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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. Read More

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Anupama Bose

Associate Director, Tasveer Film Market & Advisor, TFFM

Anupama Bose is a Producer – Professor of Film – Curator. Her filmography includes Joram, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar, Aamis to name a few. She has been a Professor of Film (Producing) for more than a decade and is a Member of the Academic Council for the Department of Producing, SRFTI, Kolkata. Read More

Anushree Shukla

Anushree Shukla

Program Manager

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 Read More

Anterpreet Bains

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.Read More

Sanhitha Sanugula

Sanhitha Sanugula

Marketing Manager

As the Marketing Manager at Tasveer, Sanhitha Sanugula spearheads strategic initiatives to elevate the organization’s presence and mission. Leveraging her expertise in storytelling, digital marketing, and design, she orchestrates impactful campaigns across social media and email channels, driving engagement and amplifying brand awareness.Read More

Nikhil Mandalaparthy

Nikhil Mandalaparthy

Grant Manager

Nikhil Mandalaparthy is a writer, organizer, researcher and curator. He has contributed to grant-writing, grant reporting, and grassroots fundraising efforts at numerous nonprofits, from the Aspen Institute to Hindus for Human Rights. He is passionate about the power of the arts to build bridges between diverse communities.Read More
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Uzma Khan

IT Director (Volunteer)

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. Read More

TASVEER BOARD

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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. Read More

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Farah Nousheen

Co-Founder

Farah Nousheen (she/her) is a community organizer, cultural worker, healing facilitator, and critical race theorist currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the original lands of the Pueblo peoples. She is employed as an academic advisor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of New Mexico where she is fortunate to advise a diverse student body.Read More

Tayyab Mahmud

Tayyab Mahmud

Treasurer

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. Read More

Shailja Rao

Shailaja Rao

Tasveer Board President

Shailaja is interested in socio-cultural dynamics, women, gender, and human rights. She strongly believes in the power of storytelling to create awareness and have a positive impact on society. She is a founding member of the South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan), Strategic Advisor for Dhanak of Humanity,Read More

Vivek Bahl

Vivek “Vik” Bahl

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. Read More

Sabeeka Dar

Sabeeka Dar

At the core of Sabeeka’s professional journey in e-commerce and digital marketing is a profound commitment to building community and elevating the voices of marginalized groups.Read More

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Tehniyat Khan

Tehniyat is a global health professional, having spent many years strengthening health and vaccination systems in Pakistan, she now brings a unique perspective and deep commitment to her work as part of the Polio Eradication Initiative at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Read More

Debra

Debra Webb

Debra is a global marketing strategist at AWS (Amazon Web Services), Tribeca X award-winning producer, adjunct professor at Seattle University, and former cultural strategist with twenty-five years of experience collaborating with leading and emerging artists, civic leaders, and diverse communities to produce artwork, Read More

Vithal Shirodkar

Vithal Shirodkar

Vithal Shirodkar is a VP/GM at Google Cloud and has been in the tech industry for the past 25 years.  Vithal is passionate about climate change and gender issues.  He has volunteered with many non-profits leading fundraising campaigns and working on social justice projects in South Asia.  Read More

Rohini Jayanthi

Rohini Jayanthi

Rohini is a machine learning scientist at Netflix and has spent the last 7 years in data science. She’s passionate about queer representation in media, stand-up comedy, animal welfare and sustainability. When she’s not immersed in data, Rohini takes the stage as a stand-up comedian, Read More

Indu Nair

Indu Aravindan Nair

Indu Aravindan Nair brings over two decades of expertise in Human Resource Management & Technology to her various roles in both corporate and community settings. Her journey traverses multiple fortune 500 organizations where she has managed global HRIS ecosystems. Read More

Deepti Gupta

Deepti Gupta

Deepti Gupta is a passionate proponent of South Asian art and culture, especially fostering the diverse voices and perspectives that define it. As an Engineering leader of innovative projects with global reach, Deepti is fascinated by the unimaginable scalability of a powerful idea. Read More

Sandhya

Sandhya Nathan

Sandhya (Sandy) Nathan has a diverse background with over two decades of consulting experience across the corporate and nonprofit sectors with focus in Adaptive Leadership, Community Outreach, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Advocacy, and Human Capital Consulting. Read More

Smriti Chandrashekar

Smriti Chandrashekar

Smriti Chandrashekar (she/her) works as a Privacy Counsel at Netflix. As a member of the Privacy & Security legal team at Netflix, she advises the business on regulatory, compliance and strategy issues relating to data protection and privacy. Read More