Dr. Arvind Deshmukh
PhD in Cultural Anthropology with over 22 years of experience documenting oral folklore and village histories across Western and Southern India. Leads the festival's archival vision and non-profit heritage mission.
The filmmakers, cultural archivists, technologists, and legal guardians uniting India across 11 languages to preserve intergenerational family legacies.
Powers the high-performance digital infrastructure for NRSFC 2026 — including secure 4K film video pipelines, automated creator kit distribution, encrypted WhatsApp notification queues, and instant dual-sealed verification certificates.
Drives national community outreach, university campus chapters, mother-tongue film curation, and the Mumbai Grand Finale. Committed to safeguarding our elders' untold stories as public cultural heritage for future generations.
Directing tournament operations, jury independence, student outreach, and digital rights compliance.
PhD in Cultural Anthropology with over 22 years of experience documenting oral folklore and village histories across Western and Southern India. Leads the festival's archival vision and non-profit heritage mission.
Architect of the NRSFC 2026 digital ecosystem. Pioneer in low-latency video streaming, tamper-proof creator verification, and scalable community platforms connecting grassroots mobile creators to national jury evaluators.
Independent documentary filmmaker and Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) alumna. Oversees the curation across all 5 themes (Family, Memory, Legacy, Life Story, Future) and the screening programming.
Spearheads partnerships with 100+ colleges and university media societies across India. Mentors student filmmakers and coordinates the inter-collegiate leaderboard for the Campus Trophy.
Former broadcast journalist with 16 years of media standards experience. Guarantees strict blind evaluation protocols, conflict-of-interest shielding, and objective multi-dimensional scoring for all submissions.
Distinguished intellectual property advocate championing non-exclusive licensing, ensuring all creators permanently retain 100% copyright, commercial freedom, and ownership over their submitted family works.
Four specialized desks ensure round-the-clock support, fair evaluation, and linguistic accessibility across India.
Native linguistic reviewers for Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, and English entries.
High-definition processing for horizontal short films and vertical 9:16 mobile reels, ensuring zero compression artifacting during jury screening.
Facilitates institutional group enrollments, faculty workshops, filmmaking equipment toolkits, and student recognition certificates.
Dedicated WhatsApp & email support (9:30 AM – 7:00 PM IST) for payment queries, draft resumption, and technical upload assistance.