Jury Members (To Be Confirmed)

Rajiv Meherotra

Rajiv graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and thereafter studied at the
Oxford and received his Masters' (MFA) in Film Direction from the Columbia
University in 1980 Starting 2003, he works as Managing Trustee, Executive
Producer and Commissioning Editor of The Public Service Broadcasting Trust
(PSBT) that has produced more than 300 documentary films winning some 40
awards from 250 international film festival screenings. His films have won
several international and nine national awards from the President of India.
Mehrotra manages, as the Honorary Secretary/Trustee, The Foundation for
Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama,Trustee of the
Norbulinka Institute of Tibetan Culture and the Navdanya Trust. He has twice
addressed plenary sessions at ‘The World Economic Forum’ at Davos and was
nominated a ‘Global Leader for Tomorrow’ by them. He has served as a Judge for
The Templeton Prize for Religion, on the Governing Council of the Sri Aurobindo
Society, The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and as the Chairman of
the Jury of the 50th anniversary Indian National Film Awards for Non-feature
films.He has been on the Steering Committees of the Planning Commission to
recommend policy & strategies for Information & Broadcasting, Information
Technology etc, The committee on Bridging The Digital Divide, The Organising
Committee of the Mumbai International Film Festival and is a nominated
member of the Core Group of the Press Council of India etc. Mehrotra has
published several books including The Mind of The Guru, Understanding The
Dalai Lama, The Essential Dalai Lama, "Thakur" a biography of Sri
Ramakrishna all by Penguin.

Pradeep Das Gupta

Born in Calcutta of sculptor parents in 1952. Graduated from Calcutta University

in 1971. Took up photography in 1970. Worked in advertising agencies as a
copywriter till 1983. Shifted base to Delhi and turned to photography as a
profession from 1983. At the same time, continued to pursue photography as a
means of personal expression. Has received numerous awards such as New York
Festival, Asia Pacific Adfest, Clio nominations, Cannes nominations. Solo
exhibitions at Calcutta and Delhi in 1997, 1998, 2006 and 2007. Participated in
numerous group shows of photography, digital art and sculpture in India. Prints
in various private and corporate collections in India, Europe, South East Asia and
the U.S.

Yousuf Saeed finished his Masters in Mass Communication at the AJK Mass
Communication Research Centre, in 1990, and began his career by producing the
well-known science series Turning Point on Doordarshan, with Times TV (the
Times of India). He co-produced and edited about 45 episodes of this series that
was hosted by actors Naseeruddin Shah and Girish Karnad. In 1993 he left Times
to start on his own and directed many documentary films for Doordarshan and
other agencies. Some of his important films include a 5-part documentary series
on Ladakh, a 4-part series on the Sufi poet Amir Khusrau, and a short film called
Basant. Many of these films were screened at national and international film
festivals such as the Mumbai International Film Festival (1998 and 2000) and
other fora.

Toni Greaves is a documentary, editorial and portrait photographer with a

passion for storytelling. Born and raised in Australia, Toni has lived in the United
Kingdom and the USA, and is widely traveled. She has an extensive background
in design, having worked for over a decade as an Art Director & Creative Director
in both the USA and Europe. Her creative career now spans five continents.