Uma Magal owns Fenugreek Productions, a boutique studio for media and film work, and training. She has master’s degrees in Political Science (University of Hyderabad) and Communication (JMI, Delhi), and an MFA (Temple University). She produced a PBS weekly series, “News 6”, taught film and media at San Francisco State and Temple Universities, and served on the boards of Asian Arts Initiative and Independent Film and Video Association in Philadelphia. She also served as faculty at COMMITS - Bengaluru, The University of Hyderabad, and Annapurna Film School. She made a documentary on theatre “The Players”, and has been active in theatre. 

Speaker @ HLF 2023, HLF Online 2022