Faculty & Mentors
Robin Ghosh
Economist & Business Coach
- Ex Economist Bengal Chamber Of Commerce
- Government Of Maharashtra, Larsen & Toubro
- President, Santiniketan Society For Youth Empowerment
- Managing Director, Robeen Ghose & Associates Pvt. Ltd
- Director, Infocom Studio
- Pioneer Of Private Television In Bengal
- Business Coach for Small & Medium Industries
- Media Expert
- Columnist, Travel & Tourism Times
- Strategic Consultant for Marketing & Brand Promotion
- Advisor, Robeen's Media Shop
Sekhar Das
Theatre & Film Director
- National & International Award-winning Director, Screenwriter, Playwright, & Drama Director.
- Written & directed seven feature films for theatre release
- Adapted four plays by Russian playwright Anton Chekov filmed for Television.
- Written, directed and anchored 120 episodes of Travelogue for a TV channel covering S-E Asia, Europe & the USA.
- Made award-winning documentaries for DOORDARSHAN, covering 8 N-E states of India.
- An activist of Film Society movements
- Adjunct faculty for Film Studies in various film schools
- Jury Member for National & International Awards
- Film Selection Jury for eminent film festivals of India
- Jury for selection of the Indian Cinema for Oscar.
- Essayist, & Travel Writer.
Ashoke Viswanathan
Theatre & Film Director
- Multiple National & International Award Winning Filmmaker
- Former Professor & Dean at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata.
- Directed more than 150 film projects including feature films ('Sunya Theke Suru', 'Kichu Sanglap Kichu Pralap' etc.), documentaries, shorts & television shows.
- Winner of National Awards, 6 Indian Panorama entries at the International Film Festival Of India(Goa) in 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 & 2022.
- Charles Wallace Scholar from Downing College, Cambridge (1997)
- Won Dishari, BFJA, Kalakar & Jaycees awards, & Silver Torchlight award at Pyongyang (1994).
- Awarded the Certificate of Merit for being the best resource person & presenter at the UGC-CEC Awards, 2006, for the 30 part series on Film Editing produced by EMRC, St. Xavier's College.
- Films shown at Dhaka International Film Festival, New Jersey International Film Festival, Commonwealth Film Festival (Manchester), & Pyongyang International Film Festival etc.
- Chairman of the Jury, National Film Awards in 2007, 2014
- On the International NETPAC jury at Kolkata International Film Festival (2014), & the Chairman of the jury at the Kerala International Short & Documentary Festival (2016).
- Visiting Professor at TuLs University, Boston & Monmouth University, New Jersey.
- Governing Council member of SRFTI (2012 - 2015) & on three occasions, a member of the Academic Councils of FTII & SRFTI.
- An active Theatre Director, he has won many awards for his plays including AJITESH SAMMAN and the BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR award for the play, BHUTTO.
Ashish Ghosh
MA, Phd. & Retired Teacher from the University of Delhi
Simultaneously worked in theatre. Areas of specialisation:
1. Children's Theatre.
2. Folk theatre
3. Arts intervention in education and social action through theatre
4. Narrative performance traditions
Performer, singer and creative director of ANANT, a theatre society specialising in children's and folk theatre. One of the founders of ASSITEJ India, a member of global ASSITEJ spearheading Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA). Convenor of the National Conference on TYA in 2011. Curriculum development of (a) theatre practicum for Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) programme of Delhi University; (b) NCERT component of arts integration in education.
Workshopped and staged plays nationally and globally.
Shyama Prasad Ganguly
Professor & Theatre Director
- Former Professor and Chairperson of the Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Recipient of Doctor (Honoris Causa) from Simon Bolivar University of Colombia.
- Author and Research Scholar in Indo-Spanish Literature.
- Distinguish Visitor to lecture in countries like Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, Panama, USA, South Korea, Bangladesh
- Recipient highest civilian honours from Spain, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Mexico
- Well known Theatre Director in Delhi. Has produced number of One- Act and full-length plays
Rupchand Kundu
Artist
- An artist of great repute, actively associated with different groups and societies to promote major causes that enrich human living.
- Art graduate from Govt. College of Art & Craft Kolkata with First Class.
- Chief artist of International Society of Krishna Consciousness for 3 years before moving to Rediffusion.
- Adept in art direction, concept writing & direction of various films, documentaries & television programs.
- Worked with eminent directors like Tapan Sinha, Mrinal Sen, Chidananda Dasgupta, Raja Sen, Anjan Dutta, Ashoke Viswanathan and Urmi Chakraborti
- His art and expressions are reflected through his exhibitions at best known places in Kolkata and Delhi.
- Numerous Awards received such as Ujala Anandalok Award, Bengali Film & Journalist Association Award twice, Best Pavilion Award for ‘300 years of Calcutta Ceremony’ for State Bank of India, Best Pavilion for Singapore Airlines at the Travel Fair, Best Puja and Best Idol from Telegraph, Star Ananda, Asian Paints & Times of India to name a few.
Chandan Roy Choudhury
Music Composer
- Son of Music Director Sri Rabi Roy Choudhury & Dance Director Dr. Manjulika Roy Choudhury
- Started his music career as a disciple of Pdt. Yashraj
- Learned Sitar as a student of Srimati Niva Bhaduri.
- Disciple of Ustad Mustaque-Ali-Khan & Pdt. Manilal Nag.
- Sitar performances in India & abroad.
- Composed music for Bengali feature films titled ‘Mahaprithibi’ directed by Mr. Mrinal Sen, ‘Sati’ by Srimati Aparna Sen, ‘Kakababu Here Gelen’, ‘Priyojan’, etc.
- Composed Music for the Hindi Feature Film entitled ‘The Goal’, ’Duttak,’ ‘Ek Thi Rani Eaisi Vi’ etc.Directed by Mr.Gulbahar Singh.
- Also composed music for famous Directors like Asit sen, Dinen Gupta, Chidananda Dasgupta, Aparna Sen & many others.
- Music director for various Hindi & Bengali Telefilms & serials like ‘JanmaBhumi’ NayanTara ’, ‘Kari Die Kinlum ’, ‘Ek Aakasher Niche’, ‘Khela’, ‘Bau Katha Kao’, ‘Subarnalata’ ‘Sasura Genda Phool etc.
- Producer, Director & Music Director for ‘Jhankar’ , a serial by Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata.
- Composed music for Choral programmes entitled ‘ Richa Geet ’, ‘Kabya Prabaha ’ etc.
- Attended prestigious festivals like “Shindhu Darshan” as a music composer Produced by Govt. Of India, Dept. Of Culture at Ladakh.
- Conducted music for Dance -Dramas and Dramas, worked for “ King Liar ” directed by Fritz Benevitz.
- He has composed music for many Hindi & Bengali Audio Albums, and folk music for the programme entitled OCTAVE produced by EZCC several times.
- Composed music for the serial “DURGESHNANDINI” directed by Sri Tarun Majumdar & produced by Etv.
- Composed & Directed Music for many feature films & Documentaries which were nationally awarded.
- Awarded Best Music Director several times for his composition in various fields.