MALINI AWASTHI

ADVISOR,FOLK MUSIC

Malini Awasthi Ji sings in Hindi and related languages such as Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Bundelkhandi. She also presents in Thumri and Kajri.The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016

She is a post graduate as well as gold medallist in Hindustani classical music from Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. Also, she achieved a gold medal in M.A. Modern History with specialization in Medieval and modern Indian architecture, University of Lucknow. She is a Ganda bandh student of Legendary Hindustani Classical Singer, Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi of Banaras Gharana. She is married to senior IAS officer Awanish Kumar Awasthi (UP:1987) who currently serves as Principal Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh. Malini Awasthi is a regular performer at popular classical music festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau. She has a high pitch voice and is popular for rendition of thumari, Thaare Raho Baanke Shyam. She participated on TV for NDTV Imagine's Junoon. She was appointed as the brand ambassador by Election Commission for UP Elections 2012 and 2014. She sang the song "Sunder Susheel" in the 2015 film Dum Laga Ke Haisha which had music by Anu Malik.

PRABHAT CHANDRA CHATURVEDI

ADVISOR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS

Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi is a 1975 batch I.A.S officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre who retired from the post of Secretary labour  & Employment, Government of India. He is considered to be one of the most outstanding I.A.S officer that Uttar Pradesh has produced.

        During his service tenure, he held very important and sensitive assignments in Central Government and Uttar Pradesh Government. He worked in Prime Minister’s Office and had the privilege of serving three Prime Ministers of India viz. Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shri Chandra Shekhar and Shri P.V. Narsimha Rao. He was also Secretary to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

         He had his education in Lucknow from Colvin Taluqdars’ College and Lucknow University. He was the topper in B.Sc, B.Sc(Hons), and M.Sc( Physics) and won 12 Gold Medals including Chancellor’s Gold Medal for best all-rounder of Lucknow University.

         He has been an outstanding sportsman since student days and was a Tennis Captain of Lucknow University. He represented Lucknow  University in Tennis, Badminton, Football, and Cricket. During his service carrier, he continued his sports activities and was President of UP Badminton Association, President of U.P Table Tennis Association, President of U.P Chess Association, Secretary of Lucknow Golf Club, Sr Vice President of Badminton Association of India, Sr Vice President of Table Tennis  Federation of India and Sr Vice President of All India Chess Federation. He is now an outstanding Golf Player

         He occupied top positions in  National and International Sports Organizations as follows:-

1. President of Table Tennis Federation of India
2. President of Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation
3. Council Member of Asian Table Tennis Union
4. Council Member of Indian Golf Union
5.  Member of Indian Olympic Association

       Presently he is Life President of Table Tennis Federation of India

He has been passionate for promoting  Art and Culture right since the days of his service carrier. He was instrumental in activating  “Film Bandhu “ in Uttar Pradesh when he was Managing Director of PICUP and provided financial assistance to several Film Producers. As Special Secretary Industries in U.P Government he was the main brain behind setting up of Film City in NOIDA. At personal level he has supported financially and emotionally several upcoming and struggling  talents belonging to Uttar Pradesh in the fields of Music, Dance, Drama, Literature and Sports.

Dr. Mukesh Sharma

ADVISOR, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Dr. Mukesh Sharma is a very prominent face of the TV media of India.  Dr. Mukesh Sharma is highly respected for his unique and creative work in TV/ Radio for the last 4 decades. Dr. Mukesh has left an indelible mark on his working style in various high positions of India's government media Doordarshan. Along with the Chief Producer of Doordarshan, Dr. Mukesh, who has held important positions like Additional Director General, has also been the Director of Mumbai Doordarshan. Due to his great passion for cinema and creativity, Mukesh Sharma was also the Director-General of the Films Division and also the Chief Organizer and Festival Director of the famous Mumbai International Film Festival in 2016.  Dr. Mukesh Sharma was also a member of the Governing Council and Executive Council of the Film and Television Institute of India. Apart from being a Producer in the Children's Film Society, Dr. Mukesh also won several national awards for his creativity. Mukesh Sharma also received two National Awards for Best Documentary,  one for Best Feature, and a  Special Award for Best International Film from  the hands of His Excellency the President of India 
 

DR. LALIT K. PANWAR

ADVISOR

Former Vice-Chancellor of the Rajasthan ILD Skill University (RISL), former Chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission, former Secretary of Ministry of Tourism, Minority Affairs in Government of India.

Dr. Panwar is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch Rajasthan cadre,  he was also the Director of Tourism with the Rajasthan government. He is one of the pioneers in modernizing the ‘Palace on Wheels’ and introducing a number of schemes in the tourism sector in the state. Panwar also holds a doctorate degree in tourism.He has created the digital revolution in RPSC.

STEFANO BOLDORINI

HEAD, ITALY AND COORDINATOR INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL

Born in Milan on 29 May 1969. Graduated in Economics & Commerce, in the first part of his career Stefano Boldorini has worked as business executive – with experiences in Italy & abroad – in large corporations as well as in small & medium enterprises operating in some of the most innovative sectors appeared from the second half of 90’s onward; then, from 2011, Stefano Boldorini started his entrepreneurial career.

Stefano, is renowned Italian poet and very active in art, culture, and cinema-related activities, Apart from his core area in IT sector, he is very keen to preserve and push Italian cinema and art to the world

Ananth Mahadevan

ADVISOR, CINEMA

NATIONAL FILM AWARD-WINNING MEDIA PERSONALITY IN FILMS, TELEVISION, THEATRE, ADVERTISING since 1980.

Ananth Mahadevan has acted in more than36 theatre PRODUCTIONS with over 3000 performances across and we has done 100 Serials ON Doordarshan, Zee tv, Sony entertainment television, Star plus and all leading channels.

He has written and directed several award winning films like-

DIL VIL PYAR VVYA,DIL MAANGE MORE, AKSAR.I, AKSAR 2 ,ANAMIKA,VICTORIA NO 203 , STAYING ALIVE…OFFICIAL SELECTION AT BITE THE MANGO,KERALA,STUTTGART,KALA GHODA, ATLANTA AND INDORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

RED ALERT-THE WAR WITHIN has been officially selected and winner of , DIRECTOR’S VISION AWARD, STUTTGART FILM FESTIVAL,GERMANY , BEST ACTOR SUNIL SHETTY AT SOUTH ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK AND RED CARPET PREMIERE IFFI, GOA. His film MEE SINDHUTAI SAPKAL..[MARATHI] WINNER OF 4 NATIONAL AWARDS INCLUDING BEST FILM[JURY],BEST SCREENPLAY,DIALOGUE,MALE SINGER. ..OFFICIAL SELECTION AT 16 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTS, WINNER OF 15 AWARDS AND 18 NOMINATIONS.

GOUR HARI DASTAAN ,ROUGH BOOK ,LIFE IS GOOD!,DOCTOR RAKHMABAI STARRING TANNISHTHA CHATTERJEE ,THE XPOSE’ MAI GHAT. Hislated film Bittersweet ' is creating lot of news now a day

There are 2 National Award and several international awards in Ananth's name.

DOCTOR RAKHMABAI..9 Maharashtra State Award Nominations, Official Selection:

New York Indian Film Festival, Washington DC South Asian Film Festival[WINNER:

Best Film, Best Director] 2018

BIMAL ROY FOUNDATION AWARD for LIFE IS GOOD! 2019

His film, “Mai Ghat” has won numerous awards including IFFI Goa, Kolkata International Film festival Award etc.

“Bittersweet” has have been nominated for the Jiseok Awards at the prestigious Busan International Film festival.

DIWAKAR SHETTY

ADVISOR

Diwakar Shetty is a renowned name in the health and environment sector and he has made a niche in water harvesting across the world. His company KRG India is doing phenomenal work in water conservation and consulting a lot of big corporates like TATA, ITC,  PEPSI, COCA-COLA and so many. He is consulting several state  Govt, govt bodies also but apart from his core area, he is Art Connoisseur  

His deep interest lies in Art, Culture, and Cinema. He keeps on visiting Art galleries across the world, lots of Filmmakers are having good personal relations with him .  he is doing lots of philanthropic work to promote the art and culture of India.

ROSALINDA MUCH

HEAD, BRITAIN

Rosalinda’s career spans film and event production, writing, radio, creative consultancy, publishing, festivals and sustainability. She has  worked on every continent except Antarctica. Rosalinda first visited Mallorca on production for actor/producer  Michael Douglas. Now based in Palma de Mallorca, she combines her own projects with commissions and collaborations with people on Mallorca and overseas. After graduating from Middlesex University, Rosalinda worked as a  graphic designer and art director before moving into production. A producer, she has worked alongside emerging talent and notable directors, advertising agencies and clients such as Ridley Scott Films, TBWA Chiat Day, Coca Cola and Virgin Atlantic. Rosalinda co-founded The Knowledge Film Production Guide and is also one of the co-founders of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.She executive produced competition for short television films on how to change the world, launched at Downing Street by the Rt Hon. Gordon Brown. Among other venues, her productions have been screened at New York’s  MoMA and UNOPS. Rosalinda has lectured at London University and Amity University, India. On Glastonbury Radio, The Rosie Much Show covered Glastonbury Festival and Earth Jurisprudence, a co-production with Schumacher College. She has worked with the rainforest activist Chico Mendes’ family in Brazil. Writing commissions include a piece about the Balearic Islands’ Climate Change Act for The Ecologist and she is currently writing a series on the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development. Rosalinda has curated and hosted events on Mallorca including memoir writing workshops with novelist and publisher Allegra Huston of the legendary Huston film dynasty and Exploring Palma’s Creativity featuring the city’s kaleidoscope of talent. Her newest venture, Rosalinda’s Cultural Cabana, connects us through  Creativity and Conversation by streaming live events with exciting creatives from across the arts, a podcast series featuring game-changers  from around the world and inspirational books and other treasures into your home

SUDIPTO SEN

ADVISOR, CINEMA

Sudipto's work raised national acclaim on his experimental documentary film THE OTHER WEALTH.  “It was my personal journey to a land, which had been taken over by land mafias in the vicinities of Calcutta.” It was at this point that his life took a major turn, as it had been selected in several international film festivals and Sudipto received overnight success. Shortly thereafter he signed a long-term contract with THE WORLD BANK films based on their activities in Southeast Asia. Sudipto, who was a traveler at heart, got the opportunity to travel more than 100 thousand miles to the remotest corners Indian subcontinent. He notes this time as the most remarkable phase of his life.

THE LAST MONK. This decision led to many awards, international film festival appearances, and opportunities. THE LAST MONK celebrated its World Premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival selection in FOCUS: INDIA sectionSudipto’s another work AKHNOOR (A French Co-Production) which won the BEST FILM AWARD at the Golden Gate Film Festival, the INTEGRATED REALIZATION AWARD at Brussels International Film Festival, SPECIAL JURY AWARD at the San Francisco Film Festival and SPECIAL CIVILIAN AWARD from the Belgium Government among others. CORENTIN’S QUEST (French Co-Production) and ANTHIPONNOVETTAM (German Co-Production) also mark as his recent works.

Sudipto just completed an independent Hindi feature film AASMA and LUCKNOW TIMES

Recently Sudipto finished a controversial documentary film IN THE NAME OF LOVE – Melancholy of God’s own country! It is on religious conversion and “Love Jihad”! This film just got the Best Film Award at LONDON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. His another latest is KRANTDARSHI GURUJI (GURU JI – AHEAD OF TIME). A film on Sculptor-visionary Guruji Ravindra Sharma. His recent film BASTAR: FROZEN TEARS is now taking the world in the task on the issue of the revolutionary peasant movement and dangerously abysmal human rights index.

Presently, Sudipto is working on few extremely important projects. He is making a 20-episodes WEB series KUMBH for NETFLIX US. He is also working on the Biopic of Bharat Ratna ‘Nightingale of India’ MS Subbulakshmi [MS – LIFE IN MUSIC], cross-cultural feature THE RETURN TICKET, and Rabindranath Tagore’s GORA.

 Sudipto is an Education Council Member of JNU [School of Art & Aesthetics]

AVINASH PASRICHA

ADVISOR, PHOTOGRAPHY

Born on 2 August 1936 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Shri  Avinash Paschris is an iconic name in the world of photography in the field of the performing Arts. He has contributed his photographs to several publications on Indian music and dance. Associated with many prestigious cultural institutions such as Saraswati Samaj, A cultural wing of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi, Shri Pasricha has worked as a photo editor with SPAN, a magazine published by USIS/American Embassy, from 1960-1997. He has presented many Audio-Visual productions on the legends of music and dance including Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Shrimati Begam Akhtar, and Shrimati M.S. Subbhulakshmi. He has also conducted many seminars workshops on dance and music. Shri Avinash Pasricha has received many titles and awards including the Delhi State Sahitya Kala Parisha Award(1887), the Life Time Award by Ananya, Delhi, and the Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Award(2013). Shri Avinash Pasricha has receives the  Sangeet Natak Academy Award for 2016 for his overall contribution in the performing arts(photography).

DR. SHIV KUMAR

ADVISOR

Dr. Shiv kumar, scientist by profession but very passionate for Art, culture & cinema have contributed time to time as coordinator at state, national and international level.

He was deeply involved in Events management  in India & Gulf countries. He anchored and organized musical nights by inviting leading Bollywood stars & singer in the Gulf countries . His specialty remains stage shows by writing plays on current issues related to socio-economic & political issues.He is well connected with renowned national & international agencies working for Art & culture. He has written several book on poetry, social issues . He has got awards and appreciations from Govt of Saudi Arabia , WHO , Sultanate of Oman , Rajasthan Govt and so many. He is member of IFUNA ( Indian Federations of United Nations Association, Indian International Center , Indian habitat Center and other reputed organizations