1990 -1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Applied Art)
Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore.

1995 -1998
Diploma in Visual Communication
Animation Film Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Head of Animation at the House of Animation, Famous Studios, Mumbai (1998-2003).

Created Simpu - the animated maths teacher and brand ambassador for Channel [V], Asia’s music channel.
Conceived, directed and animated the Simpu series - channel identity and promotional films using Simpu for Channel [V].

• Promax Asia Silver for the ‘Best Out of House Production’, for the film ‘Kids Menu’, 2001, Singapore.
• BDA Award for the ‘Best In-House Production’, Los Angeles, 2002
  Kids Menu: Silver
  Simpu Menu: Bronze

• BDA Award for the ‘Best Out of House Production’, Los Angeles, 2002
  Simpu: Bronze

Animation supervision, key animation and character design for ‘The Freedom Song’ - a seven-minute film inspired by Indian folk art and directed by Narayan Shi.

• Grand Prize at the India South East Asia Animation Competition, 2000, Trivandrum.
• Los Charales Award for Best Animation at the Ajijic Film Festival 2000, Mexico.
• Best Animation Film at the Japan Wildlife Festival 2001.
• Golden Conch in the National Video category at the Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002, Mumbai.

Animation and Animation direction for the Poga series - a clay animation series preaching the concept of ‘Poga’- a fusion of ‘yoga’ and ‘pogo-stick’. The series is a promotion for MTV India and is scripted and directed by Cyrus Oshidar.

• Best Commercial at the India South East Asia Animation competition, 2001, Trivandrum.
• Best 3D animation film at the Asian Television Technical & Creative Awards, 2002, Singapore.

• Best Commercial Campaign at the India South East Asia Animation competition, 2003, Trivandrum.
• Gold for Best Animation at the Promax Asia 2003
• Gold for Best On-air Channel ident at the Promax Asia 2003
• Silver for Best Script at the Promax Asia 2003
• Silver for Best Comedy promo at the Promax Asia 2003

Animation direction for the ‘MTV Cut to Cut’ programme packaging.

• Gold for Best Programme Packaging at the Promax Asia 2003

Animation direction, animation and character design for the clay animated Amaron Battery advertising campaign

• Silver for the Best Advertising Campaign at the ABBY Awards, Mumbai, 2003.
  
  

Animation direction for the Daikin air conditioner commercial, featuring ‘Gandhiji’s three monkeys’.

• Most Effective Commercial at the India South East Asia Animation competition, 2003, Trivandrum

Co-Directed the clay animation commercials for Smirnoff Zone, Baazee.com and Vicks Vaporub along with E. Suresh.

Concieved, animated and directed several channel identity and promotional films for MTV and Channel [V].