Head of Animation, Whistling Woods International (Mumbai)

Gokul is a founding faculty member and currently heads the ‘Art & Technique of Animation’ course at Whistling Woods International, India’s premier film, animation and new media training facility.

First entering the CG industry as a computer programmer, Gokul has spent 12 years working the length of the animation pipeline and establishing himself as a leading Technical artist, supervisor and as a business, R&D, and technical consultant for various ventures. 

As the “Quality In Charge” for Jadooworks, Gokul oversaw a wide variety of television and advertising productions including Higglytown Heroes for Disney. In developing the studio’s high-end production capabilities, he spearheaded the setup of India’s first multi-OS render farm. Gokul founded and managed the studio’s in-house training facility. 

Having had the privilege of working alongside and learning his craft from some of the world’s greatest CG artists through online forums, he now extends his “never stop learning” mantra to his training and inspiration workshops and newly founded online community, CGTantra.