4th RAINDROP CIRCUIT 2026

1st Early Bird Discount : Till 26 Jun 2026 for 35 (EUR) or INR 1600/-

FEES AND DISCOUNTS

Overseas Any One Section: 30 (EUR)
Each Additional Section: 5 (EUR)

India INR 2000/- For all Sections
1st Early Bird Discount : Till 26 Jun 2026 for 35 (EUR) or INR 1600/-
2nd Early Bird Discount : Till 10 July 2026 for 45 (EUR) or INR 1800/-
Group/Club Discount (All Sections): For 20 or More Members for 35 EUR or INR 1600/- per member
FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTRANTS: PAYPAL – ID sonali0521@gmail.com

FOR INDIAN ENTRANTS ONLY:
BANK DETAILS
Mode of Payment - NEFT/RTGS
Name of The Bank - AXIS BANK
Account Holder Name - SUSMITA KARMAKAR
Account No - 916010015486012
IFSC Code - UTIB0000546
Branch Name - CHINSURAH BRANCH

SECTIONS AND THEMES

OPEN COLOUR (Color Only) PIDC
OPEN MONOCHROME (Monochrome Only) PIDM
NATURE GENERAL (Color or Greyscale Monochrome) ND
PHOTO TRAVEL WORLD IN FOCUS (Color or Greyscale Monochrome) PTDW
PHOTO TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY (Color or Greyscale Monochrome) PTDD
PHOTOJOURNALISM GENERAL (Color or Greyscale Monochrome) PJD

CIRCUIT CALENDAR

Closing Date: 2026-07-26 | UTC - 12:00, Baker Island
All Judging Completed By: 2026-08-23
Score Reports Sent By: 2026-08-30
EDAS submitted by: 2026-09-24
On-Line Gallery Posted By: 2026-09-13
Award/Catalog posted by: 2026-10-24
Status page and website available to: 2027-07-26

ENTRY DETAILS:

Photos must be submitted in JPEG file format following instructions https://raindrop.lightpainterssociety.in/

Maximum Horizontal length is 1920 pix. Maximum Vertical length is 1080 pix. In 300 dpi. Compression 7-12, maximum 2Mb.

Exhibition software shall not resize the image and that oversized image shall be rejected by the system.

JURY PANEL

SALON 1

🟡 Rowshan Akhter
APSA, MPSA2, SPSA, EFIAP/d3, PFIAP (USA)

🟡 Saswati Chakrabarty
BPSA, EFIAP, EFIP (INDIA)

🟡 Jill Lam
LPSA, GMPSA (USA)

SALON 2

🟡 Barbara Schmidt
EFIAP/d2, GMPSA/s, BPSA, GPU VIP-5, GPU CR-5 (Germany)

🟡 Irene Ehrenreich
MPSA 2, EFIAP/s, GPU CR3 (Austria)

🟡 Sandipan Kar
MPSA, EFIAP, EFIP, EFIP Gold (Nature) (INDIA)

SALON 3

🟡 S K Balachandder
EFIAP/silver, GPU-CR2, c**Mol (INDIA)

🟡 Venkatesh BS
EFIAP/g, GMPSA/g, ESFIP, GFIP/Pt, GPU CR5, Hon. APG (INDIA)

🟡 Sundar Gopalakrishnan
PPSA, EFIAP, EFIP, IIG p/4 (INDIA)

SALON 4

🟡 Piyali Mitra
EFIAP/D2, GMPSA/S, CR4, GPU (INDIA)

🟡 Zee Kek Heng
GMPSA, EFIAP/S, GPU, CR5 (Singapore)

🟡 Chitrangad Kumar
FPSA, MPSA, AFIAP, FISF, SPSA, MWPAI (INDIA)

SALON 5

🟡 Narendu Ghosh
EPSA, EFIAP, EFIP, cMoL (INDIA)

🟡 Subho Saha
EFIP, EFIAP/S, EPSA, GPU CROWN3, cMoL, AHPS (INDIA)