About

Neha Kanwathirth has a background in advertising and communications, and experience working in client-facing roles. She handles key projects and works with the TAQ facilitators to support client experience and delivery. She holds a Bachelors degree in Mass Media from Mumbai University and is a talented artist.

Sonali Arcot supports the TAQ team with research, project management, learning delivery and more. She holds an Engineering degree in Information Technology from Mumbai University and is an accomplished Odissi dancer.

An actor director and producer who has worked extensively in New York, Mumbai and Germany. She has appeared onstage in several successful plays such a 36 Ghante, Agnes of God, Class of 84. Anahita has been seen in many films including Everybody Says I’m Fine, Kapoor and Sons, White Noise and the national award winning Afterglow. She has been conducting theatre workshops for children and adults over the last fifteen years.

Asif Ali Beg’s professional career as an entertainer began in 1982 as a singer on an international cruise liner. He started his own band Mantra and has regaled audiences with his performances all over India and abroad. He is lauded as one of the finest actors with stalwart performances in Othello, Jesus Christ Superstar and Loretta. Asif is also a voice artist and has lent his voice to many memorable characters including Winnie the Pooh, Olaf (from Frozen), and Sid (from Ice Age 3/4/5). He received the AVA Award for dubbing for Edna Mode (of the Incredibles).

With over two decades of experience and many memorable performances to her name, Devika Punjabi is well-known as an actor as well as a breath and voice coach. She started her theatre career in 1992 and has worked with many leading directors like Pearl Padamsee, Vickram Kapadia, Rahul DaCunha and others, starring in several plays such as SOS (1994), Romeo and Juliet (1995), Crab (2007). She is trained in Latin ballroom dancing and has several TV shows (Rishtey, Gubbarein, Kumkum) and film appearances (Inteqam, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) to her credit as well. Her productions include Twelve Angry Jurors and Wildtrack and Class of ’84.

Pradeep Vaidyya is an all-round theatre-person with over twenty years’ experience as a writer, director, music composer, singer, light designer and theatre manager. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the META award for Best Light Design, Bhalba Kelkar Puraskar, Zee Gaurav, and Tanveer Natyadharmi Puraskar. He is a graduate of the SMART programme in theatre management, an India Theatre Forum project. His organization Expression Lab has been active in Pune’s arts eco-system, enabling and empowering new artists and catalysing new streams of theatre ethos.

A voice actor, translator and storyteller, Rupali has been active in the experimental theatre world for about 25 years. As a facilitator, she has conducted workshops for theatre organizations, schools, colleges and in the corporate world. She has written a children's book "Lights…Camera…Action ! – The life and times of Dadasaheb Phalke" which has been published by Pratham Books. She is the founder of Jacaranda – a theatre organisation for children. Through Jacaranda she stages productions based on content that children desire to address by enabling the children to create and perform the theatrical pieces.

An actor director and producer who has worked extensively in New York, Mumbai and Germany. She has appeared onstage in several successful plays such a 36 Ghante, Agnes of God, Class of 84. Anahita has been seen in many films including Everybody Says I’m Fine, Kapoor and Sons, White Noise and the national award winning Afterglow. She has been conducting theatre workshops for children and adults over the last fifteen years.