IFFI 2017 Handbook

K G Suresh is currently serving as Director General, Indian Institute of
Mass Communication. He has served as Senior Consulting Editor with
Doordarshan News; Editorial Consultant with Asianet News Network; Chief
Political Correspondent with Press Trust of India and Group Media Advisor to
Dalmia Bharat Enterprises Ltd. Mr Suresh played a pivotal role in introducing
innovative programmes including Speed News, Vaartavali- The world’s first
Sanskrit Television News Magazine, Good News India – positive news from
across the country, India First – A strategy and defence based programme and
Do Touk – a political debating platform, besides DD’s first android enabled
App. He chaired the international jury of the 4th Woodpecker International
Film Festival-2016, 13th edition of the We Care International Film Festival
on disability issues. He was on the jury of the of the National Media Award,
UNICEF Media Fellowship, the UNICEF Radio4child awards, National Awards
& the prestigious Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity.
K G Suresh
Mithunchandra Chaudhari has written & directed 3 short films Compulsory
Hellmate, Ghandaat & National Film Award winner Paywat. His films have
been awarded and officially selected at prestigious international film festivals.
He has assisted Nagraj Manjule on Fandry, Sairat & Kranti Kanade on Mahek,
a children’s feature. His poems in Marathi have been published in various
periodicals. He has a MA in English Literature, Masters in Communication
Studies & Diploma in Journalism from Pune University. He has taught Video
Production at various colleges of Pune, Mumbai & Goa University. Presently,
he teaches at Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune.
Mithunchandra Chaudhari
Shankhajeet De is a researcher and documentary filmmaker. He makes
documentaries with an ethnographic lens. His debut feature documentary
In the Shadow of Time (Samayara Chaaire-Odiya) on Ravana Chhaya,
the shadow puppetry tradition of Odisha has won the Rajat Kamal for the
Best Film on art and culture at the 64th National Film Awards. He has also
made an ethnographic audio-visual journal on Togalu Gombeyaatta, the
shadow puppetry tradition of Karnataka for the library of the puppet school
in UNIMA, France. He is currently filming a feature documentary on the
Ramaleela tradition in Odisha through multi-sited ethnographic methods.
He is responsible for setting up the filmmaking department at Sri Aurobindo
Centre for Arts & Communication (SACAC-New Delhi). He has been teaching
research, screenplay, scriptwriting and direction for over eight years.
Shankhajeet De
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