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    Meet the Professor of Practice

    Sanjay Barnela

    Professor of Practice,
    School of Engineering & Technology

    Sanjay Barnela

    Position : Creative Director, STUDIO RASHOMON

    Email : sanjay.barnela@bmu.edu.in

    • Hunting Down Water (Documentary film on political economy of water)
    • River Taming Mantras (Documentary film on floods)
    • A Flaming Forest (conservation ideas on BRT Tiger Reserve)
    • Turf Wars: Conservation claims in the Great Himalayan National Park
    • Pastoral Politics (A film on Gaddi herders of Himachal Pradesh)
    • Conferred the Prithvi Ratna Award, 2014 for his body of work on environmental films
    • Best Documentary award for Hunting Down Water at VATAVARAN Wildlife and Environment Film Festival
    • Village of Dust, City of Water nominated for awards at WILDSCREEN Film Festival (also known as the Green Oscars)
    • Best Direction Award for Hunting Down Water at Festival du Cinema de Paris 2004
    • Best film on climate change award to “A Flaming Forest” 2024 at Film South Asia, Kasthmandu
    • Best Documentary award for Hunting Down Water at VATAVARAN Wildlife and Environment Film Festival