Hans India lensmen win accolades

Hans India lensmen win accolades
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The Hans India Warangal Staff Photographer G Shyam Kumar, who bagged State second prize for his photograph in the Digital Photography Contest-2017, has received it from the Nizamabad MP K Kavitha at a ceremony organised at Ravindra Bharati here on the occasion of World Photography Day on Saturday. It may be noted here that the contest was conducted jointly by the Telangana Youth Advancement, Touri

Hyderabad: The Hans India Warangal Staff Photographer G Shyam Kumar, who bagged State second prize for his photograph in the Digital Photography Contest-2017, has received it from the Nizamabad MP K Kavitha at a ceremony organised at Ravindra Bharati here on the occasion of World Photography Day on Saturday. It may be noted here that the contest was conducted jointly by the Telangana Youth Advancement, Tourism & Culture Department and Telangana Photo Journalist Association (TPJA).

Speaking on the occasion, Kavitha said that one of the tough parts of being a photographer is the hours of work and perseverance. She said that Telangana government is working hard for the welfare of the journalists. Kavitha, who is also the founder and president of Telangana Jagruthi, has announced that Jagruthi will conduct a photography contest on the theme of Bathukamma festival.

The photograph which Shyam captured when Deputy Chief Minister K Srihari collapsed on the dais during his speech on Telangana Formation Day, June 2, has earned him the second prize in the ‘Best News Picture’ category. It may be noted here that Shyam has been working with The Hans India since its inception and had so far won 12 awards at the State and District level photography contests. The present award carries a memento and cash award of Rs 5,000.

Warangal Photo Journalist Association members - M Murali, C Varaprasad, G Venkanna, M Kishor, K Ramesh, D Srinivasulu, Md Mashook, A Sampath Kumar, G Venu, S Chandrasekhar, S Venkat and Ch Shyam were among others who greeted Shyam Kumar. Warangal Press Club president Gaddam Keshava Murthy, Pinna Shiv Kumar, Goli Vittal, V Sai Pradeep, G Venkat, Chethi Srinivas and HMTV Staffer L Bala Kumar also congratulated Shyam.

Muccharla Srinivas, The Hans India staff photographer of Nalgonda, received consolation prize for his photograph in the photography contest conducted by Telangana State Photo Journalists Association (TSPJA).

He also bagged consolation prize for his photo under Bangaru Telangana photo competitions held by State I & PR department. He bagged another consolation prize in the contest organised by Telangana Photo Journalists Association. Rajasekhar from Kamareddy, the photo contributor to The Hans India received second prize in photo contest conducted by I & PR department.

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