She was introduced to film while working as a production assistant on several documentaries and independent features in Mumbai, including TED fellow Shalini Kantayya’s documentary Chasing the Sun. A recipient of the Dean’s fellowship, Karishma is currently a thesis MFA student at the Graduate Film Program at NYU. Her recent short film Devi (Goddess) has been shown at a number of festivals around the world including the Short Shorts film festival in Japan and Edinburgh International Film Festival. Karishma intends to continue making films that challenge cultural assumptions, both about and within her country.