Festival Director

Anu Vittal is an entrepreneur, visual artist and active community leader. CEO of AVittal Consulting, A certified ISO - 9001 Auditor and Six Sigma specialist, she is owner of Artescape Anua in Mississauga. Recipient of the Top 25 Can Immigrant Award, she serves as President of the M AS, director at Artsmarketing Services, PfC programs, Access Employment and Sampradaya Dance Creation.

Vendor Co-ordinator

R. Kamdar is senior community activist and sales coordinator for many events in and around GTA. He is responsible vendor's booth sales, allocation and management for the festival. Please contact him at 416-858-1942 to book your spot.

Programming Director

Sumit Ahuja is a events production PR specialist and CEO of Mediaworks Inc. A banker by profession, Sumit is an events manager by passion! With a degree in events management Sumit is pioneering member of Mosaic team and also contributes towards marketing and community outreach for the festival.

Security & Protocol Co-ordinator

Viresh Mathur is an insurance professional, a community activist and recipient of QDJM. He is treasurer for CPLC 42 division in Toronto, Chair for CPLC community picnic and former youth justice councillor.

Web Developer

Paresh Khatri is a Bachelor in Computer Science and a graduate of Laurentian University, currently working as Senior consultant at local IT company and working towards SAP and PMP certification.Paresh supports Mosaic team with all web content development and management.

Festival Hospitality Coordinator

Rahim Jetha is an active member of art and cultural communities in Toronto. He was also the part programmer for Desi's Rock segment of the Festival. Rahim works as Hospitality coordinator and makes sure that overseas artist find Mosaic Festival home away from home.

Volunteer Coordinator

Trupal Goswami is a huge 'Leafs' fan, Trupal is currently studying chemistry at York University. He joined the mosaic team as a volunteer in 2007 and worked his way up to become the volunteer coordinator for the festival. He has helped develop an enviable team of volunteers that have served as the backbone of the festival training to become the next leaders of the festival.

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator

Dhruv Naik joined the MOSAIC family in 2008 as a volunteer and is recently appointed Assistant to the Volunteer Coordinator. Currently studying Hotel Management, Dhruv loves dancing and works as dance instructor and chorographer for Jadoo Entertainment Mississauga.

Logistics Coordinator

Arnav Gupta is studying Finance and Economics at the University of Toronto, he is also a Martial Arts Instructor for the City of Mississauga. Arnav has been a long-time volunteer for Mosaic and worked at various position and replaces outgoing Logistics coordinator for the Festival.

Assistant Coordinator for RTC

Farrell Tremblay assists the RTC festival Director in programming, marketing and backstage production for the Festival. He has served as RTC coordinator since 2012.

Festival Blogger

Ilmana Fasih is a Canadian of an Indian origin married to a Pakistani with an attitude of a world citizen. She advocates indo Pakistan peace as a keen observer of literary movements of IndoPak. She is a medical doctor from India and currently works with United Way of Peel, read her blog here.

Mosaic Volunteeres

This space is to acknowledge more than 100 dedicated and hardworking festival volunteers. Without these volunteers a festival of this calibre would not be possible.

Film Festival Director

Arshad Khan is a Canadian filmmaker. His films combine aesthetic sensibility and social conscience. He has recently worked as an art director on Deepa Mehta's film Midnight's Children. Khan brings a combination of insider industry knowledge and worldwide festival experience to MOSAIC.

RTC Festival Director

Ryan Tobin aims to take Rock the Coliseum to the next level as an independent music festival in 2014 and beyond. Ryan is a professional marketing, public relations and programming specialist and has worked within arts and culture in the G.T.A. as Executive Producer for the Beating Heart Festival, Marketing Manager for Inside Mississauga Magazine, Music Coordinator for the WORD project, A&R for Baudelaire Records, and Lead Booking Agent at the Duke of Marlborough and Marcello's.

Special Media

Lachman Balani is a global citizen who has studied and worked in several countries. Fluent in 5 international languages, an ardent lover of theatre, dance and music, he supports artistic community and activities both as a writer and a freelance journalist. He has dabbled in acting in theatre as well in many productions of Paul Bowles and the inimitable French designer Yves Saint Laurent. Lachman supports the festival with his marketing and outreach savvy and writes the best facebook taglines!!

Yoko Wikowitz and Black Umbrella

Official Festival Photographer

Jonathan & Rebecca Macias are GTA photographers capturing events, weddings and everything under the sun in the 416/905/519 area. They have been working with the festival as Volunteers since 2008 and became the team members in 2012 as official photographer team for the festival. 416-617-0068 / blackumbrellaphotography@hotmail.com

Pranay Ranjan is volunteer supervisor and a student at University of Waterloo.A big Football fan, guitar player and loved to involve in community work.He has been with the festival for 4 years as volunteer and now as supervisor, ensures that the festival is an enjoyable learning experience for the volunteers.

Ashwin Iyer is a basketball enthusiast and is currently studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He joined the Mosaic team in 2008 as a high school student volunteer and was recently appointed the role of Volunteer Supervisor.

Hunain Amir graduated from Father Michael Goetz secondary school in 2013. He loves to play video games and read books. Hunain joined the Mosaic team in 2010 and has been appointed the supervisor position this year.