AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Education
UCLA Extension, USA | Certificate 2021 | Feature Film Writing
California Institute of the Arts, USA | MFA 2014 | Experimental Animation
National Institute of Design, India | BFA 2008 | Animation Film Design
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 “Jury Prize, Best Animated Short” - San Francisco Independent Film Festival
2020 “Best Animated Short” for Passage - Universe Multicultural Film Festival
2020 “Best Animated Film” for Passage - Annual Copenhagen Film Festival
2019 “Best Animated Short” for Passage - LA Femme International Film Festival
2019 “Short Film Wallah Award” for Passage - New Generations Independent Indian Film Festival
2019 “Best Animation” for Passage - Indie & Foreign Film Festival
2019 “Silver - Best Experimental Short” for Passage - Los Angeles Animation Festival
2019 “Finalist - Best Animated Short Film” for Passage - International Shorts Film Festival
2013 United Plankton Animation Scholarship
2011-2013 CalArts Scholarship
2012 “Innovation Award” for Chocolate Bacon - No Budget Film Festival
Project Grants & Residencies
2020 Adobe Festival of the Impossible Project Grant
2020 Adobe Aero Augmented Reality Artist Residency
2012 CalArts Student Council Project Grant
2012 CalArts Student Affairs Project Grant
PRESS
2022 Voyage LA Artist Interview
2021 ACM Siggraph Blog Feature and Artist Interview
2020 Animation World Network Feature
2020 Adobe Create Magazine Feature & Artist Interview
2020 The Nerd Daily Film Review
2020 Animator’s Guild Artist Interview
2019 Animation Magazine Feature
2018 Voyage LA Artist Interview
2017 “Haute Cature” Design Taxi Feature
2017 “Contemporary Illustrators From India We Love…” Homegrown Feature
2017 “Haute Cature” Muzli Design Inspiration Feature
2016 Communication Arts Magazine Artist Interview
2016 “Chocolate Bacon” Directed by Women Feature
2015 ”Parallel” Animated Review Feature
2014 “Pick of the month” IdN Magazine Feature
2014 “Chocolate Bacon” Show Me the Animation Feature
2014 Pool Magazine #54 Artist Interview
2014 Desi Creative Artist Interview
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Stashmedia.tv Feature
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Cartoon Brew Feature
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Flooby Nooby Feature
Guest Speaker & Jury Panels
2022 Visting Artist Lecture Series @ MIAD, Speaker
2021 48th Annie Awards, Nomination Committee Judge
2020 Kyoorius Design Yatra, Speaker
2020 Character Animation Guest Speakers' Series @ CalArts, Speaker
2020 Visiting Artist Series @ Venice Arts, Speaker
2019 Deep Dive into Making Short Films @ TSAFF, Panelist
SELECT SCREENINGS
2022 “A New Normal” Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, US
2021 “A New Normal” ACM Siggraph, Virtual, Worldwide
2020 “A New Normal” Adobe MAX, Virtual, Worldwide
2020 “A New Normal” Festival of the Impossible, San Francisco, CA, USA
2020 “A New Normal” Los Angeles Animation Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2020 “A New Normal” Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
2020 “A New Normal” Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Seattle, WA, USA
2020 “A New Normal” Nepal America International Film Fest, Greenbelt, MD, USA
2020 “A New Normal” Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival, B.C., Canada
2020 “A New Normal” Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
2020 “A New Normal” DC South Asian Film Festival, Washington, D.C., USA
2020 “A New Normal” SAFF Montreal, Québec, Canada
2020 “Passage” Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2020 “Passage” HollyShorts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2020 “Passage” American Documentary and Animation Festival, Palm Springs, CA, USA
2020 “Passage” ASIFAC Animation Conference & Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA
2020 “Passage” Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Seattle, WA, USA
2020 “Passage” Global Impact Film Festival, Washington, D.C., USA
2020 “Passage” International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto, Canada
2020 “Passage” Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin, TX, USA
2020 “Passage” Fort Myers Film Festival, Fort Myers, FL, USA
2020 “Passage” Boston Asain American fIlm Festival, Boston, MA, USA
2020 “Passage” Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2020 “Passage” Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India
2019 “Passage” St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO, USA
2019 “Passage” Animaine- The Maine Animation Film Festival, South Portland, ME, USA
2019 “Passage” Factual Animation Film Festival, London, UK
2019 “Passage” Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Seattle, WA, USA
2015 “Parallel” Calarts Experimental Animation Showcase, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 “Parallel” Animation Sensation Film Fest, Long Island, NY, USA
2014 “Parallel” Northwest Animation Festival, Portland, OR, USA
2014 “Parallel” Mosaic Film Experience, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
2014 “Parallel” Digital Arts Expo, Valencia, CA, USA
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Victoria Film Festival, BC, Canada
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Pune International Film Festival, Pune, India
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Women and Minorities in Media Festival, Towson, MD, USA
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Fort Myers Film Festival, Fort Myers, FL, USA
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Pentedattilo Film Festival, Reggio Calabria, Italy
2013 “Chocolate Bacon” Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, Toronto, Canada
2012 “Chocolate Bacon” Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada
2012 “Chocolate Bacon” No Budget Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2012 “Chocolate Bacon” Lone Star Film Festival, Fort Worth, TX, USA
2012 “Chocolate Bacon” BUtiful Film Festival, Bournemouth, UK
EXHIBITIONS & Pop-Ups
2023 “Centered Chaos Ceramics”, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019 “Comic Arts LA”, Pasadena, CA, USA
2018 “Long Beach Zine Fest”, Long Beach, CA, USA
2018 “Los Angeles Zine Fest”, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018 “Inglewood Open Studios”, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA, USA
2018 “Post-It Show” GR2 Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 “Paper Farm: Works on Paper” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, USA
2014 “Parallel” California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
2013 “Emerged at Alpha”, Alpha Venice, Venice, CA, USA
2013 “Brewery Art Walk”, The Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2013 “Jigyasa” California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
2012 “Galaxy Science and Art Exhibition”, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 “Pictoplasma Missing Link Exhibition”, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France