Devendra Purbiya: From IIT to Photography and Back

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A pictorial essay of Devendra Purbiya's journey from IIT to a career in photography, and how his first book is bringing the journey to a full circle. If you like this presentation, help promote GoHatke by "liking" us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/gohatke

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Devendra Purbiya: IIT-ian who clicks

Iwasthe

perfect

Momma'sboy

...tillI

quitmyjob

topursue

photography

"At IIT, I had a choice betweenArchitecture and Computer Science.

I chose Computer Science."

closer to my interestthe logical choice

At Kgp's Illumination (Diwali) festival...

...my painting and design skillsgrew tremendously.

After IIT, with money earned from a business trip,

I bought my first DSLR

I wondered,

"'Was I spending too much?"

I started posting one pic per day on my blog

Positive feedback(and Facebook LIKE-s)

started pouring in

Selected by online voting at

Kingfisher Calendar Launch

2010

In

India,most ofour livesarespentliving for

others...

... but we forget to

livefor ourself.

I quit my job to pursuephotography.

I am Devendra Purbiya,"IIT-ian who clicks".

And now... in 2012,I return to Kgp...to publish my first book...on IIT Kgp's Illumination(Diwali) competition

Devendra Purbiya’s website:http://cam-dev.in

—Buy Illuminati: The Engineering Of Illumination:

http://bit.ly/illuNrangoli—

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