Clean
India Photo - Contest 2008
[Date:05/06/08 Source:WES-Net
India]
Chronicling the sanitation saga through the camera, photojournalists from across the country have put the spotlight of attention on various aspects of cleanliness, water waste management and environment through a unique photo-contest that testifies the aphorism : "A photograph can speak more than thousand words".
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The first Clean India Photo Contest 2008 on sanitation which drew to a close on World Environment Day has been won by A M Shudhagar of Salem, Tamil Nadu in the published photo category. The other winners included Sudhanshu Malhotra from Delhi and Astro Mohan from Karnataka. The awards were presented to the winners at a glittering function at IHC this afternoon.
The dignitaries who spoke
on the occasion included Ms. Bhagyashri
Dengle - Executive Director of
Plan India, Mr. Depinder Kapur
- Country Representative of WaterAid India,
Ms. Lizette Burgers - Chief,
Water and Environmental Sanitation Section
of Unicef India, Mr.Prashant Panjiar
- Celebrity Photographer, Live Wire Images,
New Delhi, Padma Bhusan Major H.P.S.
Ahluwalia, Mountaineer, Founder
of Spinal Injury Society and Chairman, Indian
Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi and Ms.
Shanta Sheela Nair - Secretary
of Department for Drinking Water Supply
(DDWS), Ministry of Rural Development, Government
of India.
To commemorate the "International Year of Sanitation – 2008", WES-Net India with the support of Plan India, Water Aid, UNICEF and the Department for Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, aimed to promote mass awareness and also raise the profile of sanitation among the general public, professionals and policy makers through the mainstream media by involving photographers in the Clean-India contest.
The Clean India
Photo Contest 2008, therefore,
invited Photo Journalists in India to publish
incisive photo stories on sanitation in
newspapers and magazine during the World
Water Week (20-28 March 08). The photo journalists
who sent in their entries were encouraged
to capture several themes related to Sanitary
Facilities, Sewerage Systems, Hygiene Behaviour,
River Pollution Issues, Solid Waste Disposal
& Wastewater Management. The published
photographs were judged based on three aspects
that it highlights an important/neglected
issue, creates mass awareness among public
and others & promotes best practices.
The photo contest, while
encouraging photojournalists to take part
in the contest for raising awareness among
the general public, has successfully drawn
the attention of numerous journalists and
the media to realize sanitation as an important
issue that needs greater attention and focus.
The contest also highlights the importance
of engaging the media for promoting sanitation
which is more about changing the mindset
of people rather than building infrastructure
alone.
Download: Wining
Presentation (pdf) [http://tinyurl.com/5e2nqe
], Presentation-allentries (pdf) [http://tinyurl.com/5549l8],
Photo Gallary [http://wesnetindia.org/index.php?id=155],
Event's Photo Gallary [http://tinyurl.com/5mpyyu], Download Press Clippings of Award Function 2008 [http://tinyurl.com/5fzvlq]