for Educational Technology is very popular amongst the many generations of Indians. The CET, NCERT projects equipped her to later continue research on the field of education and on using media for development. After her retirement from NCERT, Vijay took up a benchmark survey of distance education in Indian universities and collected data from 23 (out of the 25) universities that were then providing such education. This work was finished in 1983. The next 3 years, Vijaya worked as the Project Coordinator at the University Grants Commission and was responsible for the program Countrywide Classroom for undergraduates. From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: images of India in International Films of the 20th century While going through some of Louis Malle's letters Vijaya realised how India had changed him. Similar experiences of Jean Renoir while making The River, and Roberto Rossellini prompted her to find out what about India excites and motivates the non-Indians, especially the filmmakers. From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: India in International Cinema was released by Seagull books in August 2008 and by the University of Chicago Press the same year. Excerpt from the first chapter of 'From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi' The little Gangotri, from where the river Ganga (the Ganges) emerges is a small rill; it becomes the majestic river Ganga as more rivers join it to expand its basin and flow. My project too has followed a similar path and has become bigger and bigger though unlike Ganga, it is neither majestic nor holy. I look upon this study as a personal journey of a film buff to understand what India meant to different people at different points of time as expressed in films. Accolades The Government of India honoured Vijaya Mulay with the V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement for documentaries at the Mumbai International Film Festival – MIFF, 2002. Vikram Sarabhai Life Time Achievement award for educational communication in 1999. President of the Federation of Film Societies of India. Led the Indian Educational Technology Mission to the USA in 1975. Member Secretary of the Education commission for Goa and other former Portuguese territories in 1962. Developed a multimedia package through SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) for training of more than 48,000 primary school teachers. Widely considered to be a path-breaking program in the area of educational technology. Several of her films received National awards and awards at