title: Shalini Shah
text: # Shalini Shah
  
  Shalini Shah (b May 17) is a National Film Award-winning filmmaker; a film faculty member at Kumaun University; and the artistic-director/co-founder of the Kautik International Film Festival, Nainital, Uttrakhand.
  
  ## Awards
  
  Recipient of the National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film for her film 'From the land of Buddhism to the Land of Buddha'. Citation: For its realistic and pictorial depiction of the culture, traditions and socio-economic conditions of the Tibetans settled in India.
  
  ## Member of the Jury
  
  * 49th National Film Awards
  * IFFI-2005
  * Chalachitram National Film Festival-2020
  