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{{Short description|Indian animator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Binita Desai
| image = Binita Desai Faculty Portraits 1994 95.jpg
| caption = Binita Desai at the National Institute of Design Ahmedabad during her time as a faculty member in Visual Communication discipline.
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Animator|designer|educator}}
| employer = [[Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology|DA-IICT, Gandhinagar]], [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad]] (former)
}}

'''Binita Desai''' is an Indian animator, designer and a professor who designed the animation programme for postgraduate studies at the [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad]] along with [[Nina Sabnani]], I. S. Mathur and R. L. Mistry.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lent |first=John A. |date=2009 |title=Animation in South Asia |url=https://www.academia.edu/6925842/South_Asian_Film_and_Media_Looking_for_Love_in_All_the_White_Places_A_Study_of_Skin_Color_Preferences_on_Indian_Matrimonial_and_Mate_Seeking_Websites |journal=Studies in South Asian Film and Media |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=104 |via=Academia.edu}}</ref> She is currently a professor at [[Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology]] (DA-IICT).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty {{!}} Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology |url=https://www.daiict.ac.in/faculty-details/244 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.daiict.ac.in}}</ref>

== Life and work ==
Desai graduated from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] where she completed her BFA in Applied Arts. She then joined the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad post her graduation with her friends Nina Sabnani and Chitra Sarathy in 1980 where she attended an animation workshop conducted by Claire Weeks. Post this, she was invited to stay at NID and trained with Roger Noake under the [[United Nations Development Programme]] training program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akshata |title=20 years of NID : Presentation by Binita Desai at the Chitrakatha 2007 Festival {{!}} All About Animation |url=http://allaboutanimation.com/events/20-years-of-nid-presentation-by-binita-desai-at-the-chitrakatha-2007-festival/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> During this time, she made two films ''Cirrus Skies'' (1984) and ''Patang'' (Kite, 1984). The former film depicted the changes observed in the sky's cloud formations. Whereas, the latter film traced the movement of a kite through the eyes of its flier.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bendazzi |first=Giannalberto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0azMCgAAQBAJ |title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets |date=2015-10-23 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-317-51991-1 |pages=390 |language=en}}</ref> In 1985, Desai, along with Nina Sabnani, I. S. Mathur and R. L. Mistry conceived a program for postgraduate studies in animation at NID. They became the first coordinators of the program.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prakash Moorthy |url=http://archive.org/details/animatingindians00prak |title=Animating an Indian story, Ramanlal Mistry |last2=Mistry |first2=Ramanlal |date=2005 |publisher=National Institute of Design |others= |isbn=978-81-86199-53-4 |pages=73}}</ref> A two and a half year advanced entry programme was started in 1985 and a short one-year course was introduced next year.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lent |first=John A. |url=http://archive.org/details/animationinasiap00john |title=Animation in Asia and the Pacific |date=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |others= |isbn=978-0-253-34035-1 |location=Bloomington, IN |pages=203}}</ref> Along with their students, they created animated films that focused on educational and developmental topics like road safety, family planning, dowry, energy as well as literary and artistic themes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wanvari |first=Anil |date=2008 |title=India's animation boom |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA180063977&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=1787e0fc |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Gale General OneFile}}</ref> Desai also co-edited the magazine ''Young Designers'' from 1990 to 1994 which featured projects of graduating students from NID.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://14.139.111.216:8080/lib/item?id=chamo:32649&theme=nid |title=Young Designers: 1990-1991 |publisher=National Institute of Design }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Young designers, '91-'92 : graduates from the National Institute of Design |url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/library/publication/29792105 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Canadian Centre for Architecture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://14.139.111.216:8080/lib/item?id=chamo:32654&theme=nid |title=Young Designers: 1992-1994 |publisher=National Institute of Design }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She taught at NID until 1997 before working as a freelance designer till 2002. Since 2002, she is a professor at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar where she teaches graphic design and animation to undergraduate and postgraduate students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding Design {{!}} IITBombayX |url=https://www.iitbombayx.in/courses/understanding-design-1 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.iitbombayx.in |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704210517/https://www.iitbombayx.in/courses/understanding-design-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently, she has been a visiting faculty for the Character Design module and semester jury of the Animation Film Design course at NID Ahmedabad, most recently being in the 2019-20 academic year.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://nid.edu/download/AnnualReport/NIDAnnualReport_201920_En.pdf |title=59th Annual Report 2019-20 |publisher=National Institute of Design |pages=138, 162}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Nina Sabnani]]
* [[Ishu Patel]]
* [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{YouTube|id=IeSSF2-eSs0|title=Interview on Story of Indian Animation}}

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