Visual Communication Design Course In Mumbai, India

Anirban Dutta Gupta

Visiting Faculty

Anirban Dutta Gupta is a visual communication designer, documentary filmmaker, conservationist with a keen interest in ethnography. He is based out of Mumbai and works on both public and private commissions ranging from ethnographic and wildlife films, websites and graphic design, design for the digital spaces, strategic design amongst others. Clients range from Central and State Governments agencies, international and national corporates and NGO’s. Also active as a visiting faculty conducting advanced courses in video, multimedia, photography and graphics at various national institutes of higher learning. Recipient of multiple awards, including the prestigious The Scientific Exploration Society Neville Shulman Film Award 2017, the ‘Green Oscar’ Panda Award for natural history documentary at Wildscreen 2012, the Conservation Leadership Award 2008 & 2010 and British Film Institute (BAFTA) Award (Documentary Category) in 2006 [As part of production team]. He has also been nominated for the Omega Resilience Award in 2023.

Caran Thammaiah

Visiting Faculty

With more than a decade of experience in product, interaction & visual design, Caran has worked on creative strategies & innovation across varied industries. He is a post-graduate in Product Design from the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. Over the years, he has worked extensively on design for consumers in the areas of bicycles, luggage & banking transaction products. Apart from serial entrepreneurship, he currently leads his design consultancy ’Two People Company’ in Branding, Packaging & UI/UX Design. At Whistling Woods, he conducts the elective Interaction Design for Visual Communication students in their 3rd year.

Himanshu Agrawal

Visiting Faculty

Himanshu has been an Origami practitioner since 1989 and he has set 5 records for large Origami installations. His Origami sculptures have been displayed at art shows and events in India and around the world including UAE (Sharjah and Dubai), Italy, Germany, UK, Japan, Korea, Poland and The Netherlands. Besides conceptual Origami Art Installations, he has designed bespoke Origami sculptures to tell brand stories with paper art. He has passionately shared his understanding of Origami with thousands of enthusiasts over two decades, interacting with all ages, special interest groups, the convalescing and, even the terminal. Teaching Origami is a fulfilling activity for him. It has taught him to be compassionate and patient. Each session is a new opportunity to light a spark. From folding paper in isolation to folding with a global community; from folding palm-sized models in a small room to folding a 105 ft dinosaur in an airplane hangar, it’s been a long, eventful and thoroughly enjoyable journey for him, with Origami.

Nivedita Deshmukh

Visiting Faculty

Nivedita Deshmukh is a design educator, independent design consultant and a happy mother from Mumbai, India. After graduating from Sir J.J.Institute of Applied Art, she spent her early professional years navigating advertising at reputed ad agencies in India. As a student and professional, her work has won several national and international awards – the Cannes lion (silver), Spikes Asia (silver) and Government Gold Medal (for her student work) to name a few.

She has completed her Masters degree in Design and is a certified storyteller and library educator. In 2019, she co-founded the children’s library and storytelling initiative – Anek Chidiya. She is also engaged with an NGO named LeTS (Learn Through Stories) where she conducts workshops for both teachers and children. She investigates the dual nature of design for children and design by children through her workshops, research and design projects.

While storytelling for brands and children has a strong appeal for Nivedita, she has found her true passion in teaching and has engaged as a visiting faculty for various design institutes and conducted several workshops through brands, NGOs, schools and art festivals.

Noopur Datye

Visiting Faculty

Alumnus of the Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, Noopur is the Co-founder, Type Designer at EK TYPE. Ek Type is a collaborative type design studio focused on designing typefaces for Indian Scripts. Designs fonts in Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Devanagari and Latin Scripts. Previously she was Consultant, Type and Graphic Designer with WHITECROW where she designed custom typefaces in Hindi and Bangla for Star TV for their Regional Indian television channels Life Ok & Star Jalsa. She also did custom typography for Coca Cola, South-East Asia, Barista, Flipkart and Mother Dairy. She was also Graphic Designer with GRANDMOTHER INDIA, where she did Brand Identity Design and collaterals for clients like Asian Paints, Taj Group of hotels, Game4u, Blue Frog, CBC etc.

Nupur Bhargava Kewalya

Visiting Faculty

Nupur is an Artist, Animation Director & Creative Director living her dream of telling stories & creating art for the past 17 years.She is an alumnus of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, where she did Animation Film Design. She has created many award winning & nominated Promos & Animations during her stint at MTV, India. For the past 14 years, she is the Co-Founder & Director of Invisible Rabbit, an award winning boutique animation studio in the heart of Mumbai. The only Director in India who has designed & Directed three feature film songs in stop-motion. Her work is an unique eclectic array of styles, themes & animation mediums for the biggest brands, OTT platforms & Film studios of India. She is also an artist & owner of OoeeMa! A Quirky Home décor & merchandise Brand. She loves Stop-motion, caricatures and all forms of storytelling. She also enjoys teaching & encourages Original Glocal thinking.

Rajesh Thakare

Visiting Faculty

Sheroy Katila

Visiting Faculty

Mr Sheroy F. Katila currently works as an Innovation & Industrial Design consultant. He completed his dual master’s degree in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art & Imperial College, London. He has worked as an industrial/product designer both, in India and in the UK on a variety of projects ranging from new product development and furniture designs to unconventional larger than life metal sculptures. Apart from other accolades, Sheroy has also been the recipient of the prestigious Royal College of Art Innovation Scholarship Programme (2014-2016); which is the largest international scholarship in the creative postgraduate sector.

Vinay Goenka

Visiting Faculty

Mr. Vinay completed his bachelor’s in multimedia at the International Academy of Computer Graphics in Hyderabad. At the beginning of his career, he held a variety of positions, such as audio/video editor, CG Generalist and Lead, to Managing Director, and has collaborated with numerous animation production studios around the world on both domestic and foreign projects. Thereafter, he founded Gratiaverse Animation & VFX. Through Gratiaverse, he collaborated with clients like Cadbury, and Netflix on numerous movies and web series. (Invisible Rabbit, Monkey on Hot Bricks, Mondelze, Switch Studio, NDW, Asian Paints Nilaya.) Along with running a studio, he mentors students studying animation and VFX and has spent the past two years helping Whistling Woods International students learn motion graphics.