BENARAS

Ritu Jhignon graduated with BCom (Hons) from Sri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and holds an MBA in marketing. She has worked extensively in the areas of corporate communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Over the last decade, she has been focusing on social-impact projects related to women and children and has delivered innumerous projects that have led many communities towards sustainable growth. Her work has been recognized globally and she has been honoured as one of the Top 50 CSR professionals in the world. She has also been an active sports person and has received many state and national awards for her contribution in Aquatics. Ritu has never been particularly religious. Her association with places of worship and temples began as a way of personal reflection. She believes that the act of photography is essentially a cry against our own mortality—with every image we capture, we hope to freeze time and immortalize ourselves. She feels that photography is the alchemy through which mundane things can be magically transformed into something incredible.