MR. Prashant Ravi

• Name: MR. Prashant Ravi
• Gender: Male
• Department: CEMS

• Started career in the year 1999 as freelance photographer and aspired to become a photojournalist,
• Freelance Photojournalist and running portal biharphoto.com , stock and news photo agency.Associated as curator of Instagram #biharphotoproject
• Faculty in BJMC Course (Photography) in Patna Women’s College, Patna College, AMITY University, Patna and MJMC in Darbhanga House, PU.
• Worked as Chief Photographer “Dainik Bhaskar” Patna.
• Worked as Photojournalist in The Indian Express,Bihar Bureau.
• Cover Photo in the Book “Ruled Or Misruled-The Story and Destiny of Bihar ” by Bloomsbury Publication.
• Freelance photojournalism for BBC online, Open Magazine, Forbes, Greenpeace, AFP, other agencies and media houses .
• Worked for International media House- New York Times “India Ink”,BBC Online News portal- news.bbc.co.uk.,  Gulf News, Sunday Post,Emirates News, Fortean times, Mc Graw Hill construction news post.
• Documentation work for UNFPA, UNICEF, Greenpeace, CEED and Save the Children.
• UNFPA used the photo and published year Planner for 2013, same photo used by them for UNFPA greetings card in 2010.
• Senior Photojournalist in  “Down To Earth”  Environment Magazine (Bihar,Jharkhand,West Bengal,UP)
• Staff Senior News Photographer “The Pioneer” English National Daily, New Delhi.
• Stringer/Contributor of Associated Press News Agency, in Bihar (May ’05 – June’08).
• Assigned Features for DARPAN- In-flight magazine –  Mccluskieganj, Radio GAGA, Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram Motihari, Buddhist Circuit and Many more. .
• Assigned Story for Exotica, the society and life magazine.
• Worked for PTI News & Photo agency for one and half year from Aug 2004.
• Year 2002 associated with OUTLOOK (Hindi {2002} & English) Magazine for about two & half years.
• In the year 2001 Started contributing In Hindustan & Hindustan Times,
• Covered the Flood in Bihar for Greenpeace.
• Worked for Sulabh India (Mag.) Jansatta (Hindi Daily), Rajasthan Patrika(Hindi Daily)
• Contributed in the book “Folklore of Gujarat” published byNational Book Trust, New Delhi.
• In the very beginning of my career contributed to the Rashtriya Sahara (Hindi daily) newspaper for feature page.

• Board (Xth), 74.8% from Bihar School Examination Board,1991.
• Intermediate Sci. (+2),65.8% from Bihar Intermediate Education Council (1993)
• Bachelor Diploma in Export management.
• Advance Diploma in Photography and Graphic Design (Shaw Academy), 2020-21
• Online Certificate course in Digital Journalism, Reuters, 2021.
• Pursuing Graphic Design Course from Shaw Academy.

• Participated in the group excavated the Archaeological site at “Waina” in Balia (UP) in the year 1995conducted by BHU, Varanasi.
• “Art Appreciation Course” from National Museum Institute of History of Art Conservation and Museology, New Delhi in the year1998.
• Photographs of Two Monuments installed in Gyan Bhavan (Workshop by Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar)

Award:-

• Second Prize in Photojournalism Section in the photo exhibition cum competition by Deptt. Of Youth & Culture, Bihar (2004).
• First Prize in Better Photography “Photographer of the year-2006″in Festival Section.

 Exhibition- :

• Two solo Photo exhibitions Titled “Magic realism” in year 2005 and 2006 at Patna Book fair.
• Bihar Lalit Kala Academy , Kala mangal 2013, Exhibition, at Academy Gallery.

• Contributed in the book “Folklore of Gujarat” published byNational Book Trust, New Delhi.
• Cover Photo in the Book “Ruled Or Misruled-The Story and Destiny of Bihar ” by Bloomsbury Publication.
• Photographs of Two Monuments installed in Gyan Bhavan (Workshop by Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar)