-12 on “Life and Landscape of India”-

Mr. Sudip Roychoudhury

• Best Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011-12 on “Fine Arts” –

Mr. Debashish Ghosh Ray

• Special Mention Awards (Amateur) category-

Mr. Asis Kumar Sanyal,  Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee,  Mr. Manish Bhatnagar,  Mr. Debashis Tarafder,  Mr. Sirsendu Gayen,  Mr. Subhrajit Basu,  Mr. Dhrumil Desai,  Mr. Subir Kumar Dutta, Mr. Ganesh Shankar and Mr. Rajesh Joshi

(Information Courtesy: Mr. Debatosh Sengupta, Director-  Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. Of India)