The U.S. Consulate Mumbai organized its fourth annual online photography contest to celebrate Women’s History Month in March. The theme this year was “Women Inspiring Change” where participants from the five states (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) of Western India were invited to send in their photo entries during the month-long contest. From over 200 eligible entries received, 15 participants were selected by well known judges Rahul Gajjar and Mukesh Parpiani, as the finalists in 5 categories: Best Overall, Best Composition, Most Thematic, Best Story and Best TwitPic where entries were received via Twitter using the hashtag #wicpic.
The winners are:
Category: Best Overall
Grand prize
Prabha Jayesh Patel (Ahmedabad)
Runners up
Varad Pawar (Mumbai)
Pramod Bansode (Mumbai)
Category: Most Thematic
Grand Prize
Sanghamitra Bendkhale (Mumbai)
Runners up
Nafis Khan (Vadodara)
Swapnali Mathkar (Mumbai)
Category: Best Composition
Grand Prize
C. R. Shelare (Amravati)
Runners up
Vijay J. Prajapati (Vadodara)
Presley X Fernandes (Goa)
Category: Best Story
Grand Prize
Archana Joshi (Mumbai)
Runners up
Narayan D. Patel (Vadodara)
Tanya Satish (Mumbai)
Category: Best TwitPic
Grand Prize
Bijal Panchmatia (Mumbai)
Runners up
Vidyavati Chandan (Mumbai)
Nawneet Ranjan (Mumbai)
