Educational Qualification & Professional Development:
1.Bachelor of Arts, Jai Hind College, Mumbai
2.FTII and NFAI Film Appreciation 4 weeks course designed for Teachers Training
3.IB Online Film Workshops Category 1 (2013) and Category 2 (2018)
4.Pamoja Education Online Teacher Training Course 2017
Professional Experience:
1.Director, SBI Impresario Pvt. Ltd., a film production/media company (incorporated in 1975)
2.Invited as Selection Jury for the 20th edition of the International Children’s Film festival ‘The Golden Elephant’ held in Hyderabad in November 2017.
3.Invited for research and writing for the international textbook on Indian cinema “From Aan to Lagaan and Beyond” by K. Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake.
4.Project Consultant for the international art group show “Unity in Diversity” held at Cymroza Gallery in Mumbai
5."The Path of Zarathustra" recent feature film successfully released in PVR theatres in 5 cities in India as a PVR Directors Rare release on September 4th, 2015 with a Premier in Delhi with the Hon. Minister of Minority Affairs Dr. Najma Heptulla as the Chief Guest.
6.“Anahita’s Law” current short film soon to be released in India in 2018, which revolves around women’s empowerment.
Teaching Experience:
1.Currently heading the subject of Film at the SVKM International School, Mumbai
2.Invited as an expert to FTII, The Film and Television Institute of India, Pune to conduct a special acting module on the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique in November 2017
3.Conducted the Film Appreciation module at The Institute of Creative Excellence ICE, the Education division of Balaji Telefilms
4.Conducted the Film Appreciation module at the Digital Academy -The Film School
5.Conducted Film Appreciation, Acting Appreciation, and the special module for the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute
6.Conducted the Film Appreciation module and Dance and Music in Cinema module for the first batch of the Mumbai University Post Graduate One Year Diploma Course for Film and Television
7.Conducted the filmmaking workshop at BITS, Pilani (Birla Institutie of Science and Technology) Goa Campus for their Waves winter 2009 cultural festival.
8.Conducted the ‘Understanding Cinema module of the BMM syllabus at Ghanshyamdas Saraf Girls College, Mumbai (Affiliated to the University of Mumbai)