GhaniZaman

Curriculum Vita Name Ghani Zaman Age- 53 yrs. Permanent Address 2, C.R.Avenue, Kolkata-700072 Present Address 5139, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar- 751014 Phone ®/O - [login to view URL] Mobile [login to view URL] Fax [login to view URL] E mail URL [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] Academic Qualification BA (Geography Hon’s.) 1973, Guwahati University. Advance Course in Photography, Chitra Bani, Calcutta. Technical Qualification Trained in Teaching Techniques – NCERT, Chennai 1985 Trained in Grass root level communication, World Vision Field Experience- A) 5 Yrs. as ‘All Purpose Man’ on board M/V Logos. (Registered Singapore), under Educational Book Exhibits, U.K. 1972- 1976 B) Owner of restaurant ‘Shalom’ at Kolkata 1977 – ‘80 C) Community Development Coordinator – CASA, Kolkata ’81-‘84 D) Area Coordinator with World Vision 1985 – ’89. E) Traveling and photographing various part of the country as Stock Photographer –1990 till date. F1) Visiting Faculty at Dept. of Architecture, College of Engineering Technology under Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar Teaching Architectural Photography since 1997. F2) Visiting Faculty at Pillo Modi College of Architecture, Under Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar Teaching Architectural Photography since 2006 G) Exhibitions of Photographs- ‘Our Children Our Future’ 1990. ‘World of Photographs’ organized in 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 in Bhubaneswar. Held every year on 19 August. 2003 held in Shillong,Meghalaya and Kohima,Nagaland. H) Facilitator to various depts. of Govt. of Nagaland. I) [login to view URL] Visual Art Exhibition in Orissa ‘PIX & TOONS’ 10th – 16th Dec. 2002. Achievements- Winner of the Millennium Photo Project, Canada, 2000. [This was a project where 7000 photographers World Wide recorded what happened between 12 noon of 31st Dec.1999 till 12 noon1st Jan. 2000. A total of 2,50,000 photographs were submitted for the project. Out of the total only 50 were declared as ‘Photographers of the Millennium’. I was selected as one of them.] Team Management May 2008 Training of 106 School & College teachers on “Better Communication for Better Teaching” at Christian Academy, Shillong May 2007 Training for 39 Lay members of Presbyterian Church of India Summer Camp for Children 2006 for ‘SchoolScape’ Bhubaneswar. School children 9 – 15 yrs old. SchoolScape is an Educator’s Training Centre. “ Colours of Childhood” at Konarak April 2005 for Loyola Centre for Communication and Culture. 5 Days Camp for 150 children from all walks of life. Master of Ceremony at “HIV/Aids and Uniform Intervention”. Program conducted in collaboration with Assam Rifle Wives Association and Impulse Ngo Network in Shillong 2005. Training program for 75 Officers of the Dept. of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry 2004 at Kohima on “Inter Personal Relations” Training program for 35 Officers of I.E.C. of State Health Dept., Kohima.2003. ‘Communication Skills’ Summer program for 30 Children, Shillong 2003. Cartooning & Acting ·Summer program for 30 Children, Kohima 2003. Cartooning, Acting and Photography. Training program for 65 officers of I.E.C. of State Health Dept. Kohima.2002 ‘Graphic Designing & Street Theatre’ Presently working as: 1. 1997 till date-Visiting Faculty to Biju Patnaik University of Technology, the College of Engineering Technology (CET) in the Dept. of Architecture. Teaching Architectural Photography. 2. Consultant to Village Council of Yinjenkimong, Dist. Mokokchung, Nagaland on Village Development Plans for Economic Enhancement. 3. Free Lance Documentary Photographer. 4. Still Photographer & Senior Consultant for S.E.E.D.S.India, New Delhi on the topic of Urban Risks & Disaster Management. 5. Founder Partner- North East India Projects, Lakewood, (Denver), Colorado, USA ([login to view URL]) 6. Founder and Vice President – Photo Mission Inc. USA. 7. Training Consultant to Impulse NGO Network, Shillong, Meghalaya 8. Consultant on Local Area Development to Director General of Police, HQ. Kohima, Nagaland