Enabling Conversations – Visuals | Words | Design | Workshops
In Vaarta Communications
In Vaarta is about conversations – about listening, learning and ultimately creating conversations through words, sounds and images.
We bring the lens of sustainability as an ethic to all that we do. We have been researching and developing communication products and processes (films, design, writing and workshops) in the fields of education, gender, energy, waste management, public health, climate change and sustainable development over the years.
Established in 2015, the firm brings together the experiences of professionals who have been working in the field of media and education for the last 15 years.
The firm has so far worked with a range of international and national agencies, research institutions and implementation bodies, including the UNHCR, NRDC, ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL, GIZ, J-PAL, TERI, TERI SAS, CREA and CEE among others.
Our Work (Communications)
Our work in the domain of communications comprises of both- strategy and design. We have the experience of putting together a communication strategy for long and short term projects as well as organisations. In the domain of communication design, we have executed films (animation and live-action), graphic design, written and illustrated content and media literacy and storytelling workshops. Here is a playlist of some of our films and images from some of our workshops. Our written and design work is available on request.
Animation and Shorts
Documentaries
Images from our Workshops
The Team
Saransh
Sugandh
Saransh Sugandh is a researcher and filmmaker based in Delhi with a background in economics and journalism. He has worked on live-action films as well as animation- producing shorts, documentaries and fiction dealing with education, migration, sanitation and public health, rural livelihoods, energy transitions and climate change. His films have been nominated and awarded at various national and international film festivals (MIFF 2016; CMS VATAVARAN 2014).
He is also a member of the ESD ExpertNet, a trans-national (India, Germany, Mexico and South Africa) network of experts that enhances the implementation of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) in the network countries.
He
has been a GIZ Education for Sustainable Development Scholar for the
year 2012-13 and a BIARI (Brown Institute for Advanced Research
Institutes) Scholar for 2016.
Shrinkhla Sahai
Shrinkhla is an educator, media professional, performing artist, arts writer and therapeutic movement facilitator. She holds an MPhil in Performance Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and is a scholar and researcher. She writes on arts for The Hindu and has worked with cultural organisations such as Sangeet Natak Akademi, Sahapedia, Seher and Sruti Magazine. As a media professional she has worked with The Hindustan Times, All India Radio, WorldSpace Satellite Radio, Doordarshan and RadioWeb Hindustani. She is a visiting faculty at various universities, teaching courses on media, cultural studies and performing arts. As an educator and CID-UNESCO certified therapeutic movement practitioner, she aligns theory, practice and pedagogy to work with diverse populations. Radio remains the romance of her life and she co-hosted and co-produced one of the first podcasts on independent music in India. A devoted pet parent and avid traveller, she thrives on daydreams and heart-warming conversations. She has been a recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant, British Council (2011)
Abhishek Anupam
Abhishek Anupam is a photographer and cinematographer based in Mumbai. Initial years of his practice were motivated by questions about the medium of photography and in recent years, his research interests have moved towards societal questions of representation and identity, climate change, and sustainable development practices.
He holds an MA in Photography from University for the Creative Arts, UK and his work has been exhibited at Focus Photography Festival, Zandra Rhodes Gallery and Chennai Photo Biennale. His commercial practice includes work produced for Google, Decathlon Sports, Billboard, Hiranandani and Treebo Hotels. He also volunteers his time as a photo editor for Decenter Magazine, an online cultural and political magazine that aims to amplify voices and critiques from the margins.
