Born in : 1977 Akash's passion for photography began in 1996. He attended the World Press Photo seminar in Dhaka for 3 years and graduated with a BA in Photojournalism from Pathshala, Dhaka. His work has been featured in over 35 major international publications including: Time, Newsweek, , Geo, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Economist, The New Internationalist, Amnesty Journal, Courier International,, Modern Times , A Magazine, PDN, View, Earth Geo ,
Days Japan, Zenith, Free Lance, Art Asia Pacific, El Mundo, NRC Handelsblad , Cicero, Insight, Szene Hamburg, Himal -the south Asian, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Westdeutsche Allgemeneine, Berliner Journalisten, Frankfurter Rundschau, Das Parlament, Hinz & Kunzt, China daily, Asia News, Hamburger Abenbblatt, Hamburger Morgen Post, and Sunday Telegraph of London. In 2002 he became the first Bangladeshi to be selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in the Netherlands. In 2004 he received the Young Reporters Award from the Scope Photo Festival in Paris, again being the first Bangladeshi to receive the honour. In 2005 he was awarded
Best of Show at the Center for Fine Art Photography's international competition in Colorado, USA. In 2006 he was awarded World Press Photo award andreleased his first book "First Light".

Awards:

1) First place in prestigious 19th annual Gordon Parks Photography Competition.USA.2007.
2) First Place/ Golden award from Asia Press Photo Contest, China. 2007.
3) Selected as one of the 30 emerging photographer (PDN 30) by Photo District News Magazine, USA. 2007
4) Third place from Days Japan international photography Contest, Japan, 2007.
5) Forth and Honorable mention from Photographer's Forum magazine Annual photo contest 2007. USA
6) World Press Photo award 2006.The Netherlands
7) First place from Photographer's Forum magazine Annual photo contest 2006. USA
8) Second place from the Gallery Art and Design annual photo contest. 2006. USA
9) Finalist of Gordon Park annual Photo Contest 2006. USA