Nila Madhab Panda is an Internationally acclaimed Film Maker and Producer. Panda has produced and directed over 70 diverse and cutting edge Films, documentaries and shorts. He was born on 18 October 1973 in Sonepur, Odisha, India. His schooling was also done with difficulty. In 1995, at the age of 22, Panda ran away from his house and moved to Delhi. He did odd jobs like cooking, household work and selling mobiles to earn a living in Delhi. However he managed to get a job as camera assistant which changed his life forever. He started learning film making and later earned Entrepreneurship from IIM too. In 1998, he founded a multimedia production house - Eleeanora Images. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the India Screenwriting Lab that produces quality scripts for movies. Till now he has produced and directed over 70 shorts, documentaries, television drama and films for television and NGOs. He has received numerous honours like United Nations Visual Media fellowship in 2002, Aravindan Puraskaram in 2011 for debut director, Odisha Living Legend Award, UK Film Fellowship and Excellence in media, Padma Shri Award in 2016. He has also received numerous film awards at Barbican London Children Film Festival, Minsk International Film Festival, Film festival of India, Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Cannes film festival and many more.