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  In an effort to promote photography as an art form, the Visual Arts Gallery instituted an award for photography in the year 2003. The “India Habitat Centre Fellowship for Photography 2008” was awarded to Sameer Tawde and that of 2007 was given to Zubin B. Pastakia, while Ashish Patil was recommended for a special showing at the Experimental Art Gallery. Fellowship for 2006 went to Neeraj Mahajan and that for 2005 was given to Sandeep Biswas while Veeresh S Babu received “Special Recommendation for Eye in Progress” to develop his body of works further. Sumeet Inder Singh, a young and emerging photographer, received the Photography Fellowship 2004, and Anay Mann in 2003.  
     
  The “India Habitat Centre Fellowship for Photography 2009” goes to Suruchi Dumpawar, a Post Graduate Student of Photography Design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Suruchi as a photographer strives to exploit the idiom of documentary photography and her project ideas wheedle out a visual narrative by revealing subtle details, making connections apparent and informing insights into her subjects. As a part of the photography fellowship, Suruchi will be working on the theme of ‘Old Studios: Portraits of Emptiness’. In addition Vrinda Seksaria for her project ‘Demolition – The Active Unthought in Architecture’ and Amit Madheshiya for his project ‘The Talkies in a Truck’ are given a Special Commendation.  
     
  The “India Habitat Centre Fellowship for Photography 2009”, Suruchi Dumpawar will be awarded a citation along with an amount of Rs.1.20lakhs, and her works will be showcased in a week-long photography exhibition at the gallery in the summer next year.