Former Director Programming at Zee Network, Vinta Nanda has directed the documentary feature #SHOUT (2023). She’s the editor of The Daily Eye – an online media (www.thedailyeye.info). Her critically acclaimed film, White Noise (2004), starring Rahul Bose and Koel Purie, screened at international film festivals including Karachi, Florence, Seattle and Pune. Vinta has produced, directed and written the long running television series Tara, Raahein, Raahat, Aur Phir Ek Din and Miilee among others. Her Edutainment work includes the television serials Sheila, Kasbah, films Anant, Aparajita, and documentary titled The Distant Thunder. From 2013 to 2018, Vinta led The Third Eye program in partnership with Norman Lear Center’s flagship program Hollywood Health and Society at USC Annenberg to build an Edutainment model for the Indian industries of entertainment. It was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.