Ranita Roy was born in Andul, a small town near Kolkata, India. She is a photojournalist, whose work has been published in various media publications including Reuters, The New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera ,The Guardian, The National (UAE), DW News, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Feature Shoot, etc.
In 2019, Ranita joined Reuters as a freelance photojournalist. She has worked on numerous personal projects including Old Age Happiness, Sleep Paralysis, Flood and cyclone affected areas, Child Labor, Health care issues, Animal rights and many more. She has also worked for the State Government of West Bengal. She has won numerous scholarships including the Scholarship from NOOR Images for Foundry Photojournalism 2018 Workshop, Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award 2018, and VII Academy scholarship for Finding your visual voice workshop -New York (2019). Her work has been recognized numerous times including by UNESCO (Climate change). She received the 7th National Photography Award (India), an Honorable Mention in Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award and she was a top 10 finalist of the International Women Photographer Award 2017. In 2019 she was selected in Women Photograph mentorship program and bagged a fellowship from WaterAid India.
Ranita completed a Master's degree in Environmental Science from Asutosh College (Kolkata). She has also gained advance knowledge in narrative photography from New Directions by Sohrab Hura (Magnum Photographer), and National Geographic Photo Camp (Kolkata)2018. In 2019, she was selected for the 7th annual New York Portfolio Review organized by The New York Times in New York.
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Languages
Bengali, Hindi and English
Experience
Joined Thomson Reuters as Contributor from March 2019
Working with WaterAid India (Fellowship) 2019-2020
Education
| 2017-2019 | M.Sc. Environmental Science (2017-2019), Vidyasagar University, India |
| 2019-2020 | Women Photograph Mentorship Class |
| 2019-2020 | Fellowship for Wash Project (WaterAid India) |
| 2019 | Finding your visual Voice- VII Agency (New York) Scholarship from VII Academy |
| 2019 | The New York Portfolio Review (New York, USA) |
| 2019 | Selected to attend the emotional and physical resilience training in with ROAAAR Supported by the IWMF and Blink |
| 2018 | Foundry Photojournalism Workshop (Kolkata, India) Scholarship from NOOR |
| 2018 | Timothy Allen Photography Workshop (Sharjah, UAE) Scholarship |
| 2018 | New Directions on Documentary Photo, Magnum Photos Sohrab Hura (India) |
| 2018 | National Geographic Photo Camp (India) |
| 2015 | B.Sc. Biological Science, University of Calcutta, (India) |
Publications
Achievements
Exhibition
| 2019 | Online show and print sale _organized by Antidote art.design |
| 2019 | Marilyn Stafford 2018 FotoReportage Awards winners_25 July, at After Nyne Gallery, ( London) |
| 2019 | 7th National Photography Award Exhibition National Media Center in Delhi (INDIA) |
| 2019 | Exhibit in Dhaka International Photo Festival (Bangladesh) |
| 2018 | Xposure International Photography Festival |
| 2018 | (Sharjah, UAE)2018 30 Under 30 Women Photographers Artpil |
| 2018 | At LILLE and PARIS (France) |
| 2017 | International Women Photographer Award |
| 2017 | At Saudi Arabia,France, India, Dubai |
Interview
AP multimedia newsroom
Reuters- Indian girl hailed photography prodigy after winning award
Feature Shoot - Published with interview on the project