
Vishal Prabhakar
@vishalprabhakar
Dean-AI at Chitkara University, shaping interdisciplinary AI education and designed the Bachelor of Visual Arts program at MRIIRS.
What I'm looking for
At Chitkara University, I contribute to building an interdisciplinary AI ecosystem across business, design, law, pharmacy, media, and healthcare. My work includes curriculum design, industry engagement, faculty development, and preparing students to work with AI.
At Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, I conceptualized, designed, and benchmarked the Bachelor of Visual Arts program, now run as a Bachelor of Design. I drew on my industry experience to shape courseware aligned with industry requirements.
At Autodesk, I led pre-sales and post-sales for the Flame family in post-production setups and broadcast channels, and helped close Flame Premium deals with companies including Sony Pictures India, NDTV, Viacom 18, Zee Entertainment Television, and Disney India. Earlier, I created promotional films for Sony Entertainment Television and worked in film finishing, compositing, and broadcast design.
My work has also included leading departments in Visual Communication and Animation Design and in AI. I’m a doctoral researcher in emerging technologies and have worked across broadcast design, VFX, advertising, and real-time game level design using Unreal Engine.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Dean
Chitkara University
Jan 2026 - Present (10 months)
As a Dean-AI (ChAISE) for disciplines like business, design, law, pharmacy, media, and healthcare, I contribute to building a strong interdisciplinary AI ecosystem at the university-one that supports academic innovation, industry relevance, applied research, and student readiness for a rapidly evolving world.
Associate Professor
UPES
Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 (5 months)
Worked as Associate Professor at UPES.
Associate Professor | Head of Department-Artifical Intelligence
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Feb 2025 - Jul 2025 (5 months)
Worked as Associate Professor | Head of Department-Artifical Intelligence at Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID).
Associate Professor | Head of Department-Visual Communication Design and Animati
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Jul 2024 - Jan 2025 (6 months)
Worked as Associate Professor | Head of Department-Visual Communication Design and Animation UID-NCR at Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID).
Head of Visual Arts Department
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies
Aug 2017 - Feb 2020 (2 years 6 months)
In this role as a consultant for starting 'Creative Vishal Design (VFX/Animation/Game Art Design)' education, I conceptualized, designed and benchmarked 'Bachelor of Visual Arts' at Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad (MRIIRS).
Bachelor of Visual Arts (now B.Des) is a full-time, 4-year under graduate program designed to produce production-ready artists who are
Co Founder
Post Desk Solutions
Mar 2016 - Dec 2019 (3 years 9 months)
Post Desk Solutions was a Media and Entertainment Services and Software Sales Company. We ceased operations in December 2019.
We offered a collaborative workflow for fast interactive visual effects, composting, advanced graphics, color grading, conform, editorial and look development using the Autodesk Flame Family of products and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Industry standard tools such as AUTODESK FL
Technical Specialist, Creative Finishing (Flame Family).
Jun 2012 - Mar 2016 (3 years 9 months)
Product Evangelist. "At Autodesk, as a an Application Engineer. My responsibilities were that of a Product Evangelist. In this role, I led Pre-sales and Post Sales for Autodesk Flame Family (Flame/Flare/Flame Assist,Lustre and Smoke) in Post Production setups and Broadcast Channels.
I helped in closing Flame Premium (turn key: Hardware + Software solution) deals in companies like Sony Pictures
Senior Creative Designer
Sony Entertainment Television, India
Sep 2009 - May 2012 (2 years 8 months)
As a Senior Creative designer, I worked for all Entities for Sony Entertainment Television, India. These included, Sony SET, Sony SAB, Sony PIX, Sony MIX, Sony Max etc. Work profile was to deliver creative and theme based promotional films for various shows and entities of the Sony network. I used Autodesk Smoke for the same.
Senior Smoke/Flame Artist/ Lustre Colorist
INX Media
Aug 2008 - Jun 2009 (10 months)
I worked on the Smoke/Lustre. I was responsible for Final finishing of the film before it went On-Air.
Senior Smoke/Flame Artist
Pixion
Dec 2005 - Aug 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Creative Finishing of Television Commercials and Films for various clients of Pixion/Century Communications Limited.
Promotions Producer
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
Apr 2005 - Nov 2005 (7 months)
Worked as Promotions Producer at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited.
Smoke/Flame Artist
Prime Focus Limited
Jun 2001 - Aug 2004 (3 years 2 months)
I was part of the Digital Intermediate process. Autodesk Smoke/Flame were a part of the process. I composited Film VFX shots using Autodesk Flame. I designed Film Promos on Autodesk Smoke.
Broadcast Design Artist.
TV Today Network
Sep 1999 - May 2001 (1 year 8 months)
I was one of the first Broadcast Design Artist on Vizrt/3ds Max in India.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Golden Gate University
Doctorate, Emerging Technologies- Generative AI
2025 - 2028
PwC
Directorship and Board Advisory
Mar 2026
Confederation of Indian Industry
CII iDesign Program Innovation by Design
Nov 2025
University of Surrey
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Media Arts
2023 - 2024
Udemy
Python Programming for the Total Beginner
Nov 2023
University of Kent
Master of Arts - MA, Game Art
2021 - 2022
Pearson College London
Master of Arts - M.A., Game Art
2021 - 2022
Pearson College London
Video Game Art and Effects Production.
Apr 2022
Epic Games
First Hour with Animation
Mar 2021
Udemy
VFX: Complete Houdini Bootcamp
Jan 2021
Epic Games
Blueprints for Enterprise
Apr 2021
Epic Games
World Building Kickstart
Feb 2021
Epic Games
Unreal Editor Fundamentals-Animation
Mar 2021
Epic Games
Programming Kickstart
Mar 2021
Epic Games
Unreal Engine Kickstart for Developers
Mar 2021
Udemy
Unreal Engine 4: Introduction to 3D Character Animation.
Aug 2020
Epic Games
Introduction to Twinmotion
Sep 2020
Udemy
Facial Animation and More in Unreal Engine 4
Sep 2020
Epic Games
Blueprint Kickstart
Aug 2020
Udemy
Introduction to Unreal Engine 4 Ability System
Jul 2020
Udemy
The Blender Encyclopedia
Oct 2020
Udemy
Game Asset Creation with Houdini
Nov 2020
Epic Games
Virtual Production Primer
Oct 2020
Udemy
Visual Studio Code (2020)
Oct 2020
Delhi University
B.A Hons English, English Literature
1996 - 2000
Delhi Public School- Noida
Senior Secondary School, STEM
1982 - 1996
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
chitkara.edu.in/coe/chaisePortfolio
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