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Vishal Prabhakar

@vishalprabhakar

Dean-AI at Chitkara University, shaping interdisciplinary AI education and designed the Bachelor of Visual Arts program at MRIIRS.

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What I'm looking for

I believe the future of education is hybrid, accessible, and on demand. I’m interested in work that uses technology and virtual access to learning resources to connect people and talent across locations.

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

Chitkara University logoCU
Current

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.

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Associate Professor

UPES

Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 (5 months)

Worked as Associate Professor at UPES.

Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID) logoUU

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).

Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID) logoUU

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).

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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

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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

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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

Sony Entertainment Television, India logoSI

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.

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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.

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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.

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Promotions Producer

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

Apr 2005 - Nov 2005 (7 months)

Worked as Promotions Producer at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited.

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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.

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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 logoGU

Golden Gate University

Doctorate, Emerging Technologies- Generative AI

2025 - 2028

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PwC

Directorship and Board Advisory

Mar 2026

CI

Confederation of Indian Industry

CII iDesign Program Innovation by Design

Nov 2025

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University of Surrey

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Media Arts

2023 - 2024

UD

Udemy

Python Programming for the Total Beginner

Nov 2023

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University of Kent

Master of Arts - MA, Game Art

2021 - 2022

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Pearson College London

Master of Arts - M.A., Game Art

2021 - 2022

PL

Pearson College London

Video Game Art and Effects Production.

Apr 2022

EG

Epic Games

First Hour with Animation

Mar 2021

UD

Udemy

VFX: Complete Houdini Bootcamp

Jan 2021

EG

Epic Games

Blueprints for Enterprise

Apr 2021

EG

Epic Games

World Building Kickstart

Feb 2021

EG

Epic Games

Unreal Editor Fundamentals-Animation

Mar 2021

EG

Epic Games

Programming Kickstart

Mar 2021

EG

Epic Games

Unreal Engine Kickstart for Developers

Mar 2021

UD

Udemy

Unreal Engine 4: Introduction to 3D Character Animation.

Aug 2020

EG

Epic Games

Introduction to Twinmotion

Sep 2020

UD

Udemy

Facial Animation and More in Unreal Engine 4

Sep 2020

EG

Epic Games

Blueprint Kickstart

Aug 2020

UD

Udemy

Introduction to Unreal Engine 4 Ability System

Jul 2020

UD

Udemy

The Blender Encyclopedia

Oct 2020

UD

Udemy

Game Asset Creation with Houdini

Nov 2020

EG

Epic Games

Virtual Production Primer

Oct 2020

UD

Udemy

Visual Studio Code (2020)

Oct 2020

Delhi University logoDU

Delhi University

B.A Hons English, English Literature

1996 - 2000

DN

Delhi Public School- Noida

Senior Secondary School, STEM

1982 - 1996

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