Jinesh Prasad EFIP, Hon.CPE Country: India Jinesh Prasad started his photographic career from a small village, Nellikaru near Moodabidri, in Mangalore.  He studied Art at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, but unfortunately could not complete the course. He later attended a photography course with Sri Gundurao from Bangalore.  He joined India International Photography Club in 1985-86 and participated in several workshops by legends like Late Sri T.N.A Perumal, Sri N.Sunder Raj, Sri Allama Prabhu H N, Sri O.P Sharma, Sri B.W Jatkar and many others. His journey as a photographer started during the negative film era.  One of his memorable participation was in the celebrations of the150th anniversary of photography held at Delhi, where he was also responsible for an exhibition of antique cameras.

Travelling has been his passion since childhood.  He has covered many temple-car festivals, events like Kambala, Bhuta Kola and other cultural activities.  He was an official photographer for mega events like the  Mahamastakabhisheka at Shravanabelagola in 1993 and many other Mastakabhishekas at  Karkala, Venur, Dharmasthala and other places.

He is a budgeted solo traveller and has visited many places in India and countries like Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Indonasia, Vietnam, Srilanka, Dubai, AbuDhabi, Bahrain and Bangladesh.

He joined YPS in 2018 and started to participate in Salons and Circuits. In the short span of two years, he won more than 150 international and national awards and 2000+ of his works have received acceptances.

CAMPINA PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Romania, recognised him with Hon.CPE in 2020 and he has received his EFIP distinction from Indian Federation of Photography.