Our Team

Pratik Dhawan

Founder & Director

Mr. Pratik, the founder and director of Delhi College of Photography, has years of experience in commercial and fashion photography. He holds a bachelor degree in International Business Management from Middlesex University, UK, and a master degree in Biotechnology from the University of Nottingham, UK.

He has also completed certification courses in marketing and photographic art from Georgian College, Canada and ISH London. What began as a hobby turned into a professional path, leading him to fashion shoots for production houses including Picture-pal and Double Take Studios, London, along with freelance projects such as London Fashion Week and Brondsbury Fashion Week.

Zohaib Hussain

Zohaib Hussain is a Delhi based fashion and commercial photographer who combines personal and commercial work to create varied visual projects. After studying commerce at Delhi University, he trained under Mr. O.P. Sharma and began working professionally.

He has worked with fashion designers, brands, advertising agencies, and organizations including Nestle India, Getty Images, Indiapix, Godrej, Greenply Laminates, Yale, Catch Spices, and Aircel. His fashion work has appeared in magazines and is associated with designers including Rina Dhaka and Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna.

Naveen Gola

Naveen Gola is a Delhi based photographer, filmmaker, and filmmaking faculty at DCoP. He studied M.Phil in Mass Communication, completed post graduation in language translation, and is pursuing a PhD. He has served as a jury member of the Film Makers Club of India and has worked as an assistant professor at IP University.

He has written a book on fundamentals of still photography and video cameras, won a national award for a short film, and worked on television programs and documentaries across fiction and non-fiction formats.

Abhimanyu Pandey

Abhimanyu is a fine art, food and product, and travel photographer from central India. After completing an MBA and working as an analyst for an aerospace organization based in Texas, he moved toward visual imagery and studied visual storytelling, fine arts, and commercial photography in Goa.

He has led photography teams, trained budding photographers, taught international students, and published the visual documentary The Silent Keepers in association with Griffith University and his art school.

Indarjeet Kumar

Indarjeet Kumar is the faculty of photo processing and retouching at DCOP. He is a graduate from J.P. University and has worked as head of the processing department at Prem Studios.

He completed Adobe Creative Suite training and is an Adobe certified editor. He has worked with fashion designers, celebrities, modelling agencies, and as a creative designer for Canvera.

Andrea Virginia Calderon Araujo

Passionate about cinema and audiovisual media, Andrea has experience in photography, film theory, art history, directing actors, film production, and documentary screenwriting.

Her background in film and audiovisual work supports her role at Delhi College of Photography, where she contributes to photography classes and workshops with a collaborative, production-focused approach.

Marlon Fernandez Rubio

Marlon Enrique Fernandez Rubio is an independent producer in radio, television, and filmmaking. He has worked as a director of photography, cameraman, and video editor across local and national television channels in America.

He teaches and shares his experience as part of the filmmaking program.

Jean Carlos Jurado Mandon

Jean is a photographer and photo blogger with a strong interest in images across many forms. He studied Film and Audiovisuals at the University of Magdalena, covering fashion and graphic design, photojournalism, arts, and culture.

He has worked as a photographer, film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and creative director. While teaching at Delhi College of Photography, he continues to bring international experience into his creative approach.

Renata Aguiar Rodrigues

Renata graduated in Visual Arts and Image Technology from the University of Amazon and holds a Master of Arts from the Federal University of Para. Her experience spans photography, art education, culture, history, and memory.

She has worked in several areas of art research in the Amazon region and developed photographic research around image and identity.

Yasser Alaa Mobarak

Yasser is an award-winning photographer based in Alexandria, Egypt and a Sony World Photography Awards commended photographer. He has won prizes from organizations including the International Federation of Photographic Art, National Geographic Egypt, Photographic Society of America, and Prix De La Photographie Paris.

His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler India, Amateur Photographer Magazine, Digital Camera World Magazine, and Adobe Blogs.

Natalya Dhawan

With a passion for fashion business and design, Natalya moved from a law background into fashion blogging and work with notable fashion magazines. She brings fashion industry and marketing experience to the DCOP staff, students, and mentors.

She leads communications, media, brand management, online and offline publications, and marketing events management.

Sushmita Singh

Sushmita Singh is HOD Admissions at Delhi College of Photography. She graduated from Miranda House with a specialization in Sociology and holds a B.Ed from M.D.U.

She has more than five years of industry experience and is associated with multiple co-working spaces across varied domains, bringing an innovative approach to her roles and responsibilities.