Shari Academy student Jaykumar Bondse wins the fourth Grand Award for India. The students of the Shari Academy make a clean sweep at the International Student Teacher Competition at the PIEA, PMA, USA. The Oscar Awards for photography institutes. This is the tenth time that the students of the Shari Academy have kept India’s flag flying high.

The PIEA student teacher competition receives more than 5984 entries from 1823 entrants, from 114 schools. The biggest international brand name photography institutes from 10 countries compete fiercely for this competition, and Shari wins 3 top awards. It is a record haul of seven awards, for Shari Academy a record unbeaten by any other Indian Photography Institute. Brooks Institute won 4 awards.

College/University - Digitally Constructed Single Image

Grand Award:  Jaykumar Bondse, “Freedom”
Honorable Mention: Kunal Rathor, “Ankur (Seed)”

College/University – Single Image:

First Prize: Shamanth Patil J., “Eyes Never Age”
Second Prize: Sanika Jahagirdar, “Laughing Soul”
Honorable Mention: Priyal Thakkar, “The Slum Bath”

Exhibitor : Sanket Bhalerao, “Vintage”
Exhibitor : Harika Chanana ,“ Curiosity has its own reasons for existence”