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EDUCATION SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN WRITING, AUG 2012.
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DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, IN BACHELOR OF ARTS, MAY 2007. GRADUATED CUM LAUDE.
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MAJORS: COMMUNICATIONS & LITERATURE. HONOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM HONORS WITH DISTINCTION.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, UK. STUDY ABROAD, FALL 2005.
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HONORS PHI BETA KAPPA • LAMBDA PI ETA • MORTAR BOARD • NATIONAL SCHOLAR’S HONOR SOCIETY
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EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
NEW YORK VERIA LIVING NETWORKS, ASIA TV USA: PRODUCER.
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2013 “VERIA LIVING COMPANION SHOW”;“YOGAPALOOZA”; “DUELING DOCTORS”; “BOLLY BLAST”
Wrote scripts, compiled edit notes, selected music, and timed out a slate of shows for the network in studio.
Post-produced rough cuts of “GOT ZEN!”; “WORKOUT FROM WITHIN WITH JEFF HALEVY”; “LIZA OZ”
VERIA LIVING NETWORKS, ASIA TV USA : ASSOCIATE PRODUCER.
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NEW YORK
“NIRMALA’S SPICE WORLD”; “GOT ZEN”; “NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL”.
2012
Worked on a slate of shows for the network in studio booking talent, writing scripts, and assisting in the post-production
process.
MUMBAI ZOOM ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, TIMES OF INDIA GROUP : FILM PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
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2009 Worked to create a slate of made –for- TV films for the first time in Indian television. Approved scripts, work-shopped
storylines and saw them through the production process.
• NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: CREATIVE CONSULTANT
Working as a liaison for the NFDC to create an alternative platform for independent and art house cinema to showcase their
work. Currently the market only provides release options for high-budget, commercial Bollywood films, and so the NFDC is
attempting to create a safe space to nurture younger and more experimental artists.
MUMBAI • BINGER FILMLAB SCREENWRITERS' WORKSHOP, NFDC LTD'S FILM BAZAAR : COORDINATOR
2008
Group liaison for a 6 member team of distinguished international advisers and the Indian participants. Orchestrated writer
retreats, co-ordination of meetings with Bazaar Representatives, and presenting feedback to NFDC after the week long
workshop.
• IMG, NAOMI CAMPBELL’S MAI MUMBAI & LAKME INDIA FASHION WEEK: TALENT COORDINATOR
Personal liaison between Ms. Campbell’s entourage and IMG-Mumbai head office. Arranged stay, transfers, personal
security; saw designer gear shipped from IMG London safely through customs and immigration. Coordinated Indian
celebrities through fittings, hotel arrangements, green rooms etc. leading up to the charity fashion show.
INTERNSHIPS
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, CHICAGO
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SUMMER
Assisted the Midwest Advertising Director doing research for potential clients for advertising sales, preparing pitch
2012
materials, building company information packets for new business and helping with the Rolling Stone sponsored
Lollapalooza after-parties.
SUMMER
2006 • SAATCHI & SAATCHI, CREATIVE COPYWRITER, MUMBAI, INDIA
Worked with the Nature Valley, Mother Dairy, ICICI bank, and SOTC Travels, advertising campaigns.
SUMMER
2005 • LEO BURNETT, CLIENT SERVICING, MUMBAI, INDIA
Worked with the McDonalds, Tide, Blistex, and Times of India advertising campaigns.
WINTER
2004
• SHIRLEY HAMILTON, CHICAGO, IL
Worked as a new talent agent in a modeling and talent representation firm.