U. Radhakrishnan
With a doctorate in Biochemistry, worked in DRDO as Scientist on the High Altitude problems of the Armed forces and published a few scientific papers in reputed International Scientific and Medical Journals.. Later joined the Health department of the Delhi Government as the Chief Biochemist and controlled the Clinical laboratory of a major Hospital and the Diet Department for the indoor patients. With keen interest in cinema from school days joined the film society movement and worked as Hony. Secretary of the Federation of Film Societies of India for about 25 years. During this period involved with IFFI from 1986 and organised Documedia , Open Forum and Seminars in IFFIs. Has been serving in IFFI as Preview Committee Member for many years since 1995 and IP Jury 3 times earlier. . Organised many Film Festivals in various Indian cities under the aegis of FFSI in association with Embassies. Received the Polish Government’s award ” THE HONORARY BADGE OF MERIT FOR POLISH CULTURE ” in 2010 from the Cultural Minister of Poland. Started the Habitat Film Festival exclusively for acclaimed and award winning Indian films in 2006 as its Director and still continuing as its Consultant. Being an art lover involved with many Cultural Organisations in India and also involved in art film making.
Gayatri Chatterjee
Gayatri Chatterjee is a visiting faculty at the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts and at the Department of Cinematography, Bharati Vidyapeeth. She has been a direction faculty in the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune; and a visiting faculty in the National School of Drama, New Delhi. She has conducted Film Appreciation courses in schools, colleges and Universities all over the country.
She has taught and lectured widely in the USA and UK. Her book Awara (1992) received the Swarnakamal, President’s gold medal; and Mother India (2002), published by the British Film Institute has been re-launched in 2020. Her articles on cinema, literature and religion feature in several national and international edited volumes. She has been a Jury at the National Film Awards and at International Film Festivals. She has made a few documentaries and has scripted for the feature film The Bitter Chestnut (2019), directed by Gurvinder Singh. Her documentaries include titles like Homes for Gods and Mortals and Dadachi Shala.
