SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 We Cry In Silence, Photoville, New York.
2024 Resilience and innovation in the face of climate change, World Press Photo & The Every day Projects, Oldenburg Museum, Germany
2023 We Cry In Silence, District Legal Service Authority, Karnal, Haryana, India.
2023 We Cry In Silence, Management Development Institute - MDI, Gurgaon, India.
2023 Life in the Polka Dots, Sharjah Art Biennale, Sharjah, UAE.
2023 We Cry In Silence, IMP Festival, Padua, Italy.
2023 We Cry In Silence, Judicial Colloquium on Anti-Human Trafficking, Judicial Academy, Delhi.
2023 We Cry In Silence, National Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking, Delhi, India.
2023 We Cry In Silence, Bronx Documentary Center, New York, US.
2022 We Cry In Silence, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India.
2021 We Cry In Silence, TED Women Conference, Palm Springs, US.
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, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2025: Alexia Vision Grant Professional
2024: Gender Warrior award from (IAA) India chapter in association with Google and UNICEF.
2023: Winner, We Cry In Silence, 2023 Lucie Photo Book Prize 2023.
2023: Finalist, 2023 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards, Photography category for India's- Crop Burning Problem, The Nature Conservancy Magazine.
2023: Award of Excellence, Photography Book of the Year 2022 for We Cry In Silence, Pictures of the Year International, US.
2022: Second prize, Stolen Lives, Outstanding Investigative category, Fetisov Journalism Awards, Switzerland
2021: Winner, Stolen Lives, Photojournalism, Amnesty International Media Awards, London
2021: TED Fellowship 2021: Recipient of Advocacy Award, Las Photos Project, US
2020: Nominated and included in Hundred Heroines, UK
2019: Winner, Short film - Popular Features Category, One World Media Awards, BAFTA, London
2019: Winner, Portrait category, The Hindu Photojournalism Awards, Chennai, India.
2019: Getty Images Grant 2019: REX Global Fellowship, Delhi, India.
2018: International Women’s Media Foundation- Adelante Reporting Fellowship, Guatemala.
2018: Exceptional Women of Excellence Award - Women Economic Forum, Delhi, India.
2016: Finalist - Outstanding photography by South Asian Journalists Association, New York.
2015: National Silver medal for Protection of Human Rights, Rex Foundation, Delhi
2015: PVCHR Bronze medal for Protection of Human Rights, Rex Foundation, Delhi
2014: Grant Rita Hillman Foundation for documentary photography, New York
2013: New York City Newstrain diversity scholarship, Associated Press Media Editors, 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
2022: We Cry in Silence - Author. Published by FotoEvidence, France
2022 : We Cry In Silence included in What We See! Published by Women Photograph.
2022: Silence and Omissions: A Media Guide for Covering Gender-Based Violence, Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University.
2020: Not My Shame included in Ethics and Integrity in Visual Research Methods by Savannah Dodd, Emerald Publishing, UK.
2018: Not My Shame - Converging Media by John Pavlik published by Oxford University Press.
2018: Doggie Divas included in New York Edited, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany.
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2025: Public Speaking for Photographers, VII Foundation.
2024: Speaker - MIT Solve Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, US.
2024: Book Signing and Artist Talk - Leica Gallery, Boston, US
2024: Panelist - Women Changing the Face of Documentary Photography, SDN, US.
2024: Panelist - Deep Dive - Telling Long Term Stories, Diversify Photo, US
2024: Speaker - Inspired Live, Photoville, New York.
2024: Artist Talk - Harbour City Photography Club, Canada.
2024: Artist Talk - Telling Stories With Impact, VII Foundation
2024: Artist Talk - The Photo Society Presents, US
2023: Speaker- TEDx, TEDX Gateway, Mumbai, India.
2023: Artist Talk - US State Department, TIP Office, Washington DC., US
2023: Speaker - We Cry In Silence, Suno India, Delhi.
2023: Speaker We Cry In Silence, Women Street Photographers, New York.
2023: Book signing and Artist Talk - International Center of Photography, New York, US
2023: Book signing and Artist Talk - WPOW and Lost Origins Gallery, Washington DC., US
2022: Speaker- Seen & Heard, Levis Conference, Global.
2022: Artist Talk - We Cry In Silence - Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem, Lisbon, Portugal.
2022: Artist Talk - Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad
2022: Panelist - Documenting vulnerability without re-victimisation, IPF, Hyderabad.
2022: Speaker- Women in Global Development Leadership Forum, Washington D.C
2021: Speaker- TED Talk, TED Women Conference, Palm Springs, US
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: Panelist- Terragollut Festival, Catalonia, Spain
2021: Speaker - Eddie Adams Workshop
2021: Speaker- Storytelling For Change Summit, Photography Without Borders, Canada
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: Speaker- Article 23 Dialogues webinar on photographing human trafficking, Delhi
2020: Panelist- World Day Against Trafficking in Persons webinar, Newlight, Kolkata
2020: Artist Talk- Virtual Photo Summit, Delhi
2020: Speaker- On Empathy in Storytelling, Photography Ethics Podcast
2018: Instructor at International Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Kolkata
2018: Panelist- Addressing Gender violence, CAFI, India International Centre, Delhi
2017: Participant - Human Trafficking and Slavery, Trust Conference, Washington DC
2017: Panelist- Survivor rehabilitation and empowerment, Safty, UN Women, New York
2017: Speaker- Documenting Detroit annual event, Detroit
2017: Speaker : Documentary Seminar, ICP, New York
2017: Presenter - Open Show, Ideology Bar, New York
2017: Speaker - BBC Asian Network Big Debate, UK
2017: Speaker - Photo Brigade Podcast, New York
2016: Panelist - Beyond Boundaries, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India
2016: Speaker - India’s rape culture: the survivors’ stories, Channel 4, UK
2016: Artist Talk - Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India
2015: Speaker - Women photographers explore gender issues, Yangon Photo Festival, Myanmar
2015: Speaker - Intercultural Understanding, American University, Washington D.C.
2014: Speaker - International Conference on Broadcasting Media & Film Industry, Baltimore
2013: Artist Talk - Open Show, 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.
CLIENTS
Publications:
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, Financial Times, Newsweek Magazine, Daily Mail UK, Indian Express, Equal Times, Platform, UN News, News Deeply, Quint, Art F City, The Telegraph India, Arre, Outlook Magazine, 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 ScoopWhoop, Woman News Network, Narratively, NPR, Positive News Magazine, ZEIT Campus, DIE ZEIT, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine, Imagine 5 magazine
Non Profits
Human Rights Watch, International Womens Health Coalition, Children's Hope Foundation, Girls Not Brides, Leprosy Foundation, Action Aid UK, Misereor Super Turbam, World Economic Forum, Better Shelter
MENTORSHIP, TEACHING & JURY WORK
2024: Co-Chair - Art Works Projects Mentorship, Chicago, US
2024: Jury - NHRC India Human Rights Photography Competition, India
2024: Guest Lecture - The Gallatin School, New York University, New York
2024: Workshop - Public Speaking for Photographers, VII Foundation
2024: Jury - CPB4 International Open Call, Chennai, India
2024: Jury - 24 Hour Project, India Exhibition, Hyderabad, India.
2023: Guest Lecture - Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, New York, US
2023: Jury - The Nature Conservancy Global Photo Contest, US
2023: Mentor - Art Works Projects Fellowship, US
2023: Instructor- Foundry International Photojournalism Workshop, New York
2023: Guest Lecture - The Gallatin School, New York University
2023: Co Chair and Mentor : Emerging Lens Fellowship, Art Works Projects, Chicago
2023: Jury: Open Call, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad
2023: Guest Lecture - Storytelling Through Photography, Aaranyak, Guwahati, India
2022: Jury- Amnesty Media Awards, Photojournalism category, London
2022: Jury- The Nature Conservancy’s 2022 Photo Contest
2022: Jury- Art Works Projects 2022 Grant
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.
BA with honours in Mass Communication and Video Production, NEHU, India.