SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 - We Cry In Silence, Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles.
2020 Resilience - Group exhibition by women photographers, Hyderabad Centre for Photography, Hyderabad, India.
2019 Work on sexual violence from India, Guatemala and CAR exhibited at the Stand Speak Rise Up conference, Luxembourg.
2018 Stolen Futures - Women in Photography 2018 slideshow projection: Women Photograph at Objectifs, Singapore.
2018 Not My Shame - Exhibition as part of 24 Hour Project, Lima, Peru.
2018 Not My Shame - Exhibition on Deepening Diversity, Women’s Rights and Democracy at India International Centre, New Delhi, India.
2017 Not My Shame - Exhibition and talk at CSW organised by Sayfty at UN Women Headquarters, New York.
2017 Group exhibition Insider/Outsider by Women Photograph - Photoville, New York.
2016 Not My Shame - Exhibition at Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India.
2016 Not My Shame - Exhibition at Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India.
2015 Unearthed: Stories of Courage in the face of Sexual Violence in India - Exhibition at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India.
2015 Unearthed: Stories of Courage in the face of Sexual Violence in India - Exhibition at Church Center, United Nations, New York.
2015 Doggie Divas - Exhibited at The Yangon Photo Festival, Yangon, Myanmar.
2015 “Not My Shame” - Solo exhibition as part of the TEDx Conference held at Yanbu City, Saudi Arabia
2014 Doggie Divas - Screened at The Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
2014 Doggie Divas - Screened at Visa pour l"Image, Perpignan, France.
2014 Women in Asia - Participant in a group exhibition at the Jeonju International Photo Festival, South Korea.
2013 Group exhibition The View From Here, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York.
2013 Group exhibition Streetscapes supported by The Royal Photographic Society, UK.
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Fetisov Journalism Award recipient for Outstanding Investigative Reporting.
2021 Amnesty International Media award for Photojournalism, UK.
2021 Las Fotos Projects Advocay Award Recipient.
2021 TED Fellowship, US.
2019 One World Media Awards for short film “Rebels with a cause” in the Popular Features Category, BAFTA, London.
2019 REX Global Fellowship, Delhi, India.
2019 The Hindu Photojournalism Awards in Portrait category - second and third prize. Chennai, India.
2019 Getty Images award grant, UK.
2018 International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Fellowship to report in Guatemala, Latin America.
2018 Exceptional Women of Excellence Award- Women Economic Forum, Delhi, India.
2017 Indian Of The Year award for Photojournalism - Brands Academy, Delhi, India.
2013 The Washington Post Award - Eddie Adams Workshop, US.
2013 ‘New York City Newstrain’ diversity scholarship - Associated Press Media Editors, New York.
2013 George and Joyce Moss Scholarship for documentary photography, New York.
SCREENINGS
2021 Slideshow, Stolen Lives, Krakow Photo Festival, Poland
2018 Slideshow, Child Marriage in Nepal, Women Photograph at Objectifs, Singapore
2017 Presenter, Not My Shame, Open Show New York, New York
2016 Artist Talk - Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India
2014 Doggie Divas, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2014 Doggie Divas -Visa pour l"Image, Perpignan, France
2013 Shoot 4 Change, Soho Photo Gallery, New York
2013 Eli’s Mom, Open Show New York, New York
BOOK
‘We Cry in Silence’ - Author. Published by FotoEvidence, France in September 2022.
Not My Shame included in Ethics and Integrity in Visual Research Methods by Savannah Dodd, Emerald Publishing, UK.
Not My Shame included in Converging Media by John Pavlik published by Oxford University Press, New York.
Doggie Divas included in New York Edited, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany.
CLIENTS
National Geographic Magazine, The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Magazine, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC World News, TIME Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Channel 4, ELLE UK, Caravan Magazine, Nature Magazine, Pacific Standard Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, Human Rights Watch, International Womens Health Coalition, Children's Hope Foundation, Women In the World, The Guardian, Ozy, Bright Magazine, FirstPost, American Photo, Quartz US, DNA India, Daily Magazine, CNN, Spiegel Online, Metro UK, CNN-News18, The Indian Express, Equal Times, Platform, UN News, News Deeply, Quint, Art F City, The Telegraph India, Arre, Outlook Magazine, ScoopWhoop, Woman News Network, Girls Not Brides, and Daily Mail UK.
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2021 - Artist Talk - Storytelling for Change Summit by Photographers Without Borders.
2021 Speaker- Stolen Lives, National Geographic Storyteller Summit, Washington D.C.
2021 Artist Talk- On Photographing Globally and Locally, ICP Talks: Lecture Series, New York
2021 Speaker- Ethics of Photography in International Development, University of Oxford, UK
2021 Artist Talk- Department of Photojournalism, NPPA chapter, Ohio University, Ohio
2021 Speaker- Storytelling through Photography, Nikon India Lecture Series, Delhi
2021 Speaker- Storytelling through Smita’s Lens, Tuckered Out Podcast, US
2021 Panelist- Violence against women during COVID, T7 News Channel, Shillong, India
2021 Speaker - Storytelling through Photography, Live video interview with Triveni Media UK
2020 Panelist- Photo Ethics Symposia on gender, power and documenting vulnerability, UK
2020 Taught workshop on Documenting human rights issues with sensitivity IPF, Hyderabad
2020 Speaker- On Empathy in Storytelling, Photography Ethics Podcast
2020 Online panel discussion - Working on the Frontline to End Human Trafficking hosted by Newlight, Kolkata, India.
2020 Online panel discussion - Article 23 Dialogues - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
2020 Artist talk - Virtual Photo Summit, India
2019 Instructor- Photography and Human Rights workshop, YLAC, Delhi.
2018 Hosted - Global Vision event by CREDO Orbis, Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
2018 Panel discussion - Addressing Gender Violence by CAFI and MARG at India International Centre, Delhi, India.
2018 Instructor at Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Kolkata, India.
2017 Skill lab on “Using photography for Social Justice” at Youth CSW , UN Headquarters, New York.
2017 Presenter - “Not My Shame” at Open Show New York , Videology Bar, New York.
2017 Presenter - An evening of photography and conversation, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit.
2016 Panel discussion - Stories of her "OWN ” Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India.
2016 Presenter - “Not My Shame” at Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India.
2016 Panel discussion - Beyond Boundaries, Chennai Photo Biennale, India.
2015 Presenter - Women photographers explore gender issues - Yangon Photo Festival.
2015 Lecture on Intercultural Understanding - American University, DC.
2015 Online Dialogue on The Use of Photography in Advancing Human Right - The Center for Victims of Torture.
2014 Speaker - International Conference on Broadcasting Media & Film Industry, Baltimore, USA.
2014 Presenter - 'Shoot4Minutes' event at Soho Photo Gallery, New York.
2013 Presenter - Open Show New York, The Bronx Documentary Center, New York.
VIDEO
'The God Makers' - A Video Documentary on the idol makers of Kolkata, India. Researched, directed and co-edited for ABP.
'Crossbreed' - A Video Documentary on the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Scripted, co-directed and co-edited.
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING
2022 Countering Misinformation & Disinformation in the Indo-Pacific Region supported by the U.S. Consulate Kolkata
2022 Book-making Demystified: from Start to Finish - The Essentials by Everyday Projects
2022 Women Photograph Workshop 2022
2022 Advocacy through Photography - Counter Speech Fellowship organised by YLAC
2021 FotoEvidence Workshop
2021 Advocacy through Photography - Counter Speech Fellowship organised by YLAC
2020 Documenting human rights issues with sensitivity - Indian Photo Festival
EDUCATION
One Year Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program, International Center of Photography, New York.
Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Communication, Pune University, Pune, India.
Certificate in Digital Photography, New York Film Academy, New York.