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Creative FutureHear From The JudgesThe judges' task – picking out the 20 shortlisted finalists – was not an easy one. The interviews, which took place in June 2006 in Chennai and New Delhi, were conducted by a panel of experienced experts from the UK and India. The interview process with the 60 longlisted candidates included individual short interviews and presentations on the quality of thought process – how the idea was developed – and on context awareness – how the idea fits into the sub-sector.Creativeconomy.org.uk will be talking to the judges about the selction process, the Creative Future programme and their experiences, as well as about India's potential in the creative industries. The judges have included: Lee Corner is an independent consultant specialising in organisational development and human resource management. She has worked in the creative and cultural sectors for more than 25 years, and has devised specialist programmes of training and professional development which she now runs for individuals, groups and organisations across the UK, as well as in countries such as Mexico, Poland, Finland, Albania, Macedonia or Japan. Her recent clients include the Arts Councils (regional and national); The Artists’ Information Company; CIDA; darts; East Street Arts; Hull Time Based Arts; the NUJ; Public Art Forum; Public Art South West; Sheffield Media & Exhibition Company; Youth Music; and various city, unitary, county and district Local Authorities across the UK. Lee was elected Chair of Media Centre Network in 2003 and she also serves on the Creative Industries Advisory Panel of the British Council. Ramnath Narayanswamy is a Professor  in the Economics and Social Sciences Area
in the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His areas of interest include Business and Society, Spirituality and Self Development, Embedding Evolutionary Excellence and Creativity and Innovation.
He has a doctorate from the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris and was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Center for Russian and East European Studies of the University of Birmingham, and a Reader in the Center of Eurasian Studies of the University of Bombay. Dr. Ramnath has also published extensively in his domain. His current interests include creativity and innovation, spirituality and leadership. He is a Research Associate of the Chair in Ethical Management at HEC Montreal. He is part of a worldwide research initiative on Integral Leadership profiling the lives of one hundred leaders supported by the Chair. He is currently working on a book on Mahama Gandhi with Professor Thierry Pauchant of HEC Montreal.
Sanmit Ahuja currently heads the India Division at the Commonwealth Business Council that entails increasing India's trade and investment flows with other nations in addition to providing policy inputs to various Governments. He started his career in India in the technology sector before moving to New York in the nineties where he spent number of years working in the Commercial Insurance industry. He got an opportunity to locate to London in the year 2000 to work with all the music majors in the [seemingly glamorous] world of Music Publishing. His professional interests include globalisation, investment flows, government relations and diplomacy and a rather keen eye for branding organisations & nations. Sanmit holds an engineering degree in Electronics from University of Pune (India) and an MBA from London Business School. He also sits on the International Alumni Board of the school and advises on engaging with and mobilising professional networks worldwide. Anamaria Wills is the Chief Executive of the Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) which she co-founded with Lee Corner in 2000. CIDA aims to provide artists and creative entrepreneurs with professional development and business support, helping them to maximise their potential for earning from their creativity. Prior to that, she had worked in the creative sector for over 25 years, ranging from arts officer in Essex to Head of Marketing at the National Theatre. She was awarded the Theatrical Management Association national award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatrical Life in 1992. She is a founder member of Yorkshire’s Digital Cluster Steering Group; Chair of Skillscene, the national organisation developing a competency framework and work-based qualifications for people in the live arts; and is a member of the UK Government’s Task Group for Skills and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries Venkat Balasubramanian works with the Asian Heritage Foundation and has also worked with the National Council for Creative and Cultural Industry in India. Andrew Senior is the Head of the Creative Industries Unit at the British Council, and was Acting Head Arts and Creative Industries at the British Council in India. In this role, he managed the arts programme across the country and developed the new Creative Future project. The creative economy work of the British Council regularly takes Andrew to many of the 110 countries within the British Council’s network. The creative economy programme includes groundbreaking initiatives in technical assistance, around young creative entrepreneurs and in policy development. Programmes operate in 35 different countries worldwide. Before joining the British Council , Andrew worked as a consultant project manager and producer in theatre. His clients included the Royal Shakespeare Company and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Andrew read law at university and practised as a commercial solicitor for eight years. His experience in both the commercial world and in the arts meant that he was well placed to develop the British Council’s programme of work in the creative industries. [ top ] |
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