About

Minal Jain coordinates all operations at TAQ. She supports the team with administrative responsibilities, client communication, and programme delivery. She graduated from the Queen Mary University of London with a Master's degree in Engineering.

Dhannyaa Menon supports TAQ team with content development and programme delivery. She holds a Master's degree in Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. She has several articles published on news websites and previously handled production for an entertainment portal.

Isha Parmar supports the TAQ team with visualizing content and creating graphics. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Mass Media with a specialization in Advertising from Mumbai University. She has experience in creating appealing and aesthetically creative designs.

Moksha Shah supports the TAQ team with research and content development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Literature from Mithibai College. As a college student, she has written reviews and articles as a ghostwriter.

Prutha Rajeshirke handles production and projects at TAQ. Her work spans both programme management and content production, such as podcasts/ films. She has 11 years of extensive experience in producing shoots and has worked with well-known people from the media industry.

Vrinda Malhotra supports TAQ team with research, content development, social media, and the delivery of workshops. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of Delhi, has a background in performing arts, and is trained in acting and theatre-making at the Drama School of Mumbai.

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.

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.

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).

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.