Media & engagement

Climate Health Victoria, Department of Health March Newsletter - Staff Spotlight -Tanishka Brahmanand, When medicine meets art: using healthcare waste to spark climate action
Austin Health - Blending medicine, art, and sustainability: Meet medical intern Tanishka
Valedictory Speech - The University of Melbourne, December 2024
Arts Health Network - Do No Harm: Art, Healthcare and Planetary Health in Practice
Healthovation - Vol5, Issue 4 on Sustainability in Healthcare - A Perspective on Sustainable Healthcare: Dr Tanishka Brahmanand
Ascend Your Story, Ascent Media Interview:Using art to inspire change in medicine | Ascend Your Story
The University of Melbourne - featured sustainability leader on utilising Art for social change
Victorian Doctors for the Environment (VicDEA) Member Engagement - 2025 in Review
Wattle Fellowship, The University of Melbourne - Spotlight Presentation: The Cost of Care, Unconventional with Purpose Speaker Spotlight
Wattle Fellowship - Meet the Fellows: Tany Brahmanand, MDHS fellows
The University of Melbourne x the John McBall McBain foundation Philanthropy Workshop Facilitator - exploring the role of philanthropy in cultivating sustainable change. Article 1, Article 2,
Better Futures Australia Forum 2025 - Volunteer and delegate
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma - The Art of Observation Symposium Australian delegate
Asia Pacific Education Impact Fellow - credential via the Transformative Education for Sustainable Social Impact (TESSI) Institute
Stonnington Leader Article:Artists Get Brush with Early Fame

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EXHIBITIONS

(Upcoming) COOL: How We Did It
Do No Harm
National Gallery of Victoria - Top Arts: Tanishka Brahmanand
Auckland Art Festival, White Night - Featured Artist
Independent Schools Victoria's 10th Annual Art Exhibition

AWARDS & GRANTS

A particular thank you to the organisations who continue to fund, support and advocate for this work.

2025 University of Melbourne, Sustainability Awards Shortlisted Nominee
2025 University of Melbourne, Climate Catch Lab, Healthcare carbon lab, MDHS, Department of Surgery and Critical Care - Sustainable Healthcare Top Project Award
2025 Blackbird Foundation Follow On Fund Grant Recipient
2025 Blackbird Foundation Protostars Season 9 Grant Recipient
2025 Carbon Literacy Project - Top Carbon Literacy Climate Action of the month
2024 The University of Melbourne, Tran-Hawthorne Prize  - awarded for demonstrating a passion for both patient-centred care and cutting-edge medical science.
2018 NGV Top Arts 2018
2018 Higgins Certificate of Achievement, Federal Member of Higgins Award - awarded for representing the Higgins district for arts and culture at a state-wide level
2017 David Dwight Visual Arts Prize, Korowa Anglican Girls’ School