[3][4] Both Mindy Kaling and Dev Patel signed onto the film as Executive Producers along with Andy Cohen, Anita Lee, Atul Gawande, Andrew Dragoumis and others.

[2] Pahuja's previous films include the Emmy nominated The World Before Her, the feature documentary Bollywood Bound and the three-part series Diamond Road.

[1] In 2014 Pahuja was invited to be a Resident Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center and later served on their arts selection panel from 2016-2020.

[10] Early in her Career, Pahuja worked as a researcher with Canadian filmmakers John Walker and Ali Kazimi.

After the 2012 Delhi gang rape case happened, Nisha became determined to screen her film The World Before Her across India in order to have an impact on women's rights and female foeticide and infanticide.

Later, Pahuja and her team traveled to 4 states working with NGOs and women's rights organizations screening the film in underserved communities and holding in depth conversations with various audiences.

The success of the Impact campaign convinced Pahuja of the importance of documentaries in creating social change at various levels.

Her third feature, The World Before Her earned Nisha an international following, winning awards along the festival circuit, including Best Documentary Feature and Jury Award Winner from the Tribecca Film Festival, Best Canadian Documentary from Hot Docs and TIFF's Canada's Top Ten.