Nilima completed an MFA in documentary film and video at Stanford University. The films here include her student works, as well as more recent self-directed and client projects. Longer movies can be previewed here and here. Nilima also taught documentary film courses at the University of Vermont, more here .

Solid Threads, an original t-shirt brand specializing in vintage-inspired, clever and fun shirts, wanted to apply its aesthetic to support good causes. Splice Cream coined the term "Solidaritees" for the new fundraising venture, and provided design conceptualization/art direction, descriptive web copy, and NGO partnerships.

With the support of a Fulbright Fellowship, Nilima spent a year in India, filming and teaching at a cross-cultural home/school for 35 children. The Tent Village, along with a feature-length documentary, was developed during that time.

Clothes for those who love VT. 

Original, word-play designs that celebrate VT. “Digs” is slang for clothes, and “to dig" is “to love” (or tease, or dig in the dirt, which all fit the brand’s humor and nature-celebration themes).

In a former iteration, we co-created  the Reward Volunteers iPhone app and web-widget. Though it has evolved, the slide deck below right shows the original version, and the video to the right demonstrates a more current version of the program. 

Nilima has taught students — from first grade through college — from around the world, and in a variety of subjects. Nilima’s style focuses on project-based learning, which often includes community service. By tapping into learners’ innate curiosity and drive, Nilima elicits increased motivation, learning, and enjoyment.

This page highlights projects that support animals, and are driven from a pure sense of compassion to reduce suffering of sentient beings. Fortunately, helping animals — especially through not killing them for food — is inherently “win-win”, as it helps humans too. Because animal agriculture is a key driver of rainforest destruction and climate change, the more animals die, the more humans do as well, not to mention the ill health wrought by eating animals. Also, it’s inherently wasteful (and cruel) to breed, feed and water tens of billions of animals to feed to the global elite, instead of just providing food and water directly to people who need it.

With the support of a Fulbright Fellowship, Nilima spent a year in India, filming and teaching at a cross-cultural home/school for 35 children. Kail Yuga Chants is the feature-length film she shot there, while also co-creating a documentary short.

Along with integrating humor throughout Splice Cream projects, Nilima performs standup comedy and comedic story telling for entertainment, fundraisers, and to promote social causes related to animals, healthcare, and the environment.

Chalo, meaning "let's go" in Hindi is an app-based program to turn excess, detrimental spending into life-saving changes — for both "haves" and "have-nots".

The shirts on this page were all conceptualized by Splice Cream for Solid Threads.

To see three more designs that are also fundraisers for small organizations, click here.