Finally, the university had a
globe-trotter arriving here. YMCAUST was the destination for Dr Deepti Singh
Gupta, travel writer and photographer when she had a surfeit of ideas on
‘Travel Trends and Careers’ to share with aspiring journalists and amateur
photographers. Deepti Singh Gupta has just held an
exhibition of her travel photographs at the India
Habitat Centre. Her work has found mention in national dailies like Deccan Herald and Pioneer.
The students were kept
mesmerized by the spectacular landscape photography, impressive silhouettes and
ethereal profile in her artwork. The
whole panorama of contemporary media practices was laid out for the media
aspirants to explore and understand. Her talk probed a range of subjects from
marketing strategies using microblogging and new media to travel writing
‘mantras’ and pitfalls.
Deepti Singh’s write-
ups as well as travel photographs have featured in celebrated magazines like Lonely Planet magazine and site, National Geographic and National Geographic Traveller, Economic Times ‘Travel’ and Times of India travel site –‘Happy Trips’ while she has also
curated photo exhibitions of her travel images under the name 'Postcards From
Paradise'. This freelance photographer set up a travel blog in 2013 and remains
an avid blogger documenting and tweeting her travel tales @GlobalPitara.
The prestigious Art Nouveau Gallery held an online
exhibition of her selected artwork in December 2015. Currently her artwork can
be accessed at the internationally acclaimed Saatchi Art. She has been invited to deliver Travel Talk at the
very popular Oxford Bookstore.
An environmentalist by
education with a doctorate in Botany, but a traveller in spirit and
soul, she was interviewed by Hindustan
Times and also wrote for HT City
lately.
She has served as President of a Rotary Club for two
consecutive years and remains associated with social concerns of the town.
Dr Rajkumar, Dean &
Chairperson, Humanities & Sciences was present on the occasion. Dr Taruna
Narula welcomed the guest.
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