Our journey
Virtual Bharat was envisioned with the intention to seek out stories that often remain unseen and unheard. Founded by filmmaker Bharatbala (known for Vande Mataram – Maa Tujhe Salaam), the idea slowly grew into an evolving collection of a thousand short films, each film narrating the story of a single fragment of India’s lived reality. Over the years, a young team of storytellers, equipped with the most evolved and advanced filmmaking technology, has travelled deep into India with Bharatbala, documenting hundreds of stories of art, culture, history, and ancestral wisdom, often in places and communities that rarely find a voice, face or representation. The stories that are narrated are contemporary in voice, have a modern outlook while retaining ancient India’s true colours. What has emerged so far is not just a body of work, but a living, growing effort that continues to preserve and carry forward the many inheritances that shape who we are, even as the journey moves forward.
Our Vision
To create the largest digital repository of human stories. #IndiaOnTheCloud
Our Mission
Engage, educate and entertain young minds with contemporary, experiential, knowledge-led content that preserves, upholds, and builds India’s diverse cultural wealth and wisdom.
Create grassroots cultural impact.
The Board
Lata Krishnan is an experienced Board Director and investor, serving on public and private boards, including Stanford Healthcare and the Accion Opportunity Fund. She is the Founder and Co-Chair of the American India Foundation and Managing Partner of Shah Capital Partners. Passionate about storytelling, she was Executive Producer of the award-winning film “Fremont”
Dr. Venkat Srinivasan is the Founder and Managing Director of Innospark, with deep expertise in AI, computational algorithms, and multiple domains like finance and accounting. He has founded several AI-led startups, including eCredit and Rage Frameworks, and holds 8 patents with over 30 published research papers. Venkat is also the author of “The Intelligent Enterprise in the Era of Big Data”
Bharatbala, as a founder of Global Indian Collective, has envisioned a platform nurturing young talent to create a thousand short films for Virtual Bharat, a digital archive of India’s lesser-known stories. As curator, creative director, and producer, he’s shaping a cinematic collection of stories that reveal India’s hidden wealth of culture, traditions, art, heritage, history and more. These films have sparked a cultural dialogue between India and its American diaspora, building bridges between shared roots and new horizons.
Our Vision
Virtual Bharat is a digital vault of India’s diverse culture. The intention is to have a cultural exchange enabled by experimental content. To have film makers, editors, writers and sound designers all come together to tell a story with an open space. Turning into a complete creative Adda of collaborative talent that aids creative innovation in the new digital space. The mission is to preserve wisdom, make culture relevant and inspire change via content that entertains and educates.