| pilot graphic designer visualizer/conceptualizer multimedia art director, mentor illustrator/cartoonist/animator photographer project manager entrepreneur filmmaker |
| Navdeep Malhotra |
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| Warwick Road, London Phone: +44 (0) 20 7373 3431 Mob: +44 (0) 78 7769 1352 navdeepm@gmail.com |
| SUMMARY |
| Microsoft- Office, Visio, PowerPoint, Project |
| Jun 2002 - Dec 2003 (New Delhi, India) Wigan and Leigh College (India) Pvt. Ltd As a Visiting Faculty at Wigan and Leigh College (India) Pvt. Ltd., I taught (9-12 hrs per week) visual design and media subjects to the students of the Advanced Diploma in Advertising and Graphic Design (Higher National Diploma). |
| Aug 2001 - till date (New Delhi, India) A Different Sunday As a Filmmaker, I have written, directed and edited a short fiction film “A Different Sunday” shot on broadcast quality digital video (DVCAM). The film was telecast in India on NDTV (A popular national TV channel) on 22, 23 and 24 April 2005. more... |
| Apr 1997 - Feb2000. (New Delhi, India) NIIT Ltd. From a Graphic Designer to a Project Manager, I donned various roles while producing CBTs/WBTs (computer/web based trainings) in the Learning Software Business Unit, of NIIT Ltd., (www.NIIT.com) an IT solutions corporation that operates in 42 countries... more... |
| Dec 1989 - Oct 1994 (India) Indian Air Force Served in the Indian Air Force as a Commissioned Officer and a Pilot flying military aircraft. |
| My varied experience in numerous fields gives me the advantage of having multiple perspectives to the dynamically evolving global IT environment. I have excelled in the following roles: |
| As a hands-on Graphic Designer, Animator and a Team Player, I am familiar with software production realities at the grassroots level. I have seen numerous projects through their complete Development Life Cycles (DLC) |
| As a Creative Lead and an Art Director, I have dealt with supervision, recruitment, training, of teams comprising of graphic designers, programmers and instructional designers. |
| As a Project Manager and an entrepreneur, I have dealt with resource management, client engagement and commercial issues. I am familiar with the following standards and methodologies: |
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| Project management methodologies like PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and PRINCE 2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) |
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| CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), process improvement maturity model for development of products and services. Developed by the SEI (Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University, USA.) |
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| AICC (Aircraft Industry CBT Committee) standards and SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) compliance. |
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| SOFTWARE SKILLS |
| Macromedia- FlashMX and Director8.5. |
| Adobe- Photoshop, Pagemaker |
| Adobe Premiere, DPS Velocity, Final Cut Pro |
| 3D Animation: Maya, 3DS Max |
| Corel Draw/ Adobe Illustrator. |
| Illustration, Animation and Cartooning. |
| Still Photography. |
| Screenwriting, Storyboarding and Film Direction |
| EXPERIENCE |
| Mar 2000 - Mar 2002. (New Delhi, India) Virtual Media Infotech Pvt. Ltd. As the Art Director at Virtual Media Infotech Pvt. ltd., I took up the task of setting up and leading the production team for 'The Virtual Mahazine', the world's first monthly multimedia magazine on a CD-ROM... more... |
| Mar 2002 - Nov 2003 (New Delhi, India) IdeaRings As the Founder Partner at IdeaRings, (www.idearings.com) I was responsible for Business Development, Project management, Recruitment, Visual Design Supervision... more... |
| Sep 2005 - Sep 2006 (London, UK) Seagal Software As the Creative Director, with Seagal Software (www.seagal.org/soft) my responsibilities include Business Development, Client Engagement and Project Management. |
| Dec 2003 - Jan 2005 (New Delhi, India) Knowledge Platform (India) Pvt. Ltd. As the Creative Lead - Visual Design at Knowledge Platform, (knowledgeplatform.com), a Singapore based company having offices in India, Pakistan and Japan, I headed a competitive team of Graphic Designers and Programmers developing e-learning content... more... |
| EDUCATION |
| AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS |
| Topped the nation wide entrance test for Accessory Design course at NIFT. |
| My entry for the Hindustan Times cartoon contest (1996) was exhibited in the best 100 entries. |
| Awarded a Certificate of Excellent Performance (1998) by NIIT Ltd |
| Produced, written, directed and edited a short (20mins) fiction film called ‘A Different Sunday’ as an Independent filmmaker. I was interviewed on TV as a part of the show that screened my film. My profile has featured in the leading newspapers in India in the context of being a filmmaker and an art director. |
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| Was commissioned for still photography for a series of 12 cookbooks |
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| Aug 1994 - Aug 1996 (New Delhi, India) Two years of full time Accessory Design course from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi, INDIA |
| Aug 1985 - Jul 1988 (Chandigarh, India) B.Sc. in Geology, Physics and Mathemetics from Centre for Advanced Studies in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA |
| Copyright © 2006 Navdeep Malhotra |
| Sep 2006 - till date (London, UK) Red Papaya I am currently engaged in providing Direction for various 3D animation projects for the global market. |
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