Chaitanya Chinchlikar is the Vice President & Business Head, Whistling Woods International and the Chief Technology Officer & Head of Emerging Media, Whistling Woods International.

Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted 2-decade career spanning the Film & Creative Arts industry. He is currently the Vice President & Business Head at Whistling Woods International – India’s premier Film & Creative Arts institute. He also serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the institute and heads the Emerging Media Department. 

Over the past decade and a half, he has been instrumental in the mainstreaming of Film & Creative Arts education in India and the evangelising of multiple emerging technologies into both the mainstream education at Whistling Woods, and into the Film, Communication & Creative Arts industry at large. 

He has also acquired a strong understanding of the world of Education as well as Film & Creative Arts industries, both in India & globally. He has written several papers & articles about the same & is an active speaker & presenter at key global Media & Entertainment, Technology & Education forums. He is also a key strategic advisor to several startups in the M&E, Technology and Education verticals.