TASVEER STAFF

Rita Meher
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Before diving full-time as the Executive Director of Tasveer in 2012, she was a video producer and editor. She made her career debut on TV in Japan in 1995. She edited the award-winning Bangladeshi documentary Threads and made her first short film, Citizenship101, based on her own immigrant experiences.

Anushree Shukla
Associate Director, Tasveer Film Market
Anushree Shukla is an actor, voice actor and graduate from the University of Washington’s Informatics Program. Anushree’s love for cinema led her to Mumbai, where she worked as an Assistant Operations Manager for India’s Largest Dubbing Studio – Sound & Vision Studios

Sheifaly Saksena
Marketing Communications Manager
Sheifaly Saksena is a marketing communications professional with over seven years of experience across brand strategy, integrated campaigns, digital media, and content. Her career spans some of India’s most ambitious advertising work, managing large-scale Samsung Mobile launches at Cheil India,

Anterpreet Bains
Events Manager
Anterpreet is a dedicated advocate for human rights, driven by a passion for truth and justice. With a rich background in mental health spanning four years, she brings a unique perspective to her current role at Tasveer. At Tasveer, she thrives in the intersection of programming, connecting filmmakers, and orchestrating impactful events.

Uzma Khan
IT Director (CIO)
Uzma has over 20 years of experience in IT with 15+ years of experience working in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, and has most recently been working as a Big Data and Cloud Architect in The Boeing Company.
TASVEER BOARD

Rita Meher
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Before diving full-time as the Executive Director of Tasveer in 2012, she was a video producer and editor. She made her career debut on TV in Japan in 1995. She edited the award-winning Bangladeshi documentary Threads and made her first short film, Citizenship101, based on her own immigrant experiences.

Vivek “Vik” Bahl
President
Vivek “Vik” Bahl received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on ethnic and post-colonial literatures, cultural studies, and social movements. He has taught in the English Division at Green River College since 1998.

Jumana Naguthanawala
Secretary
Jumana Naguthanawala is a filmmaker and founder of Umbrella Productions LLC, a video production company with a strong commitment to creative storytelling. She is particularly passionate about collaborating with local Non-Profit organizations to amplify their stories and missions through compelling visual media.

Shobhit Agarwal
Treasurer
Shobhit Agarwal is a gay South Asian immigrant. He is an alumni of Delhi University, IIM, Ahmedabad, University of Washington and Project Lead program. He brings a diverse range of experience to Tasveer having worked as a program manager in Tech for Infosys and Microsoft

Tayyab Mahmud
Tayyab Mahmud is a Professor of Law at Seattle University. He has published extensively in areas of comparative constitutional law, human rights and international law. He has served as Co-President of Society of American law Teachers (SALT) and as a board member of many non-profit organizations.

Swapnil A
Swapnil, originally from India, has been living in the US for a decade. By day, he works in the Software Industry, but his true passion lies in the art of filmmaking. He has dabbled in improv and acts in short films under the stage name Sahil Kini.

