Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari started her career with the leading advertising agency Leo Burnett where she won several awards like Cannes Lions, New York festival, One show, Promax, Goafest Etc. After getting critical success, she quit Leo Burnett to follow her passion for filmmaking. Her first short film ‘What’s for breakfast' won the Babasaheb Phalke National Award in the online best film category. She made her feature debut with the highly acclaimed Nil Battey Sannata and followed it by ‘Bareilly ki Barfi’ and ‘Panga.’ She was selected as one of the powerful women in 2016 in Femina & was even a part of Grazia women achievers 2016. In 2020 she was selected in Forbes magazine Self-made women of India. She has recently forayed into writing books and has made her debut with the novel: ‘Mapping Love’