Resume

ANIL CHERUKUPALLI
New Delhi, India


Summary

Experienced communication professional specializing in writing, photography and filmmaking

Experienced in:

  • handling strategic communication needs of non-profits through targeted use of multiple media such
    as stories, short films, photo essays, newsletters, reports and press releases and working with
    Government departments, media and NGOs.
  • managing websites, online tools, new and social media and creating innovative content.
  • management of diverse digital assets like photographs and videos using robust and secure
    database software.

Specialties

  • Excellent organizational, writing, creative and technical communication skills.
  • Proficient with still, video cameras and the video editing production suite Final Cut. Own professional still and video camera equipment.
  • Capable of handling complete cycle of film production from scripting, shooting, editing to post production.
  • Design and layout work using Photoshop and InDesign. Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/PHP.
  • Skilled in proofreading documents and reports, scientific and non-scientific.

Experience

2010 – Present | Founder at Aksgar

  • Creating and implementing a strategic development plan to translate it from an online entity into a non-profit periodically published print magazine through fundraising, brand development, social media engagement, team building and marketing.

November 2009 – Present | Senior Communications Officer at WWF-India, New Delhi

  • Highlighting the conservation work undertaken across India through the means of writing stories,
    making films and photo essays.
  • Preparation and distribution of periodic newsletters to a wide audience.
  • Design flyers, brochures, documents and reports in accordance to WWF’s brand guidelines.
  • Management of diverse digital assets like photographs and videos in accordance to specific copyright agreements using a centralized, robust and secure database software and create conditional access for the same for selected employees of the organization.
  • Proofread documents and reports, scientific and non-scientific.
  • Commission external filmmakers, designers and translators for specific communication tasks and oversee the delivery of quality products.

September 2011 – September 2011 | Visiting ATSA 2011-12 Fellow at Loupe Filmproduktion, Berlin

March 2008 – October 2009 | Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker at Freelance (Self Employed)

April 2004 – February 2008 | Research Felllow at Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany

  • Worked on the project ‘Role of Interleukin-6 in Diet Induced Obesity’

Honors and Awards

2011-12 | The ARThink South Asia Fellowship, Goethe Institut
ARThinkSouthAsia, is an initiative sponsored by the South Asian network of Goethe Institutes, the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany.

2010 | Toto Funds the Arts Award for Creative Writing
Longlisted for ‘Toto Funds the Arts Award for Creative Writing’, 2010

2007 | Photobloggies
Photoblog nominated for the ‘2007 Photobloggies’ under the categories of ‘Best Southeast Asian
Photoblog’, ‘Best Abstract Photography’, ‘Best Black and White Photography’, ‘Best Portrait
Photography’ and ‘Photoblog of the Year’, 2007

2003-08 | Nord Rhein Westphalen Research Fellowship, Germany

Volunteer Experience

August 2009 – October 2009 | Editor at Birdwatcher’s Society of Andhra Pradesh (BSAP)
Editor of Pitta, the newsletter of BSAP

January 2009 – Present | Web Master at Butterfly Conservation Society (BCS)
Setting up and managing the BCS website

Organizations

The India Research Group
The India Research (TIR) Group consists of Indian and Indian-origin professionals with a diversity of research interests and domains of expertise – ranging from Counter-terrorism, to Climate Change, the Media to Macroeconomic management.

Languages

English, Telugu , Hindi, German, French

Education

2009 – 2010 | Indira Gandhi National Open University | P.G. Diploma, Journalism and Mass Communication

2001 – 2003 | University of Hyderabad | M.Sc., Animal Sciences (Animal Biotechnology)

1998 – 2001 | Nizam College | B.Sc., Biophysics, Genetics, Chemistry

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