Rahaab Allana is a curator and publisher at the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts in New Delhi, India. He is also a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and honorary research associate at the University College, in London, United Kingdom.

He has curated, contributed to and edited several publications and exhibitions on South Asian photography and its trans-national histories, working internationally with museums, universities, festivals and other arts institutions such as The Brunei Gallery in London, United Kingdom; Rencontres d’Arles and Jimei x Arles, France; the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany; the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin, Germany; The Fine-Art Museum in Brussels, Belgium; the Rubin Museum in New York, United States; the National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, India; the British Council in New Delhi, India; the Goethe Institute; and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad City Museum in Bombay, India.

He is the founding and managing editor of PIX, a theme-based photography initiative – an exhibitionary and online platform for South Asian practitioners.