Shri Mandar Digrajkar is an academic and industry professional with a strong interdisciplinary foundation in fine arts and cultural studies. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Sambhajinagar, and a Master’s degree in Indology from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune. He also earned a G.D. Art Diploma (equivalent to a degree) in Commercial Arts from Kolhapur, along with an Advanced Diploma in Computer Animation from C-DAC, Pune.
With over 14 years of professional experience prior to joining academia, Shri Digrajkar has contributed to a wide range of national and international films, television productions, and advertising projects as a VFX Supervisor. His core expertise lies in compositing for live action and animation projects, where he has played a key role in crafting high-quality visual effects.
In 2011, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, as an Associate Professor in the Television Graphics Department. Since then, he has been actively engaged in teaching, mentoring, and academic development of long-term as well as short term courses.
He is also a recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the National Film Archive of India (NFDC–NFAI), Pune, for authoring a monograph titled “Pramod Pati: A Forgotten Pioneer of Indian Animation.”
Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Television Graphics at FTII, Pune.