UK-CMS Environment Film Fellowships
for Documentary Filmmakers  

The British High Commission and British Council India collaborated with Centre for Media Studies in awarding the UK-CMS Environment Film Fellowships on Climate Change. Four such film fellowships will be awarded to filmmakers who display a commitment to environmental issues through their films. Each Fellowship is worth Rs 6,00,000. The selected fellows are Ms. Geeta Singh, Mr. Vijay S Jodha, Mr. Nila Madhab Panda and Mr. Syed Fayaz . The fellowships were announced at the Award presentation ceremony of Vatavaran on 24 November 2005 in New Delhi and the British High Commissioner in India Mr. Michael Arthur, gave away these awards.

We received a total of 27 applications out of which the short-listed 15 candidates are as follows:

1 Okram Dayamoy Imphal, Manipur

2 Nina Subramani Bangalore, Karnataka

3 Richa Arora Gurgaon, Haryana

4 Geeta Singh New Delhi

5 Snehasis Das New Delhi

6 Christopher Rego Mumbai, Maharashtra

7 Anjali Khosla New Delhi

8 Sudesh Balan KOTTAYAM, Kerala

9 P BALAN & RADHA R Ernakulam, Kerala

10 Vijay S Jodha New Delhi

11 Ashwin H P Mysore Karnataka

12 Shalinee Ghosh Gurgaon, Haryana

13 Nila Madhab Panda New Delhi

14 Sumer Verma Mumbai, Maharashtra

15 Syed Fayaz New Delhi

The fellowships will be announced at the Award presentation ceremony of Vatavaran on 24 November 2005 in New Delhi.