Divya Bhatia (IN)

Divya Bhatia is the Artistic Director and Producer of the Jodhpur RIFF, India's premiere roots music festival. He is also an independent artistic consultant and a music & theatre producer working across the performing arts. He has regularly worked with artists from across India and from England, Australia, Netherlands and Scotland. Divya is Artistic Director of Jaipur Virasat Foundation, initiator of the Jodhpur RIFF. He is also faculty at ATSA (ArthinkSouthAsia), New Delhi and visiting faculty at CSSD (Central School For Speech and Drama) in London, UK.

The Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival) is now in its eighth year and presents over 300 musicians and performers from across Rajasthan and around the world. It produces organic collaborations for the festival and for touring; it presents Rajasthani master musicians to the world; premieres new international artists in India and it always features a diversity of presentations from dawn to dawn, running 24 hours a day over 3 days every year in October. Jodhpur RIFF is an initiative of the Mehrangarh Museum Trust and Jaipur Virasat Foundation.