Sharada Ramanathan is film director and thinker and writer in culture and Media.

Her debut feature film, SRINGARAM, won 3 Indian National Film awards and 2 Tamilnadu state awards. SRINGARAM also travelled to over 10 international film festivals and represented India in the Indian International Film Festival (IFFI, Goa).Sharada’s second feature, PUTHIYA THIRUPPANGAL (Twists of Fate), touches on the issue of child trafficking. Her documentary on Indian Classical Dance, NATYANUBHAVA , supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, has also been featured in several international film festivals.

Sharada been a member of several film-related juries including the Indian National Film Awards, the Indian International Film Festival of Goa and the International Film Festival, Macau. She was the first Indian to be on the Grand international jury for the Creative Business Cup, Denmark, 2013.

She was the State secretary (1984-91) and National Chairperson (1990-91), of SPIC-MACAY, an Indian national cultural organization. As a consultant, and subsequently a Program Officer with the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, (1991-2002), she was engaged with grassroots and international organizations in Culture and Media.

Sharada is published by leading Indian newspaper and journals and international publications such as The Hindu, and the Garimpo De Sulucoes, Brazil.

Sharada was a member of the International Advisory Group of the South-South Cooperation Unit, UNDP. Sharada is also a member of the international pool of experts, UNESCO.