Sumant Rao
Professor, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
With 26 years professional and teaching experience in animation, special effects and communication design, his work spans commercials, corporate films, short films, film titles, feature films (both live action and animated), book design & illustration, demonstrations, training, workshops and teaching animation and special effects..
An Aerospace Engineer, a Communications Designer and Founder Director of Animagic Special Effects, he is currently a Professor in IDC, IIT Bombay. One of his many areas of interest is making information on India’s rich cultural heritage available to all. ‘Revisiting Ajanta’ is one such project where he explored appropriate design interventions for the Ajanta Caves.
He is currently working on the creation of a Virtual Experiential Museum on Ajanta in collaboration with the Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai.
Some Notable Projects:
Short and Feature Films like Raju & I (National Award for Best Animation Film, & many other international awards), Hey Ram (National Award for Best Special Effects). Eklavya and Hey Ram were India’s entries for the Oscars.
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