Sharad Devarajan

Sharad Devarajan Co-Founder, Graphic India Co-Founder, Liquid Comics Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School A superhero creator, entrepreneur and Professor, Sharad launched Graphic India as the culmination of his lifelong dream to create superheroes that unlock the unique creativity of India but appeal to audiences worldwide - transforming the perception of India from being an ‘outsourcer” to being ‘the source.’ He has created and produced over 200 animated TV/digital episodes and either published, edited or created over 300 comics and graphic novels. Most recently Sharad was Co-Creator and a Showrunner/Executive Producer of the first original animated series on Disney+Hotstar, “The Legend of Hanuman” which became the #1 Top Binged and Top Watched shows across all streaming platforms in India beating out all live action shows. Sharad is also a Producer on the live action film, “The Archies” for Netflix, which became the #3 international film for the platform. He also created, “Chakra The Invincible,’ with legendary icon, Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Hulk, The Avengers), an Indian superhero which premiered on Cartoon Network India. Sharad previously also worked with Marvel to create a new version of Spider-Man as an Indian boy growing up in Mumbai, transforming Peter Parker into Pavitr Prabhakar. “Spider-Man: India” was heralded as one of the industry’s first “trans-creations.” His character, Pavtir Prabhakar, was most recently featured in the latest Spider-Man film, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” which has become Sony’s highest grossing animated release. Previously he was Co-Founder & CEO of Virgin Comics (later renamed Liquid Comics), which he co-founded with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group where he launched comics and media projects with acclaimed talents including, Guy Ritchie, John Woo, Deepak Chopra, Nicolas Cage, Barry Sonnenfeld, Wes Craven and others. Sharad has also served for over a decade as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, teaching the popular classes, “Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship” and “Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality.” He holds a BFA from Syracuse University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.