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Richa Maheshwari


Richa maheshwari launches anical 2015 the animal welfare calendar


Richa Maheshwari is Delhi-based fashion photographer who studied Fashion Communication at NIFT. She is a gold medalist in communication design having bagged few awards in her field which includes national award winner : Documentary and film-making, First prize in jury category of Creating Happiness, Organised by vedanta, Awards in Photography : For Research and efforts in High-speed photography and Time-lapse photography by NIFT

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Awards in Photography : For Most creative and innovative Communication Designer by NIFT She is a gold medalist in communication design from NIFT and was nominated by Hindustan Times Young Woman of the Year awards. Richa Maheshwari started practicing fashion photography and short film making commercially right after college and is now the CEO of Richa Maheshwari Film & Photography.

Richa maheshwari


Early life

Richa Maheshwari was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where her father was a Businessman. Growing up, she wanted to be into management, however she ended up choosing Fashion photography as her career post her studies from NIFT.

Philanthropy

She launched “Anical 2015” on 20 December, along with Lala Textiles from Pakistan, which was covered widely by media. She created the Anical (an animal welfare calendar), with the motive to bring a fashionable twist to the sad state of animals. Richa Maheshwari launched another calendar "Silencing the Dark" which was dedicated to spreading awareness about blindness, along with Lala Textiles from Pakistan on 17th Dec 2015.

The co. launched, Silencing the Dark campaign which focused on blindness awareness and the sorry state of visually impaired in the world. The launch of the calendar was followed by a small documentary stint and a fashion show wherein the blind kids walked the ramp along with the models. The launch was for the welfare of National Association for the Blind, in association with Lala Textiles from Pakistan.

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Richa Maheshwari Wikipedia