Hirek Shah is a concept artist and Illustrator from Pune, Maharashtra. He has worked for leading studios and titles including UTV Toonz and Toonz Animation India.

He was one of the lead faculty in Animation & Gaming at DSK Rubika India – and prior to joining Strate was the Art Director at BYJUS.

Kuch kuch hota hai- worked in movies, passionate about animation – multitalented

Hirek has vast experience in teaching a variety of modules like Sketching, Z-Brush, Character Design, Storyboarding, Concept Environments, Concept Art, Composition, Animation and Perspective Drawings.

His passion is to teach and believes he can teach any age group. He brings his vast and varied design education experience to Strate School of design.