[1] For his work in presenting cartoons at affordable price, Chilaka was conferred with an honorary doctorate of humane letters by the Academy of Art University, San Francisco in 2016.
He started working as a software engineer in Kansas City for three years, but in 2000 he switched courses to study animation at the Academy of Art University,[5] San Francisco.
According to a report in the Indian newspaper, The Hindu it is now "perhaps the largest animation production company in India that caters primarily to children.
Chilaka and his team made a series of four animated telefilms on the life of Krishna for the Cartoon Network, before its sister channel Pogo agreed to air their next project Chhota Bheem in 2008.
According to Chilaka, a few episodes into the telecast of Chhota Bheem, Pogo TV told him that due to the losses suffered the channel can no longer remain in air.
During the first three years of the series Bheem was 'if not out-rightly presented at least allowed to be thought of' as a reincarnation of legendary warrior prince Bhima from Mahabharata but later on the concept itself was modified to make the village of Dholakpur and its inhabitants more contemporary showing episodes featuring things as disparate and modern as Bollywood, trains, air-crafts etc.
[9] In January 2016, the feature film Chhota Bheem Himalayan Adventure written by Teja Pratap and Chilaka was released.