Join Jayanti Mahapatra as she Moderates a Women Panel on Animation & Vfx at IAD’26- Mumbai

🌟 INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY 2026 🌟

Speaker Announcement

We are delighted to welcome Jayanti Mahapatra, a global Learning & Development leader and former FX Artist, as a distinguished speaker at ASIFA India’s International Animation Day 2026.

With over 20 years of experience across some of the world’s most respected animation and visual effects studios, Jayanti began her career as an FX Artist at DreamWorks Animation and has since held leadership roles with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Animal Logic, DNEG, FOLKS VFX, and Pitch Black Group.

Her unique career journey bridges creative production, technology, talent development and organizational transformation. Having worked across North America, Australia and Asia, she has led initiatives focused on building learning ecosystems, developing future-ready talent, strengthening studio pipelines and helping organizations navigate industry change.

Most recently, Jayanti served as Global Head of Learning & Development at Pitch Black Group, working across multiple global locations. She is also recognized for her contributions to industry-academia collaboration, advisory boards, mentoring emerging talent and speaking on the future of skills, leadership, creativity and workforce transformation in the animation and VFX industry.

🎬 21 October 2026
⏰ 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 JB Hall, NFDC Campus, Mumbai

Join us for an inspiring gathering of global animation and VFX leaders, creators and professionals.

ASIFA India | International Animation Day 2026
🌍 Celebrating Animation • Creativity • People

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