Working at Learning Mate Solutions

Since January 2020, I have started working as Senior Visualizer at  LearningMate  Solutions, Mumbai.  

This company is involved in creating digital infrastructure for learning,  and has international clients from across the world.

This kind of educational infrastructure is particularly ideal for  students facing studies during this COVID-19 pandemic though it is always available even otherwise. 

Appropriately,  much of my work has been done while in work-from-home mode, and the company has been kind enough to provide the hardware.

A glance at the type of work done by me so far (and continuing) :  (Names, videos et al not mentioned due to copyright reasons)

The company assigns vendors to work on the videos and animations as per the clients requirements. My job is to interface with the vendors, clearly communicate with them, review their work vis-a-vis clients' requirements, explain modifications, occasionally do the work myself, preparing the final product for delivery.

 I have worked over a period of these 10 months (majorly involving work-from-home and ongoing, due to pandemic),) over various projects as follows :

1.      Reviewer of video animations created by various vendors for Elementary and High School level students for an International company, World leader in Educational videos.  The templates, audios, images and aftereffect project files were provided by the client. My job was to interact, suggest corrections, at times do the animations myself to understand the concept, and prepare  the vendor’s work for final delivery.

2.       Reviewer of video lectures of  Professor from a well known university. This involved  listening  to the audio, animating  the text and  preparing the deliverable video.

3.      A School Safety Regulations project involved working on videos, removing green screens and adding backgrounds suggested by the client.  Audios were cut  as per the client script. Work was done in Premiere Pro.

4.      Reviewing info graphics animation videos for two leading Universities in the UK and Canada.

As part of the SoUls Project, I worked on several Videos and Motion Graphics .  Some of these uploaded below:

Durga Factory

Solar PV CookStove and Chai Thela

Factory Animation

I started working for the Solar Urja through Localization for Sustainability (SoULS)   project in  the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,  from February 2017. 

I work as a Project Assistant  and part of the Communications Team. My work is about being a   Photographer, Videographer, Videoeditor and Animator as required.

Sometimes my job involved editing videos filmed by another team member. Sometimes, I shoot and edit my own videos, which is what happens mostly when I am assigned a filed trip, anywhere in India.

SoULS, a flagship program of IIT Bombay, is all about creating active interventions in order to bring clean, efficient, affordable, and reliable energy access , to the last mile households.  One of the things we do is introduce simple photovoltaic circuitry based lamps to school students in villages and women in households, particularly in rural India , where the electric supply is erratic. The women are taught the basics of the lamp circuit manufacture, enabling its onsite maintenance.

The videos below will give you an idea how they have affected the lives of rural India. 


The first 10 videos were shot by various Communications team members / colleagues, and edited by me. 





The last 2 videos, regarding Netarhat , and Enterprise Development Training were shot by me and edited by  me. 

Interviews  of various students. 

Apulki Dubey of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,  Raigad  speaks.

Student from Navodaya Vidyalaya, Khargone , speaks. 

Another student from Jawahar Vidyalaya , Khargone, speaks 

Rohit Prakash Sale from Jawahar Navidaya Vidyalaya , Nizampur, speaks

Divansh Pande,  from Jawahar Navidaya Vidyalaya , Nizampur, speaks

Another student   from Jawahar Navidaya Vidyalaya , Nizampur, speaks

 Srushti from   Jawahar Navidaya Vidyalaya , Nizampur, speaks

Videoediting  of lectures by the Head and Principal Investigator of the SoULS project, Prof.  Chetan  Solanki. 

 Introduction to Solar Demo House  by the PI,  Prof. Chetan Solanki .

Lecture on "Dawn of Solar PV Cooking" by  Prof. Chetan Solanki

The following 2 videos were shot by me, and edited by me , during a field trip to Netarhat, Jharkhand.  

SoULS conducted a research workshop from 29th June – 2nd July 2018 in the peaceful backdrop of Netarhaat, Jharkhand. The objective of the workshop was to exchange ideas and brainstorm on the possible deliverables through research and documentation, and how effectively the SoULS can be used as a platform to contribute significantly in the existing academic knowledge. During this workshop, the focus was on creating a pathway for the replication of renewable energy interventions through devising proper research and documentation methodologies. The workshop was attended by Kelsey Werner & Prof. Praveen Kumar from Boston College of Social Work while from the SoULS team Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran and Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki lead the workshop with the research and documentation team from SoULS participating in it.

  On my way back  from Netarhat, I was assigned to cover /shoot the Enterprise Development Training Workshop  at Ranchi .

Enterprise Development training intends to provide skill sets necessary for Repair & Maintenance Technicians to become successful solar entrepreneurs. These skill sets include: Finance, Operation, Sales and Marketing.

Motion Graphics Information on Work.

Some examples of work done in Motion Graphics.  

This work was done for the EKonnect Foundation, the educational arm of Environmental Management Centre LLP (EMC LLP).  This consists of 6 modules . Each module highlights various types of  environmental degradation, with the assessment /test  in the final module . 

Softwares used here were Illustrator, AfterEffects and Premier Pro.

Unable to load videos here due to large file size. 

These are available for viewing   from my personal hard disk on request.

Sustainability : 7 Short Video lectures by Dr Prasad Modak.

I  videographed  7   lectures on Sustainability, by Dr Prasad Modak, and subsequently video/audio edited them into their final form as below.  During the initial period, I was majorly involved in the decision to buy various hardwares and softwares  and systems, required for the work.

 This was done on behalf of EKonnect Knowledge Foundation (EKF) , the educational arm of EMC , of which Dr Prasad Modak is the founder.

I would like to add here , that  all the lectures  were Videographed in-house, and  I was also involved in the purchase decisions for various hardware related to that work, particularly the audio work.



Lecture 1.

Introduction to the Sustainability Series of Lectures .

2.  Lecture 2

What is Sustainability : Part 1  by Dr Prasad Modak.

3. Lecture 3

What is Sustainability : Part 2 by Dr Prasad Modak.

4.  Lecture 4 :

Does CSR make a business case ?   by Dr Prasad Modak.

5.   Lecture 5  :

Sustainability in Tiers  . by Dr Prasad Modak

6. Lecture 6 :

Product Design for Sustainability: Part 1  By Dr Prasad Modak.

7.  Lecture 7 :

Product Design for Sustainability :  Part 2  by Dr Prasad Modak

Highlights of Integrated Solid Waste Mngmt Course

The Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation, the educational arm of EMC  conducts various courses . One such was the Integrated Solid Waste Management Course Using Project Case Work Approach.

It was conducted over the course of a week at K . J. Somaiyya College, Vidyavihar,  for a week, and included field visits to the H ward (West)  solid waste processing section of MMC at Bandra.

The entire Videographing, and subsequent Video/Audio Editing was done by me .  You can view the  final highlights of the course, as prepared by me,  in the video below.

All work done by me since July2016 at EMC has been uploaded in august 2017 in this  portfolio blogsite.
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Short film on Cycling : A green Initiative

I started working for Environmental Management Centre(EMC) , as a Photographer,, Videographer and Video Editor,  in July 2016. Their  consulting services are essentially strategic, knowledge driven and supported through research and training. EMC has made conscious efforts by establishing a networking platform called Ekonnect. EMC distinguishes itself from the commercial consulting world through practicing Ekonnect initiatives. 

I work for the Ekonnect platform. 

As part of the Sustainable Living Initiatives , I made a short film on Cycling. Cycling to work, Cycling for fun, and Group Cycling. 

I would like to add , that I have been doing lots of cycling right through the monsoon, and am now about to complete a month of cycling to and from  home to work, a total distance of 40 kms  , every day. I also do longer trips on weekends as part of the Powai Pedals Group. 

Making this short film was a fun activity for me.  The actual size of the film has been reduced so as to be within  limits prescribed  by  the Blogger  platform