Nalin Bakhle
Director, Department of International Affairs
Nalin manages international affairs and outreach from his base in Toronto, Canada. He began his career in Mumbai in advertising account management at JWT/Contract, O&M and Edge/Saatchi & Saatchi on several blue-chip accounts like Cadbury’s, Raymond Woollen Mills, IMRB, and Richardson Hindustan (P&G). In 2002 he moved into broadcast journalism and communications including 12 years of experience as a news magazine producer at Rogers Media/Omni TV in Toronto playing a key role in establishing diversity programming with a focus on university arts and science initiatives. More recently he served as Director of Media & Communications at SRM AP University developing key messaging and branding strategies. He earned an MFA from USC school of Cinema-TV in Los Angeles followed by projects in educational instruction and scriptwriting with production houses in Los Angeles, Mumbai and Toronto. He is a graduate of Scindia school in Gwalior.