ABOUT AKSHITA

Akshita had a great exposure to the forests and wildlife of MP in her early childhood years. Thus, when she first held a point-and-shoot camera at the age of 13, she used this visual medium as a tool to express her love for nature and wildlife. She later shifted from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to North East India to pursue her B.Tech from IIT Guwahati. The beauty of North-East India compelled her to diversify her genres to travel, portrait, and landscape photography.  

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She has aced in various prestigious competitions like Canon Wild Clicks, NatGeo Traveller India travel photography, etc, and has exhibited her work in international exhibitions like Portraits International Exhibition, Romania. She has been featured in platforms like National Geographic, Nat Geo India, Outlook Traveller, etc. Akshita also acted as the Secretary of the Photography Club of IIT Guwahati and took various initiatives to promote the photography culture at IIT Guwahati.

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Besides photography, Akshita actively contributes to wildlife conservation also. She has been a part of various wildlife surveys in national parks and forests of the country. She actively talks about wildlife conservation and also has a TEDx talk on the same - The Jungle always watches you by Akshita Jain

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She graduated from IIT Guwahati with the prestigious Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal and is currently working in Microsoft as a Software Engineer. 

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