Drik is associated with Alam's other large project: Majority World[2] which aims to promote photographers from the global south and ensure fair compensation for their work.

[3] Pathshala, the South Asian Media Institute, was set up in 1998 by the Bangladeshi photographer, writer, and activist Shahidul Alam, as "Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography".

In 2019, Pathshala introduced a four-year Bachelor of Social Science in photography program in affiliation with the University of Dhaka.

[6] Prior to that, the certificates awarded by Pathshala for completion of its educational programs were not recognized by Bangladeshi universities.

[12] Other alumni include: GMB Akash, Munem Wasif, Andrew Biraj, Prito Reza, Sarker Protick, Saiful Huq Omi, Khaled Hasan, Saiful Huq Omi and.