Experience

 

Chambal Media - Director

Nov 2021- present

https://chambalmedia.com/

Planning, Leading and strategising for key verticals and taking organisational responsibilities, representing the company at various fora, and business development. 

Mentoring and supervising producers, internal and external teams to develop projects while keeping the organisational vision in mind.

Work closely with finance, legal and clients for the company's growth.

Executive producer and mentor for in-house Media Productions.  

 

Chambal Media/ Khabar Lahariya - Executive Producer 

August 2018- Oct 2021

Directing / Producing Chambal Media products

 https://vimeo.com/user111349686

 

 

Chambal Academy - Vertical Head 

Designed the first course - Rural mobile journalism.

Course completed its pilot stage training 270 women/girls across three states

chambalacademy.com

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CoralWoman Impact - Co-founder

Project is working towards creating awareness by targeting the youth through the Coral Woman film. It aims to build partnerships for change, advocacy and action to protect and nurture our environment with youth ambassadors at the forefront of this revolution. Impact projects include an illustrated children's book (Harper Collins as publisher and supported by Avid learning), an art residency for an underwater art installation (supported by Inlaks Foundation, Pardicolor, Hyundai foundation), interactive educational tool kits (supported by 1 Gen) and webinars (supported by Alliance Francaise)

https://coralwoman.com/

https://vimeo.com/662283541

https://medium.com/@anumandloi/art-for-hope-9bc8bc20690a

 

Gulf Of Mannar Short Doc - Director

2023 

Tamil Nadu Government

 

KadolaOsai Short Doc - Director

2023 

Smart NGO

 

Rani@123

2023 - Ongoing

Independent Short film

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CNA - Future Proofers Producer for India 2024

 

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CNA - Series Producer for India 2023

The Longest Day Season1  - 2 episodes 

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CNA - Series Producer for India

2022

Looted-https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/looted/bringing-back-the-gods-3007986

CNA - Series Producer for India

2021

Race to feed the world - 3 episodes

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/topic/race-to-feed-the-world

2020 

The Longest Day Season1  - 1 episode https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/the-longest-day/water-13019340

 

IAWRT FILM FESTIVAL- Co-Director 

2020

The India chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television has been organizing a film festival to celebrate International Women’s Day since 2005.  Festival is an attempt to bring together the works of Asian women directors in a range of genres - animation, documentary, experimental, short fiction and television reportage. https://www.iawrt.org/news/2020-asian-womens-film-festival

 

Ministry of Environment, Tamil Nadu & SDMRI - Director, Cinematographer & Editor

2018- 2019

A series of six underwater & climate change short films

NHRC & Films Division - Director

2018

Documentary, 25 years of National Human Rights Commission, Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

 

NDTV - Senior Producer 

August 2015- 2017

India Matters- a weekly documentary and news feature show by award-winning journalists

 

NDTV - Director, Researcher & Associate Producer 

August 2015- 2017

The Great Indian Tamasha- Inspired and modeled around the popular European television show Spitting Image, the Indian show too uses puppets of well-known personalities including politicians and celebrities to comment on current events.

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Independent Films

City Girls, 2021

Director/ Cinematographer/ Editor

Documentary, 27min, Chambal Media & Third eye

https://vimeo.com/522701073

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Coral Woman, 2019

Director/ Cinematographer/ Editor

Documentary, 52 min, Public Service Broadcasting Trust/ Doordarshan

https://coralwoman.com/

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Survey Number Zero, 2016

Director/ Editor

Documentary, 32 min, Ministry of Films Division, India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0JvAXfeW6Q

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My sacred glass bowl, 2013

Director/ Editor

Documentary, 26 min, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEyFWUxEIQw

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Awards

• CREA’s global Sexuality, Gender, and Rights Institute Fellow, 2024

• Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute Fellow -South Asia 2023

• Chasing Coral Community Grants, 2022

• Art for Hope, Hyundai India 2021

• Take off Grant, Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation 2021

• Pardicolor, Creative Arts Fund 2021 grant

• All Living Things Environmental Film Festival Bhoomi Award 2020

• Best Documentary, Woodpecker International Film Festival, 2019 & 2017

• Jury Award Best Documentary - IndieMeme 2020, Texas

• Bawra Tera Pani – Docedge 2020

• Coral woman – Good pitch India 2020

• Special Mention NIF Awards, 2019

• TULUM WE Mexico Environment Festival-  Best Feature Film 2019

• Canon Cinema EOS Platinum Associate since 2018

• Best Producer Nomination, ENBA Awards 2016

• Best Short Documentary Award, Indian Documentary Producers Association 2015

• Film Fellowship, Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Govt of India, 2015

• The Public Service Broadcasting Trust Film Fellowship 2013, India

• Silver Conch, 11th Mumbai International Film Festival, 2010

• Best Documentary, Sikh International Film Festival, Newyork, 2010

• Best Upcoming Film-maker, Jaipur International Film Festival 2011

• First Rank, B.A (Restructured) Degree in Mass Communication & Video   Production, University Of Kerala.

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Education

 

2007-2009 M.A in Mass Communication, Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. 

2004-2007 B.A in Mass Communication & Video Production, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. 

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