Nayanika is an animator, illustrator and storyteller from India.
She pursued a BA in political science after which her interest in social and political narratives grew as a Fellow at the Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University. She created photo stories, documentaries and animated news explainers as a multimedia journalist at ThePrint.in. She has worked as a motion graphics designer for advertising campaigns.
She has been featured on Gal-Dem, Content Free and Homegrown.in. She is also a contributing author-illustrator for a graphic novel anthology by RCA students called ‘Sanitiser on Toast’.
In her free time she loves to annoy her dog, Stark, and attempts impossible CrossFit workouts.