About Benu Sen
Benu Sen, eldest Son of Manindranath Sengupta and Prabhatidevi, Founder-Member and Third President of Photographic Association of Dumdum (PAD), Former Secretary General of Federation of Indian Photography, Vice President and Founder-Member of India International Photographic Council, Kolkata. Vice President of the Club Coordination Center and Head of the Photography Department of the Indian Museum was born on 26 May 1932 at his maternal uncle's house in Bagbazar.
In 1957, Shri Benu Sen, along with a few like-minded friends founded 'Photographic Association of Dum Dum' (PAD). He was out and out a creative person and could easily wander into any field. His creativity was not limited to photography; he could masterly tailor clothes, pants, leather goods like bags and other materials. He was both artist and craftsman. Internationally renowned photographer Benu Sen received numerous honors and awards from various parts of the world. Mr. Benu Sen became the third person in the world to receive the prestigious honour of 'Master of Photography' (MFIAP) by the Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique, an organization recognized by UNESCO, Fellow of Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (FRPS) in 1975, EFIAP in 1960, ESFIAP in 1972, Hon.EFIAP and more for his contributions to pictorial photography. He was awarded numerous honorary titles such as F.J.I.A.P.(Japan), F.N.P.A.S.(Sri Lanka), F.P.B.S. (Bangladesh), FPAD (India), FCOS (Romania), Hon.FPAB, Hon.SOP, etc.