Aparna Raman | Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Aparna Raman

Area of Practice	Writer, Communications and Branding Professional, Storyteller, Story Hunter
Education	Post graduate (Literature and Classical Drama) Advertising and Design at Sydney and London (D&AD) Screenwriting at UCLA, California Kathalaya-certified Storyteller
Work Experience	Worked in the Advertising, Digital and Design industries in India and abroad Founder of a publishing house operating under India’s first by-kids-for-kids model Facilitated Media, Culture and Communication PG course at Symbiosis
Interest Areas	Branding; consumer psychology; media, culture & communication; information; people, places and cultures; writing – creative and commercial
Current Practice at Srishti	Branding, Media and Communication, Information Design, Visual & Sensorial Story making
Creative Practice and Outreach	Travel, communities, and culture: Untold Stories Terrain and Tales: narratives of habitat (Bannerghatta, the Wood Wide Web and the Hakki Bikki communities) Habitat Studies: Majuli Island, Assam Curator, Storylines – Archival of personal family narratives; The Neighbourhood Project
Recent Units facilitated	Unpacking Experiences Life on Earth – Compendium of Stories

Projects showcase:

STUDIO: UNPACKING EXPERIENCES

Students designed a virtual travel experience for travel enthusiasts — Students designed a virtual travel experience for travel enthusiasts; the intervention was to digitally transform contact-driven businesses such as Travel in Covid times

EXPERIENCE of simulating | recreating the anxiety of catching a train on time — Students design an EXPERIENCE of simulating | recreating the anxiety of catching a train on time or meeting a deadline with multiple obstacles. The students created a competitive environment between the two facilitators throwing in distractions as stress triggers.

PROJECT: LIFE ON EARTH – THE COMPENDIUM OF STORIES

FRIENDLY CRITTERS — Image from FRIENDLY CRITTERS Graphic Novel. This is a graphic novel to present bats in a more pleasing light and change the negative narratives around them in myths and stories.

FRIENDLY CRITTERS — Image from FRIENDLY CRITTERS Graphic Novel.