FACULTY

Image
Geetikka Chaturvedi
Head of the Department
At the intersection of media and academia, Ms. Geetikka is a seasoned mass communication professional who has passion for academics. With an experience of 16 years, she's navigated the ever-evolving landscape of media, shaping the minds of future communicators. She has deep interest in the area of communication strategy, content creation, and possesses a deep understanding of the media's pulse. She holds a Master's degree in mass communication, and she is also currently pursuing a PhD.
Image
Saurabh Deshpande
Assistant Professor
Saurabh Deshpande has been a media and communications educator since 1999 and is currently enrolled as a PhD scholar the University of Mumbai. He has completed his master's degree with English and has also successfully completed a post graduation program in journalism and mass communication. He has published and presented several research papers at the national and international level. His interest areas include Digital Media, New Media Marketing, Media Culture & Psychology, Language and AI and Organisational Communication.
Image
Geeta Nair
Assistant Professor
Geeta Nair is a media professional. She holds over two decades of industry experience. She has completed her MBA in Marketing Management and is a Post Graduate in Mass Communication, Journalism. Currently, she is an educator and an author.
Image
Aditi Surve
Faculty
Prof. Aditi Surve has over eight years of experience in the media industry. She completed her Masters in Arts in Film, Television and New Media Production. She is a self motivated person and strongly believes that Perfection is the key to achieving a goal'
Image
Ragini Pathak
Faculty
Image
Chaturthi Apte
Faculty
"Highly dedicated and accomplished academic professional, *Ms.Chaturthi Apte* brings a wealth of expertise as an Assistant Professor, boasting a strong educational foundation with an Masters degree in Commerce and B.Ed. With an impressive 6-year tenure in teaching, she has honed exceptional pedagogical skills, fostering engaging and informative learning experiences. A versatile and practical thinker, Ms.Chaturthi excels in academic content writing, distilling complex concepts into accessible and insightful knowledge. She rec With a passion for education and a commitment to excellence, She continues to inspire and educate future generations."
Image
Chetan mathur
Faculty
Image
Subodh Korgoankar
Faculty and Production Head
With nearly a decade of experience under his belt, Subodh has worked on everything from music videos and web series to feature film and commercials. He's a master at visualizing a project and seeing it through to completion, and he's always looking for ways to improve his craft. Now, he's bringing his expertise to the classroom, where he's focused on developing a teaching plan that will inspire and educate the next generation of filmmakers.
Image
Shivani Joshi
Faculty
Shivani Joshi has been a professor of mass media for the past 10 years. She has successfully submitted five research papers, authored six academic textbooks and three reference books. She has been invited as a resource person in more than 50 seminars/conferences and online sessions.
Image
Vinod Yadav
Faculty
Vinod Yadav has around seven years of experience in teaching programming language, Database management, SQL, Big Data, Compiler. He has done Masters in Computer Science and has completed Advance Java Certification from Sun Microsystems. He has deep interest in the field of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Image
Rupesh Kumar
Faculty
Rupesh Kumar works as a professional cinematographer in Mumbai since last 15 years after completing his PG diploma in Motion picture photography from reputed film school SRFTI, in 2001. He has learnt the craft of cinema and camera under legendry DOP
Mr. Subrata Mitra. He has attended many camera workshops and master classes with senior DP’s like K K Mahajan, Ranjan Palit, Venu, Sunny Josef and many more.
During 2002-2007, Rupesh got associated and worked with leading DOP’s like Kiran Deohans, Atar singh Saini, Santosh Thundyil, Madhu shi, Aseem Bajaj, Gyan Sahay, Rakesh Kumar, A K Bir and Setu. Rupesh was part of Camera crew in films like- “Abar ashbo phire”, “Chocolate”. “Darna zaruri hai”, “The living ghosts”. “Sunday” etc.
Image
Rashi Desai
Administration Executive cum Course co-ordinator
A Commerce Graduate with about 10 years of work experience, Rashi Desai handles administration work, documentation and enrollments at AIFT. She has excellent communication skills, is well versed with computers and is a people person always ready to help students as and when required.
Image
Lalit Warankar
Well known photographer of AIFT, Mr Lalit Warankar has over two decades of experience in the said field. From capturing stunning shots of the long list of events of AIFT to shooting videos, of functions, profiles et al, he is the one all turn to at Atharva Group.
Image

Atharva Institute of Film and Television (AIFT), part of the reputed Atharva
Group of Institutions is a renowned media institute located in the heart
of Mumbai.

Head Office

Opening Hours

Image

Atharva Institute of Film and Television (AIFT) 2023