Fota Ni Moj, which roughly translates to "the Joy of Photography" is a photography competition.
What sets this competition apart from the regular ones is that it culminates into an exhibition of 100 selected entries and after the competition a coffee table book is published with the 100 selected entries.
After successfully completing two seasons we are happy to work towards the third one.
Click on the below links to know more about our past competitions:
Fota Ni Moj (the joy of photography) is back! It’s been a wonderful journey so far and we thank all our supporters and well-wishers who have given us the strength and belief to carry on. We are pleased to announce this year’s topic/theme "EDUCATION" the most pressing need of our society today.
So pack up your shooting gears and set out to put up the most exciting, amazing and awesome submission. Your interpretation of the theme "education", remember it’s you and your creativity in the end.
There have been some amendments/changes in this year’s competition, for these please go through the competition rules again!
Grand Prize
Nikon DSLR Camera
1st Runner-up
Cash Rs.10,000 to 3 Participants
Tablets to 3 Student Participants
2nd Runner-up
Photography Trip to GOA for 10 Participants
Consolation Prize - Certificates + Gifts to 100 Participants
All the Winning and Selected 100 entries will get featured in Exhibition and Coffee Table Book going to be published after the competition.
Regular Participants
Rs.100 or $2 per Photo
(max. 10 photos per participant)
School Student Participants (upto Std 12th)
Rs.50 or $1 per Photo
(max. 10 photos per participant)
Students must have to submit their school ID or certificate scan while submission
Take care of some basic rules to participate:
- Competition is open for all professions and age group participants.
- All submitted Photos must not contain any tag(s), signature(s), initial(s), frame, border(s) or logo(s).
- Basic technical editing of the Photo(s) is acceptable, provided any such editing does not affect the authenticity and/or genuineness of the Photo(s).
- Black and White Photos are permitted.
- Photos that portray or otherwise include inappropriate and/or offensive contents, including nudity, violence, human rights and/or environmental violation. are not allowed.
- Photo(s) that have won any previous award(s), in any Fota Ni Moj prior competition(s) or Photos that have been previously used, or are intended to be used, for any kind of commercial purposes, must not be submitted.
Please visit our detailed Competition Rules before participating.
Mr. Jayanti Naik
Mr. Jayanti Naik is a renowned sculptor and academician who has been awarded Gaurav Puraskar for his lifetime achievements in design field, which makes him one of the few people to have been bestowed with this award in Gujarat. Mr. Naik was a part of the distinguished faculty members of the National Institute of Design and is currently associated with The National Institute of Design as a visiting faculty.
Mr. Naik has exhibited his work at many national and international exhibitions.
Mr. Hemen Sanghvi
Mr. Hemen Sanghvi has to his credit several honors and achievements in the field of photography which include his photography exhibitions and exhibition design. His vast and extensive experience in photography includes capturing subjects that range from festivals of India to shooting architectural subjects in a collaborative project with UNICEF. They holds a Masters in Architecture from the prestigious Pratt Instistute in New York.
Mr. Hemen is a scholar whose work is acclaimed for being par excellence and his contribution to Architectural planning, conservation, urban design as well as an Academician is renowned.
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"Learning to Fly" - Dalibor Talajic, Istria, Croatia - 2nd Runner-up
"Self Learnt to Become Self Reliant" - Kumar Mangwani, Pune India - 2nd Runner-up
"Akshar" - Umraniya Ravi, Rajkot, India - 2nd Runner-up
"A Step Ahead for Education" - Prakash Hatvalne, Bhopal, India - 2nd Runner-up
"Mara Darji ni Arji" - Dhaval Vadera, Rajkot, India - 2nd Runner-up
"Jaane Kaha Gaye Voh Din..!" - Aayush Dodia, Rajkot, India - 2nd Runner-up
"The Joy of Education" - Mitul Kajaria, Ahmedabad, India - 2nd Runner-up
"Rural Education" - Puranjit Gangopadhyay, Kolkata, India - 2nd Runner-up
"Light of Enlightenment" - Mitul Nathwani, Rajkot, India - 2nd Runner-up
"Education for All" - Ghanshyamkahar Kahar, Vadodara, India - 2nd Runner-up
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Shortlisted photographs which will be exhibited and will be featured in the third edition of our coffee table book.
Congratulations to everyone!
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"Sea of Knowledge Inside" - Pradhyumansinh Solanki, Rajkot, India - Creative Captions
"Natural Class" - Sudipta Dutta Chowdhury, North 24 Parganas, India - If Fantastic Fota
"Shiksha Ke Badhte Kadam" - Subodh Naatu, Indore, India - If Fantastic Fota
"Class N Room" - Sudipta Dutta Chowdhury, North 24 Parganas, India - If Fantastic Fota
"Self Learner-Educator" - Hiral Rathod, Rajkot, India
"Exitment with Education Load" - Hiral Rathod, Rajkot, India
"Sharing is Learning" - Sandra Sordini, Italy
"Open Schools at Villages" - Paresh Paradkar, Thane, India
"Education for All" - Kumar Mangwani, Mumbai, India
"Let There Be Light" - Kumar Mangwani, Mumbai, India
"My First Practice" - Akash Ghosh, Kolkata, India
"It's Time to Study" - Akash Ghosh, Kolkata, India
"Hard Learning" - Dalibor Talajic, Istria, Croatia
"Preparations for a Lesson" - Maxim Subbotin, Ekaterinburg, Russia
"The Lessons of Wisdom" - Maxim Subbotin, Ekaterinburg, Russia
"Doing Homework" - Maxim Subbotin, Ekaterinburg, Russia
"An Artist by Force" - Krunal Mistry, Ahmedabad, India
"Bright" - Achal Vadgama, Rajkot, India
"A Dream For Education" - Krunal Patel, Vadodara, India
"I Learn... I Grow" - Krunal Patel, Vadodara, India
"Learning Buds" - Pranab Basak, North 24 Parganas, India
"Happy Learner" - Pranab Basak, North 24 Parganas,, India
"Loving to The Earth" - Pranab Basak, North 24 Parganas, India
"Girl Education" - Abhishek Kumar, Bangalore, India
"Save the Children" - Harsh Patel, Rajkot, India
"Save the Children" - Harsh Patel, Rajkot, India
"Devotion in Education" - Ayan Kumar Bose, North 24 Parganas, India
"Educating Self" - Aditi Jivani, Rajkot, India
"Self Learning" - Chandresh Dholakia, Rajkot, India
"Prectical Education" - Jackie Prajapati, Rajkot, India
"Education Won't Let This Happen" - Nirav Ashara, Rajkot, India
"Eager to Learn" - Nimesh Dusra, Rajkot, India
"Laughing Colours" - Nimesh Dusra, Rajkot, India
"Masti ki Pathsala" - Nimesh Dusra, Rajkot, India
"Teaching Happiness" - Nimesh Dusra, Rajkot, India
"Think Out of the Box" - Nimesh Dusra, Rajkot, India
"il Garzone" - Francesco Dellaccio, Italy
"Girl Education" - Mitul Kajaria, Ahmedabad, India
"Girl Education" - Mitul Kajaria, Ahmedabad, India
"Food For thought-Mid Day Meals of Schools" - Dr. Anupum Banerjee, Rajkot, India
"Dedication" - Amit Vakil, Chamba, India
"Homework" - Amit Vakil, Chamba, India
"Question is not who is going to let me, its who is going to stop me!" - Hardik Anavadia, Ahmedabad, India
"Education" - Harshad Dhapa, Bhavnagar, India
"Vaheli Savar" - Harshad Dhapa, Bhavnagar, India
"Time Between Old Man & Students" - Sandip Lathiya, Rajkot, India
"Found Old Education Days in New Generation" - Sandip Lathiya, Rajkot, India
"Innocent Face During School Bus" - Sandip Lathiya, Rajkot, India
"A Sip of Education" - Yeesha Kaneriya, Rajkot, India
"Educating Dreams" - Yeesha Kaneriya, Rajkot, India
"Knowledge, An Everglowing Light" - Yeesha Kaneriya, Rajkot, India
"School Chale Hum...!" - Aayush Dodia, Rajkot, India
"School Chale Hum" - Nachiket Shelat, Gandhinagar, India
"પુસ્તક તમને પસ્તી બનતા અટકાવે છે" - Nachiket Shelat, Gandhinagar, India
"सा विद्या या विमुक्तये' (Education is that frees)" - Nachiket Shelat, Gandhinagar, India
"सफ़ेद् अक्षर गाय बराबर" - Nachiket Shelat, Gandhinagar, India
"From Where it Begins" - Aakash Dave, Rajkot, India
"Brail" - Puranjit Gangopadhyay, Kolkata, India
"Books, The Source Of Knowledge" - Bhavin Mehta, Rajkot, India
"The Inner Eye of Self" - Mitul Nathwani, Rajkot, India
"Zen State of Mind" - Mitul Nathwani, Rajkot, India
"First Learner" - Kuntal Kumar Roy, Kolkata, India
"ગ્રામીણ શિક્ષણ જુવો અને જાણો" - Gani Khatri, Bhuj, India
"ડિજીટલ ઇન્ડિયા" - Gani Khatri, Bhuj, India
"Learn to Pray" - Biswajit Patra, Kolkata, India
"Collective Education" - Biswajit Patra, Kolkata, India
"Without Education" - Maulik Vyas, Rajkot, India
"Logical or Calculate" - Maulik Vyas, Rajkot, India
"Education" - Babu Kunju, Rajkot, India
"Education, Under The Aegis of History" - Ronak Gangdev, Rajkot, India
"Struggle For Study" - Sunil Das, Jaipur, India
"Dreams of the Homeless Girl" - Param Vir Singh, Jaipur, India
"Dedication Towards Education" - Prathamesh Prithviraj Bidye, Mumbai, India
"Learning with Mother" - Amitava Chandra, Kolkata, India
"Smiling Gigabytes" - Amitava Chandra, Kolkata, India
"Repentless" - Krunal Trivedi, Rajkot, India
"Unaided Eduction" - Krunal Trivedi, Rajkot, India
"Education, The Never Ending Journey" - Gowtham R, Chennai, India
"Morning Memoirs" - Gowtham R, Chennai, India
"Water Drop" - Amit Dhorda, Rajkot, India
"Students" - Hemang Rathod, Rajkot, India
"Helping Hands" - Gunjan Hariramani, Rajkot, India
"Education is Beneficial" - Harshit Vadgama, Rajkot, India
"A Small Help for Education" - Harshit Vadgama, Rajkot, India
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"Group Learning" - Sudipta Dutta Chowdhury, North 24 Parganas, India - Winner
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"Joy Of Learning" - Kuntal Kumar Roy, Kolkata, India - 1st Runner-up
"Self Education" - Jackie Prajapati, Rajkot, India - 1st Runner-up
"I Want to Learn" - Paresh Paradkar, Thane, India - 1st Runner-up
"Geometry Of Light" - Subodh Naatu, Indore, India - 1st Runner-up
"Home Work" - Dimple Pancholi, Ahmedabad, India - 1st Runner-up
"Read and Write to Make the World Bright" - Gunjan Hariramani, Rajkot, India - 1st Runner-up (Student)
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2013
Fota Ni Moj 2013 coffee table book on Rajkot is one of the first and best books on Rajkot as it reflects Rajkot in a purely visual sense.
2014
Fota Ni Moj 2014 Coffee Table book reflects the winning photographs that are depicted under the theme of celebration.
Featuring Winners & Top 100 selected entries from Fota Ni Moj Competition '13
We believe that book form is essential to the medium of contemporary photography. The coffee table book on Rajkot is one of the first and best books on Rajkot as it reflects Rajkot in a purely visual sense. It also depicts how fascinating results can be created in a work of art that includes public participation. We consider it as a contemporary work of art as it shows Rajkot, as never seen before.
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Featuring Winners & Top 100 selected entries from Fota Ni Moj Competition '14
Fota ni moj 2014 Coffee Table book reflects the winning photographs that are depicted under the theme of celebration.
Want a copy of your own? Options on how you can avail the same have been added here.
View Online
Visit Us
if design studio pvt. ltd.
Gondal Road National Highway 8B,
On Service Road, Near Nooranipara,
Kotharia Bus Stop, Rajkot. 360 022
+91 281 2782110
Euphoria Designs
303, ‘Four Plus Complex’
Above Apple Bite Restaurant,
Sardarnagar Main Road, Astron Chowk,
Rajkot 360 001
+91 98240 95950
Cash On Delivery (Only for Rajkot)
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