Ravi Mishra is a photographer and producer based in New Delhi, India.

A native of North India, he grew up in Mumbai, and completed his graduation in Mass communication and Journalism.

Over the past decade, he has travelled throughout India – urban and rural – for assignments spanning a large spectrum of topics.

Some of the most important and impactful stories he has worked upon include human trafficking, child labour, women’s issues, illegal sand mining, unregulated coalmines and secretive e-waste sites.

He has a deep understanding of Indian culture and speaks many regional languages.

As a result, he has been able to establish an extensive network essential for developing in-depth journalistic stories, often completed in collaboration with international news agencies and journalists.

For last ten years, with the help of organisations like PVCHR, Red Brigade, and many other local organisations, he has worked intensely on the issue of witchcraft, violence against women and children, domestic Rape, physical and sexual abuse.

Recently; he has had one of the most educative experiences working on a long-term story with the South Asia bureau chief of The New York Times and his favourite writers, Ellen Barry.

He assisted Ellen on a story for The New York Times, reporting about a group of 7 women, who went to war with their traditional hierarchical community over the right to work.

This story was based in a village of Uttar Pradesh.

A reportage on the struggle of these women from the hinterlands of India, who stood up for their right to be equal participants in a regressive, conservative society.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/world/asia/indian-women-labor-work-force.html

A short documentary that he produced in collaboration with his dear friend and colleague Alex Masi about women facing violence in India, is being exhibited at this year's LUMIX Festival for young photojournalism.

http://fotofestival-hannover.de/en/festival/multimedia-stories.html

Of the issue-based stories he has worked upon, which is consider the one on illegal sand mining and sand mafia as one of the most critical.

It is urgent environmental issue, which is under-reported in the traditional mainstream media.

Using Instagram as a platform to establish the story in the minds of viewers, he has been able to mobilize interest in the issue, which is soon going to reach a tipping point not only in India, but also across other parts of the world.

www.Instagram.com/ravimishraindia

Currently, he is in the process of completing a project on illegal coal mining, which he has been working on for the past five years.

The focus of my reportage is on the social and environmental costs of unregulated and unlawful coal mining.

Climate change is a real, global environmental concern, and the unprecedented use of coal by developing and developed countries alike is exacerbating the rate of greenhouse gas emissions, thereby speeding up global warming.

Moreover, on the social front, many families working in the coal mining belts of India, such as Jharia in Jharkhand, the area he has covered most extensively, are regularly getting displaced by the ever increasing coal mining sites.

This is making the ordinary necessities of life, such as schools and healthcare centres inaccessible for such families.

For him, photography is a means of creative expression.

Even though he reports primarily on issue-based subjects, his goal is to make his reportage not only domain-specific, but also topical, so that he gets an opportunity to engage with a wider and more diverse audience.

India’s culture, which generates a lot of curiosity, is something he is keen on showcasing, and evidenced through his dedicated coverage of the Holi festival for the past 6 years.

http://blog.instagram.com/post/141605559302/160324-ravimishraindia

Ravi Mishra says,“As I expand my repertoire of work, I hope to make it more inclusive by reporting on issues, which are universally afflicting people everywhere on the planet.”