Tridib Poddar

An alumnus of SRFTI (2000), Tridib Poddar joined the department as an assistant professor in 2011. He was a regular faculty in the Dept of Mass Communication & Videography, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for 4 years before he started teaching at his alma mater. Being a guest faculty he has been associated with KIIT, Bhubaneswar and DJAD, Coimbatore.

As a freelancer he worked both in fiction & non-fiction films. His first short fiction film Sahore (In The City, 2005), participated in many festivals including Toronto International Film Festival (2006), Kolkata Film Festival (Indian Select section, 2005). His diploma film Khoj (In Search) – Fiction, 26 minutes, made in SRFTI in 2000 was the first Indian film to get an Official Selection (In Competition) in the Cinefondation section of Cannes Film Festival (2002). It also won the Best First Film of a Director award (IDPA) in Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF, 2004).

Tridib has recently completed his research project on the topic Tradition, Technique & Transformation of Odisha Paintings with the senior fellowship awarded by Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, under the field ‘visual art’ in 2023.