Srinivas Bhakta is a graduate of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, with Visual Communication and Graphic Design and specialization in Animation Design. Currently working as a Senior Lecturer at School of Interactive & Digital Media, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore. Besides teaching animation and design-related subjects he has created many short animation films which have been shown in prestigious international film festivals like Annecy, Hiroshima and Animamundi.
His film- ‘Elephant: OK’ has bagged 3 awards including a ‘special Jury prize’ at Singapore International Festival Silver Screen Awards. This film was also turned into a children’s book published by Puffin, New Zealand. ‘My Father Is A Washerman’ has won First prize at Digicon6 Singapore chapter and ‘Frog In A Well’ has won “Creativity Award” in Japan Digicon6 Competition.