Tejas

  Not everyone gets to grow up in Konkan, India. The Paradise filled with beaches, jungles, mountains and rivers. A place which inspired the artist in me to paint landscapes as a kid, while sitting under the mango tree of our ancestral phansekar mango farms on the top of a hill. My father wanted me to pursue agricultural studies following our family tradition but I had other plans, aimed with a dream to study art where no one had even heard or dreamt,I came to Pune guided by my sister to study in Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya and did my foundation.This is where I heard of Sir. J.J. School of Art the land of artists in Mumbai. I got in with merit and soon took up illustration following my childhood passion, during the third year after winning a inter collage competition Vignettes for the brand Taj Holidays amongst all colleges I was awarded a internship with Ogilvy. Which opened a whole new world of advertising for me. After which I did my ATC Photography part time course for 1 year which led to me to becoming the finalist - CAG Filmmaker of the year, in the final year. later on I set out to work with TBWA\​ India on brands like Nissan, Adidas, Raymond, Standard chartered, Lavie, Datsun, IDFC and later on my favourite place Ogilvy & Mather,Mumbai to work on brands like Lenovo smartphone & laptop, Mumbai indians, TATA Sumo, TATA Safari, Nutrela, Dulcoflex, Cadbury perk, Kirloskar, Onida, Brooke bond, Reliance, Star, Vodafone, BJP. where we also won the Ogilvy Hero awards 2015.

"The psychiatrists say that everybody should have a hobby. The hobby I recommend is advertising."