One of the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers in India, Ketan Mehta is the recipient of many National and International awards. His well-known works include: "Mangal Pandey - The Rising" staring Amir Khan, "Maya Memsaab", starring Sharukh Khan, "Sardar" "Mirch Masala", "Holi" and "Bhavni Bhavai".
Mr. Mehta is a graduate in Economics from St Stephens collage, Delhi with a Diploma in Filmmaking from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India.
He has over 30 years experience in the Entertainment industry with expertise in Film, Television, Commercials and Documentaries. He has directed 10 feature films, produced TV series for all the premier broadcasters in India and he is also the Chairman of IIFW - "Indian Independent Filmmakers Worldwide", an international association of independent filmmakers.
He has served as an advisor on many Government of India bodies including Directorate of film festivals, Doordarshan, the national TV Channel, Film and Television Institute of India and National Film Development Corporation.

Film star, screenplay writer, film and television producer, media entrepreneur and now feature film director with her debut feature “Tere Mere Phere”.
After a successful career as a Film actress, Ms. Sahi became a producer in 1992 with the feature film “Maya Memsaab”. She has produced 7 feature films and 7 TV series, in addition to numerous ads and documentaries.
She is a gold medalist from the Delhi School of Economics and a graduate of the National School of Drama. Ms. Sahi has over 15 years of experience in the Film and TV industry.

Frank Foster helped pioneer digital filmmaking while still a college student; his first computer film “Phosphenes” (1973) was selected to represent the United States that year at the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
His corporate experience includes executive positions at Atari Corp. and Lasermedia, Inc.
He was the Founder of Sony Pictures Imageworks, where he was the Senior Vice President of Previsualization for over eight years. He has worked on numerous American feature films including "SPEED", "Starman", "Staying Alive", "Anaconda", "The Craft", "Jumanji", and "Contact".
He has also produced titles and visual effects for many 3D IMAX films including: "Wings of Courage" and "Cyberworld 3D".
Frank Foster has directed and produced two feature films:
The Story of Computer Graphics (1999) narrated by Leonard Nimoy, which features interviews with over forty industry legends including an exclusive interview with George Lucas.
Thru the "Moebius Strip (2005)". An innovative 3D animated feature that was completely produced in mainland China. At that time there was no CG animation industry in China and the school (IDMT) and the studio (GDC) were created by Frank Foster from scratch. The design and story for this film are by acclaimed French comic book artist, Jean "Moebius"- Giraud.
An early advocate of more cost effective PC production, Foster created some of the first digitally animated title sequences and full photo-real feature film shots on PC based workstations. He began doing business in India in the mid 90’s and helped start Maya, the Indian studio which pioneered the art and technology of Computer Animation and Digital Visual Effects in India.

Balancing the commerce of the business thanks to his Chartered Accountancy along with the art on account of his keen interest in the process of content creation enables Anish to manage the financials & operations at the Studio and also look into the day to day functioning of the business from a production as well as operations perspective.
Anish began his career with Maya while supervising its TV production business and setting up the animation studio along with the expansion of the education business MAAC, from three centers to over 70 centers in India. Then moving into the film finance business, he has been responsible for financing over 300 films across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu & Malayalam languages.
Taking up different challenges and setting start-ups in action has been his forte. He has in the past established Future Works, one of India’s leading post-production houses in India. Under his guidance the studio grew to a strength of 200 employees.
Between juggling operations & finance, Anish has a love for cinema also produced many award winning short films and has been an associate producer on the films Ramayana – The Epic, Rang-Rasiya & Tere Mere Phere.

Responsibilities:
Optimizing IT and IT related areas in Studio based on performance, availability, reliability & scalability. Which also includes High-performance Filer serving, Storage optimization, Grid based rendering solution with multi OS support, consolidation building of audit compliance documents. Building robust pipeline & asset management to avoid duplication, version issues and multi-locations support.
Experience:
Well-known for his design & IT solutions with over 17 years of IT experience in the Media industry
Designed and developed various essential Process and applications for pipeline, Rendering and Advance Storage Solutions
Creator of SPARX & RenderMAX - India's ingeniously built Render Scheduler based on Web Technology and Cross Platform
Responsible in setting up solutions for key Indian studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Crest Animation, Future Works, Red Chillies, Tata Elxsi amongst others

With over five years of rich & diversified experience in Media Sales & Marketing, Devdatta brings with him the right blend of creativity and business expertise. An MBA in Media & Brand Management from the prestigious Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, and having worked with organisations like Star India Pvt. Ltd. & Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. in the past, Devdatta is well networked within the Indian Film & Broadcast industry.
His role at Maya is to establish the company as the leading animation & VFX production house for the Indian market, and also continue with its growth path along the international markets.

MIST will be spearheaded by Aruna Kumar, who joins Maya after a decade long professional stint in the education industry. An industry expert in the academic training Aruna has been a critical part of strategic expansion in India in franchise for various educational brands. She has played a significant role in the training process. Many of the candidates are successful studio professionals across the leading studios worldwide. Her in depth understanding of the need gap in the industry with regards to the advanced training facilities and the studio ready training module offered at MIST will be the important agents of change for the animation and visual effects industry.
Speaking about her role at MIST Aruna says, "At MIST there will be stringent selection norms and the applicants will go through a meticulous selection process with the various heads of departments at Maya, who will also be mentoring the selected MIST interns / artists. These interns / artists will work on Maya's current projects including TV shows like The Adventures of Motu Patlu, Captain Vyom & The Centsables, 2D to Stereoscopic 3D conversion of Sholay & Sons of Ram. This is the first time ever that interns / artists will get to work on live domestic & international projects."
MIST has born out of a critical studio need. Recently when Maya was recruiting freshers for its upcoming animation, visual effects and 3D stereoscopy projects the studio interviewed/tested over 2000 candidates from across leading training institutes in the country. However their production skills weren't up to the mark and hence even 200 candidates couldn't be selected for Maya. Taking a cue from this abject dearth of good quality studio ready talent, Maya decided to launch MIST. Speaking about the need for the studio, Dheeraj Berry, Head of Production – Maya stated, "MIST is a significant step for the Indian animation & visual effects studios. Every studio instructs the new joinees to first unlearn their learning at the training institutes. With MIST that studio gap will be bridged and in future there will be no scarcity of advance trained studio ready professionals."