• Royce Fellowship
Akshay
Rathod

Concentration 

Economics; International Relations

Award Year 

2009
Bollywood and the Emergence of an Urban Youth Culture

Faculty Sponsor: Patrick Heller​

Akshay explored how the emergence of an urban youth culture in India has affected Bollywood films since the mid-90s. While examining this youth culture, he identified the reasons for its influence, and the mechanisms through which it has shaped Bollywood industry, aesthetic, and film. Akshay is now an associate at the Pantheon Group at the Mumbai Office.

Akshay was a product manager at Kitchensurfing and Growth Advisor / Consultant at Startups in New York. He is currently the Director of Growth at Dia&Co.