Vibhuti Pandya

Vibhuti completed his Masters in Drawing & Painting from MLS University, Udaipur. Soon after, he completed a Diploma in animation film making from Heart Animation Academy, Hyderabad. There he was trained in classical animation under the experts from Startoons Animation Studios, Chicago, USA. During his stint with various animation studios including Software Frontiers Ltd, Dataquest Entertainment Ltd, AMM Studios and Escotoonz India Ltd. He has worked on 15 international and 12 domestic projects. He has awarded his PhD in Drawing & Painting in 2003. His area of research was Creative Aspects of Animation Art and Effectivity (In relation to Visual Art) He has received several awards and honors from various institutions for his contribution in the field of cartooning. He worked as a regular cartoonist in the News paper during his student life. His cartoon columns “ Dekh Bhai Dekh” & “ Kaai saa…” were really well-known among the readers. His cartoons were published in various News papers including the National Daily JANSATTA. He has a collection of around 1200 published cartoons.

Recently he directed & designed 26 episodes of a cartoon series call “Titlee in Jugmugland”. Very soon this cartoon series would be broadcasted via TV.

As Head, Dept. of Animation & Multimedia at Birla Institute of Technology, he is involved in the various activities like development of animation curriculum, animation training, placement activities for the students of B.Sc. Animation & Multimedia, conducting animation workshops and seminars, development of Indian animation content and creative direction.