OUR TEAM

An educational institution isn’t just a place where theoretical knowledge is imparted to students. It is the sacred sanctum where students’ minds are moulded, their characters built, and the foundation stones for who they become as professionals and as people are laid. Educational institutions, thus, have a profound obligation – towards their young charges – to ensure that they have the absolute top echelon of educators, administrators, and support staff to provide students with the optimal environment to incubate and grow.

At Seamedu, we take this obligation seriously and have put together a team with all the proficiencies and competencies to be seminal role models, mentors, and educators to our students.

MEET OUR TEAM

Shiva Gupta

MD & CEO

Shiva Gupta

MD & CEO

Shiva Gupta has over 35+ years of global experience of providing business and technology leadership. He has worked with established corporations across diverse sectors in USA, Europe and India. An Electronics Engineer from Institute of Technology (IT ‐ BHU), Varanasi; Shiva started his career with Tata Consultancy Services in India, before moving on to USA to join Covansys. Post that, he spent over eight years at Cognizant and was part of their global leadership team when he found his true calling in Education and Media & Entertainment. Shiva is now managing SEAS headquartered in Pune, India.

Ajay Thomas

COO

Ajay Thomas

COO

Ajay has an experience of over 24+ years across various organizations including 2 years of entrepreneurial 8 experience mainly involved into Business Development, Client Servicing and Operations. He has spent most of his career so far in premier education and training organizations in roles ranging from trainer to establishing and managing them. In SEAS, he spearheads the process of business development, setting up of strategic alliances, tie ups with global educational organizations and placements.

Dilip Achtani

Division Head - Seamedu

Dilip Achtani

Division Head - Seamedu

Dilip Achtani started his career as a DJ when he was 19 and moved on to work in Bollywood as a sound engineer. Dilip wanted to make a difference in the way Sound Engineering was taught in India. In 2009 he joined Seamedu and started the Sound Engineering programs that have helped hundreds of students kickstart their careers. Dilip currently heads Seamedu and with the help of industry and academic partners deliver graduate, undergraduate and diploma programs in various parts of India.

Anoop Chaphekar

Division Head - Toolbox Studio

Anoop Chaphekar

Division Head - Toolbox Studio

A Fine Arts Graduate, Anoop brings 20+ yrs experience in the VFX and Animation industry. He brings his expertise in Animation-VFX for Television Commercials to Visual Effects for feature films, TV and Web series. He has worked on numerous international projects as a generalist, supervisor, and producer. For the last 15 years, he has been associated with Toolbox Studio and currently heads the Toolbox division.

Prabhat Ranjan

AGM - Alliances & Operations

Prabhat Ranjan

AGM - Alliances & Operations

Prabhat has handful experience of handling Operations and Business Development with a demonstrated history of working in the education sector and media production industry. Skilled in Liasoning, alliances, Customer Relationship Management, Event Management, Team Building, Administration, and Market Research, Prabhat is well connected with many top-notch universities across the country. Prabhat’s entrepreneurial skill gives an extra edge to his ability to understand the business processes and their implementation challenges. Prabhat has over 13 years of experience in operations management and corporate administration. At Seamedu, Prabhat is leading the Administration and Operation department.

Varsha Dongare

Sr. Manager- Business Development

Varsha Dongare

Sr. Manager- Business Development

Varsha comes with a strong background in the field of Educational Counselling & Business Development. Throughout her career of 13 years+ she has been associated with many leading colleges and institutes as a counsellor like ISB&M, Pune, helping students to fulfil their dreams through. Her passion in counselling & familiarity with the education sector has made her a stellar in the field. For last 10 years she is associated with Seamedu School of Pro-Expressionism.

Faculty Member

Arun Gupta

HOA- Academic Mentor

Arun Gupta

HOA- Academic Mentor

An alumnus of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India – Pune, Arun completed his post-graduation at FTII with motion picture photography as his specialization. With more than two decades of industry experience as a Cinematographer and as a Producer he has more than 300 projects like television commercials, television shows, Music videos, corporate films, Short films and documentaries to his credit. He has also been a guest resource faculty at Xaviers Institute for communication and Saint Pauls Institute – Mumbai and has conducted workshops for aspiring Videographers and Cinematographers at Mumbai, Goa and Rajkot. He was also the curriculum co-ordinator and Faculty Cinematography at the Vinsan Academy of Film and Media.

Faculty member providing guidance to students.

Abid Shaikh

HOA - Game Development

Abid Shaikh

HOA - Game Development

Abid Shaikh is a stalwart in the animation industry with a career spanning over 12 years. During this time, he has donned many caps, including that of an animation artist, rigging artist, and even a role where he helped educate production staff. Abid’s work capabilities include Maya, Motion Builder, Vicon, and Production Manager. Abid has two 3D movies (Chandarani …A Dream to Reality and Sonam …Aur Saath Ajube) under his belt as a technical lead and project manager. Over time, he also amassed a prowess for game programming and development and applied his history with 3D in these facets of video game creation. His diversity and longevity in the industry make him the perfect man to assume the mantle of the Game Art, Design, and Development department.

STUDENTS SUCCESFULLY PLACED AT

Alive India
GSN Games
JE company
Light Wonder Placement
Nuke Box Placement
Pocket FM
Reliance Games
Toolbox company
Zynga company