Dadi Pudumjee is a leading puppeteer in India and the founder of The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust. Many of his performances are designed to appeal to children, but he has also taken up more adult themes, in his work that addresses themes such as HIV/AIDS and substance use. 

DADI

PUDUMJEE

Leena Kejriwal is a photographer and an installation artist. For the last several years she has been working with several ngo's working on the issue of human trafficking and prostitution of young girls. Her new art work M.I.S.S.I.N.G....takes the issue to the public.

LEENA

KEJRIWAL

Sumant Jayakrishnan is a Scenographer, Designer, Installation artist and Theatre person. He was initially trained in visual communication at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He has since then been a constant innovator and has developed multi-disciplinary skills to express creativity in different fields.

SUMANT
JAYAKRISHNAN

An innovative storyteller, Shaaz is an award-winning Visual Designer who uses multiple methods, mediums and materials in his process of constructing a visual narrative, be it on a film screen or public spaces. He has worked extensively in the Indian Television and Film Industry.

SHAAZ
AHMED

Prateek is Creative Director at Trip Creative Services, a multi award winning communication design house based out of Mumbai and Pune. An animator, producer, director, designer, avid aerial cinematographer, tv personality, EduTuber and professional thumb twiddler with over 15 years of experience, always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to engage audiences. 

PRATEEK

SETHI

Kelsang is an award-winning creative & design director specialising in the luxury and fashion industry over 14 years. He is an alumni of NID, India and CSM School of Design, London. He co-founded the luxury brand AKAMA, Paris and a luxury lifestyle brand called KEWA. His most recent work has been focussed on content & brand strategy and co-conceptualising a course on digital narratives/storytelling for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.

KELSANG

DONGSAR

Huzefa is a Creative Director, Filmmaker & Content Creator. His 20 years career in brand communication & visual media includes work across key television channels and digital platforms. He has special expertise in multi-cam set-ups, print, photography and animation work. He is the winner of two gold and one silver Cannes award.

HUZEFA 

ROOWALA

Ayushi Rastogi was born into a family of artists and was quickly instilled with a drive to seek social responsibility in her work. With that spirit, as a graphic designer and illustrator, she’s created a board game for children with dyslexia, illustrated a children’s series that tackles topics of diversity, and designed books on pressing issues from nature conservation to pollution.

AYUSHI 

RASTOGI

Varud Gupta was bred for the business world until an existential crisis sent him travelling through the culinary cultures of the world. It was in documenting odd jobs as a cheesemonger or asador that his journey as a writer began. His first book, Bhagwaan Ke Pakwaan, was a travel narrative through the faiths and foods of India. And the story of Chhotu, represents the culmination of the first chapter on this existential path.

VARUD

GUPTA

ANUPRIYA 
KHARE

Anupriya is a content curator with a Masters in English Literature. She has worked in the Social Sector for the past three years with CEMCA, with special focus on children. She is currently pursuing her PhD in English Literature. With a vision to supplement and transform the current scenario, she works with the goal to explore, create and be a part of developing better avenues for education that can help achieve a measurable social impact.

AVANTIKA

MALHAUTRA

Avantika Malhautra - Psychologist & Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner, uses the interplay of talk therapy with visual art, drama and body movement for expressing and achieving therapeutic goals such as clarity, confidence, trust, healthy boundaries, relationships and communication.

VIVEK
KUMAR

Vivek Kumar started doing theatre when he was around 6, and through his theatre teacher, he learnt the art of puppetry. In 2005, he began working with Dadi Pudumjee, and has been associated with Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust since then. He was also one of the 3 puppeteers to perform in an opera show for theatre du chatelet in Paris that was directed by Indian film director, Vishal Bhardwaj.

ARUN
KUMAR

Arun Kumar has 10 years of experience in the NGO sector and he is committed to the rights of children and young people. His particular interests include sports, childhoods, livelihood, gender, leadership and he has previously worked with Blind Relief Association & International Blind Sports Federation and Magic Bus India Foundation.

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