Amplify is a curriculum and assessment company currently run by the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. Amplify provides educational and assessment materials and tools for K-12 schools across America.

I had the pleasure of working with them on the Spanish reader ‘Nos une el maiz’ for Texas schools.

It was a lot of fun drawing a vast variety of corn based food for this book. This book teaches young kids about the history of corn and the multitudes of cuisines it has inspired across the world.

In 2021 I had the immense pleasure of directing a lesson on the partition of India in partnership with Raghav Arumugam. I art directed the project and designed the backgrounds.

Music by: Salil Bhayani

Lesson by: Iseult Gillespie

TED-Ed is a YouTube channel from Ted which creates short animated educational videos. TED-Ed lessons are created in collaboration with educators and animators. It has over 13.1 million subscribers and over 2.2 billion views as of January 2021.

In 2023 I had the opportunity to design some stickers/animated gifs for Giphy for 4th of July, International friendships day and National Hotdog Day.

Amplify is a curriculum and assessment company currently run by the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. Amplify provides educational and assessment materials and tools for K-12 schools across America.

I had the pleasure of working with them on the Spanish reader ‘Grandpa’s memories’ for Texas schools.

Roles: Visual Developer, Illustrator

Company: Amplify Educations Inc.

Client: Texas Education Agency

Dir by: Tory Novikova

An illustration of Clair Saffitz’s sour cherry pie for her youtube show Dessert Person.
Animation by my dear friend Jack Sherry

Watch the show here

Amplify is a curriculum and assessment company currently run by the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. Amplify provides educational and assessment materials and tools for K-12 schools across America.

I had the pleasure of working with them on redesigning Grade 1 social studies books for Texas Education Agency.

In 2021, I directed this lesson in collaboration with Raghav Arumugam for Ted-ed’s mythic series.

Music by: Salil Bhayani
Lesson by: Iseult Gillespie

TED-Ed is a YouTube channel from Ted which creates short animated educational videos. TED-Ed lessons are created in collaboration with educators and animators. It has over 13.1 million subscribers and over 2.2 billion views as of January 2021.

TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American media organization that posts talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".

I had the pleasure of doing animated segments for Dr. Jen Gunter’s talk about how healthy bones are about so much more than milk.

A few location stickers I made for Giphy.

In 2020 I had the immense pleasure of collaborating on my first TED-ED video as a director with Raghav Arumugam. Raghav took charge of the animation and I worked on the backgrounds.

Music by: Salil Bhayani
Lesson by: Iseult Gillespie

Amplify is a curriculum and assessment company currently run by the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. Amplify provides educational and assessment materials and tools for K-12 schools across America.

I had the pleasure of working with them on the English reader ‘Zack and Ann’ for Texas schools.

I was in charge of the visual development and final illustrations and Raghav Arumugam did the layouts.

Skills Boost was a 13 episode series I co-directed with Raghav Arumugam for Amplify. It was an animated series aimed at young children to help them understand how to go about enhancing their reading abilities and how to navigate the various pitfalls on their journey.

Amplify provides print, digital, and blended core curriculum for ELA and science. Amplify now serves nearly 4 million students. Its science program has been adopted by several large urban districts, including Chicago, New York, Denver, and Los Angeles, and has 950,000 users.

Explainer video for Unitas Global, a cloud computing company offering consolidated services for enterprises to store and secure data.

A continuation of my big ladies series. A spiritual sequel to my Big and Chunky short and the Punanimation entry, this big beautiful lady embodies my current mood.

Daughter of Director John Woo, Angeles is an American actress and musician. Come What May is her new single from her upcoming album, featuring music by Paul Christensen. A Plainwood Productions video, this music video is directed by Laban, animated by Raghav Arumugam and I.

My contribution to the punanimation directory.
Punanimation is a collective of artists that comprises of women, trans and non binary folks from across the globe. It serves as a platform for sharing and exchanging knowledge, collaboration and representation.

Madam Matilda tolerates no tomfoolery.

Tiny short about Madam Matilda’s beach day. The short was created at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Madam Matilda is a silicone puppet with replacement propoxy mouth shapes. Her beach towel is made out of fabric with a wire rig inside of it. The characters in the background are all made out of clay and don’t have a skeleton inside as they didn’t need to move.

Bottlerocket is another tiny short I created at the Savannah College of Art and Design. It is a downshooter and most of the elements are clay and paper replacements. There is also a little bit of pixilation in there.

Maya is an experimental animation film I made in winter 2016. I created Rorschach inkblots on paper and used them as frames for animation. 
The purpose of the project was to use something as spontaneous and illusory as Rorschach inkblots and use them to create an animated sequence which requires a lot of careful planning. As with most experimental pieces I was interested in the process and the challenge was to see if it would be successful. 
The name of the film Maya is a Hindi word that means illusion.

Tesura is my MFA thesis film produced at SCAD.
Tesura explores one of the fondest and strongest memories from my childhood. The film recounts my experience of the festival of Tesu and Jhanjhi (a couple from the epic Mahabharat) celebrated in my village of Pathauli, Agra.

Password: jagritithesis

Awards and Screenings:

1. Snake Alley Festival of Film 2018- Official Selection
2. FECEA- Festival de CinemaEscolar de Alvorada 2017- Official Selection
3. Chitrakatha'17- Official Selection
4. Celtic Animation Film Competetion 2017- Official Selection
5. Caribbean Film Festival ans Market 2017- Semi-Finalist
6. SCAD Animation Showcase 2017- Official Selection

Upcoming Screenings:
PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival - September 22, 2018
AnimArte - 14th International Student Animation Festival of Brazil.

Big and Chunky brings together my love for drawing big women and animation.

This was an experimental project that came about by making scratches on a roll of 16 mm film and edit it to music.

Drizzlin is brand communication firm that focuses on bringing warmth back to brands.
This animated spot was made in collaboration with Raghav Arumugam. We both directed, animated and edited this piece.

Kabir was a collaboration project produced at SCAD over a span of ten weeks. Directed by Raghav Arumugam and HR Scott Kabir is a short film about a boy who finds himself in an unfamiliar world. I served as an Animation Supervisor on this project.
Kabir was given an honorable mention at the Southeast Student Emmys.

Some animal designs based on geometric shapes.

I made this for India’s 70th independence day which is celebrated on the 15th of August every year.

I made this for the first day of summer. Here’s two aunties enjoying some refreshing coolants to beat the Delhi heat.