FACILITIES

Hemendra K. Bhatia – DEAN – International

A graduate in Commerce and an alumnus of the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune, Bhatia has specialised in Film Direction. A multifaceted person, he has had vast experience in Theatre, Films & Television. His experience in Theatre includes teaching, directing, writing, designing and acting. Bhatia has written two feature films, various serials & tele-films, and he has acted in feature films, television serials and ad films.

Yashraj Jadhav – Dean - Mumbai

A graduate of the National School of Drama, New Delhi, Jadhav has specialised in Acting. He passed out in the year 1995 from NSD, and since then has been associated with teaching & training in Theatre. Earlier, Jadhav conducted Theatre workshops, designing and directing plays. His area of specialisation is traditional, modern and post-modern aspects of Acting.

Suraj Vyas - Acting

A graduate in English literature and a fourth generation stage actor, Vyas has been associated with Gujarati and English theatre for over a decade. He has traveled extensively and performed in the major cities all over the world as a professional actor. He has acted in over 30 Gujarati and English plays, besides serials. He is also a voice over artiste and has voiced many ad films, documentaries and films.

Pooja Bhatt – Personality Development

Actor, director, award-winning producer, production designer and columnist– these are some of the professional roles that Ms Bhatt has essayed with élan. She has achieved success for projecting unconventional themes on screen; an endeavour she began when she became the youngest woman-producer with Tamanna in 1997 – a true story of a eunuch and her adopted daughter. She followed up with Zakhm, a national award-winning film.

Nayanika Singh – Grooming

A celebrity model who showcased India on Fashion TV, Singh was heading the channel for two years. Singh has been training participants for top flight model contests like Elite Look of the Year, Ford Supermodel and Metropolitan Top Model.

Visiting Faculty

Asterix’s – Choreographers

Danny, Kunjan and Savio have received rave reviews for their choreography of ‘Pyaar ki ek kahani’ from ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd’ by Farhan Akhtar. They have also received the Best Choreography Award for ‘Nach Baliye – Season 1’.

Mohit Tugnaik – Diction

Tugnaik’s command over Hindi and Urdu is immense he has been associated with training actors in Diction and Speech for decades.

Divya Naithani – Yoga

A graduate in Botany with a double major in Biochemistry, Naithani is a trained teacher in Yoga from the famed Yoga Institute at Santa Cruz, Mumbai. She conducts Yoga workshops for schools, colleges, NGOs and the corporate sector.

Other visiting faculty members include Irfan Hossein for Acting, and Sutinder Singh and Sapna Sand for Diction.