JAGDISH TAID
Founder & Creative Director, SCILL
Visual Storyteller | Educator | Filmmaker
About Jagdish Taid
Jagdish Taid is the Founder and CEO of SCILL (Skill Craft & Imaginative Learning Lab) — an innovative educational initiative dedicated to enhancing creative learning and imagination among students through audio-visual and media-based education.
He holds a Master’s Degree and an M.Phil in Economics from Pune University, along with a Diploma in Filmmaking and Television Production from the Zee Institute of Media and Arts (ZIMA), Mumbai.
With over 15 years of professional experience in the film, advertising, and documentary industry, Jagdish has worked extensively across Mumbai, Pune and Assam, contributing to numerous creative and educational media projects. He has also collaborated as a video contributor on documentary assignments with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald, gaining valuable global insights into storytelling and visual communication.
Jagdish currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Mising Lutad News — a digital news platform in Assam — where he has spent over eight years producing multilingual news content in Mising (tribal language), Assamese, and Hindi. His work bridges language diversity with digital media, giving voice to regional stories and perspectives.
Beyond his media career, Jagdish has dedicated over nine years to teaching and academic development across reputed educational institutions in India. He has served as a Senior Faculty Member at Cinecraft Academy of Film & Television, Pune, and has conducted numerous creative learning workshops and media sessions in leading schools, including The Kalyani School, The Abhishek International School, and several others.
Through his dual experience in education and media, Jagdish has witnessed firsthand how progressive schools in metropolitan cities integrate creative workshops, visual learning, and skill-based programs to prepare students for a rapidly evolving digital world.
With SCILL, he envisions bringing this transformative learning approach to the Northeast region and beyond, empowering schools and students to develop imagination, creativity, and media literacy — nurturing the thinkers, creators, and leaders of tomorrow.
JAGDISH TAID - “Crafting Creativity. Framing Futures.”
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