Having studied communications media in Mumbai, India, after earning his B.A. in sociology / anthropology at St. Xavier’s College, Vasant Nayak gained extensive experience with photography and media in India prior to coming to the United States to earn his Master of Visual Arts degree from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.

Before the years when his talents were given full time to an online venture, Vasant Nayak had a promising career as a professor, digital artist, and photographer. He created and directed a master’s degree program in digital arts at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland; one of the first of its kind in the U.S. at that time. Vasant has participated internationally in numerous group and solo exhibitions of his work throughout his art career. After nearly a decade, he left his teaching career at MICA and took a hiatus from the art world.

Once financial success in business enabled the establishment of the MurthyNAYAK Foundation, Vasant has funded numerous photography related projects in the US and India, and is currently working on an online resource on Indian photography to launch in 2020.

He is making photographs again. India remains the source of his inspiration. Vasant says, although his body resides in the United States, his soul dwells in India, and his mind traverses between the two.