20. Sucheta Das, a photographer based in
Kolkata (India) started photography as a
passion when she was a school student and
had a hope in mind to capture the
problems of human life around the world
as a future photojournalist. She completed
her Honors in Geography from Calcutta
University. She had attended the
photojournalism workshop carried out by
Magnum photographer Raghu Rai and
fashion photographic workshop by eminent
photographer Atul Kasbekar. She
participated in 13 days workshop carried
out by National Geographic photographer
Steve McCurry. She has extensive
experience to transmit photo from remote
location. She worked in Reuters
International news agency for 5 years as a
contract photographer and also handled
Reuters India picture desk. She worked as
a staff photographer in Gulf News, Dubai.
Presently she is working for International
News Agency Associated Press (AP).