Speakers

Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted career in the Media & Entertainment industry. He currently serves as the Vice President of Whistling Woods International – India’s premier Film & Creative Arts institute, where he has been working towards mainstreaming & strengthening Media & Entertainment education in India at all levels of education, as well as strongly advocating for the proliferation of emerging technology innovation in the M&E industry. Over the past 20 years, he has led several academic & technological innovations at Whistling Woods which has resulted in the pioneering of new verticals of education in M&E in India as well as Emerging Technologies like Virtual Production, Virtual Reality & AI. He has also established several Tech Development labs & partnership with M&E tech giants like Sony, Apple, Adobe, Google, Intel, Foxconn, Reliance Jio and others. He has received several awards & much acclaim for his work, including the much-coveted SMPTE Excellence in Education Medal 2024.