Overview
Portrait of Many Faces is a documentary that captures the lives of IIT Madras BS Degree students from vastly diverse social, economic, and geographic backgrounds across India. Through intimate journeys into their homes and everyday realities, the film traces how access to a rigorous, flexible education transformed their aspirations, confidence, and futures. Featuring 17 students as representative voices, the documentary becomes a collective portrait of the nearly 50,000 learners enrolled in the program revealing not just individual success stories, but a quiet revolution in Indian higher education.