Filmmaker I Author I Entrepreneur

Vandana Kohli is a filmmaker and writer with an interest in the human mind, behaviour and efficiency.

Educated in Film, History and Commerce from the best schools in India, Vandana has won awards for excellence at each Institute including topping Delhi University.

She majored in Film Editing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and has attended the Professional Program for Producers at UCLA, Los Angeles.

Vandana has produced and directed the acclaimed documentary The Subtext Of Anger, among several other projects. Her production of the Indian National Anthem has over nine million views across social media.

She has written a weekly column ‘Mindscape’ for The Week magazine on mind-emotion-psyche, from 2012-2018, and conducts talks and workshops on Understanding and Managing Anger. She is the author of HINGE: (Re)Discovering Emotional and Mental Wellness, published in 2021, and continues to write articles for the Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times and Open magazine.

Vandana has served twice on the Jury for the National Film Awards (62nd and 66th), and on the Jury for the International Film Festival of India, 2024. She has been a Member of the Board of Governors for the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), from 2016-2019.

An accomplished musician, she has released two albums of Indian melodies on the piano with T Series.

She is the Founder-Director of Tulip Comfort Wear, an all-day stretch apparel line for women and men to travel-work-lounge in.