A Ravi Shankar's Resume

A Ravi Shankar
New Delhi 110070 India	www.tvjournalist.net

SUMMARY

Working as Dean Journalism, "Futuristix Media Communication Center Pvt. Ltd.

Worked as Dean, "School of Convergence", Delhi for six years. Was awarded the "Cyber Star Silver Award", for being the best person from the School for the year 2002.

Conducted Workshops for major institutes and professional organisations including FTII Pune and Symbiosis

Awarded best B-School teacher award by Deccan Herald newspaper (2008)

Strategising a television channel in Myanmar

Worked in the Television Industry for over Eighteen years

Reported for 'EYEWITNESS' - a popular weekly Current Affairs Programme in India for five years.

Produced a talk show - 'ON AIR' for Home TV.

Worked as a Producer with BBC Hindi TV and CNBC.

Hold a Diploma in BROADCAST JOURNALISM from the Thomson Foundation, University of Cardiff, UK.

M Phil in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Have proficiency in Video Editing, Shooting and Multimedia software

Directed and Produced Documentary Films

Written articles for national newspapers

WORK EXPERIENCE
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September, 2007 - Till Date Dean Journalism	Futuristix Media Communication Center Pvt. Ltd	New Delhi, India
Job involves conducting the Mass Communication course and designing and planning other short term courses, executive development programmes etc. Further promoting the organisation amongst prospective students and liaising with companies for their placements -
September 2001 - September 2007 Dean	School of Convergence	New Delhi, India
The job entailed teaching Television Journalism, working on the course structure & content, scheduling the different modules and coordinating with visiting faculty members. For the part-time courses that the institute conducts at St. Stephen's College, Sri Venkateswara College and Gargi College, Delhi, I used to teach Television Journalism Was awarded the "Cyber Star Silver Award", for being the best person from the School of Convergence in the year 2002 -
Nov. 2000 - Aug 2001 News Producer	CNBC TV - 18	New Delhi, India
The job entailed working at the editorial desk of CNBC India for its various programmes on Business and Markets. -
Feb 2000 - Oct 2000 Coordinator	ETV (Eenadu TV)	Hyderabad, India
My main responsibility was the editorial contents of the Morning Programme Hello India. The Programme is a compilation of offbeat stories from India and abroad and appears on ETV's Marathi, Kannada and Bengali Channels. -The other responsibilities included co-ordinating with various bureaus of ETV. Commissioning stories giving clear guidelines for the kinds of stories required and then script them once they were shot. Scripting of the anchor links and the general look of the programme was also my responsibility. -
July 1998 - Feb 2000	Sahara India Television	New Delhi, India
The job involved co-ordinating with various bureaus and keeping a tab of various developing stories within Delhi. Along with this I also Produced English News bulletins for the Channel -
April 1998 - July 1998	Freelanced	New Delhi, India
Produced a film for Jayco Watches on their new range of watches called Coral Produced a Corporate film for Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL) -
Feb 1998 - March 1998 Associate Producer	Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd.	New Delhi, India
Produced "FACE THE PRESS" for Home TV (A satellite channel covering the whole of India and parts of South Asia). The Programme was based on NBC's "Meet the Press" Programme in which two eminent journalists grill a politician. My role was that of a managerial one involving briefing technical and editorial staff. This included the Anchor, Participants, Researchers and the Technical Director of the Programme. I was also involved in its post- production. -
Jan 1997 - Jan 1998 Planning Producer	BBC Hindi TV	New Delhi, India
The job involved planning Feature stories, generating story ideas, co-ordinating with outstation stringers and providing them with suggestions to improve their stories. Along with this I used to produce a weekly international round up (Within the bulletin but with its own sting and changeovers). -
November 1995 - December 1996 Associate Producer	Home TV	New Delhi, India
I was responsible for the editorial contents of the programme in terms of topic selection, briefing Researchers, scripting and post- production. -
November 1990 - October 1995 Correspondent	Hindustan Times Television (Eyewitness)	New Delhi, India
Researching, interviewing, scripting, voicing the stories, directing the Cameramen and Video Editors. The stories on an average used to be of 8-10 minutes duration on varied topics. For these, I have interviewed more than 400 people from all walks of life. The stories include political analysis; human-interest stories, business stories, sports and cinema based stories. I have covered the situations in Kashmir, Assam and Punjab when they were under the grip of militancy. I was in Latur to cover the earthquake (Killing 10,000 people) in 1993 and the train accident in Firozabad in 1995 when nearly 300 people died. I have also profiled Azharuddin (Former Captain of the Indian Cricket Team), Kamal Haasan (Oscar Nominated Actor), Vishwanathan Anand (Indian Chess Grandmaster) and many other famous personalities. -

FIELD WORK

FREELANCE ASSIGNMENTS

2005 Directed and produced a documentary film for Public Service Broadcasting Trust called "Seeing Freedom".

2005 Was the Executive Producer of the documentary "University of Delhi - A Haven of Learning". This is the first documentary made on the university in its eighty two years of existence.

2003 Was the Executive Producer of 'IDIOT BOX OR THE WINDOW OF HOPE" a documentary film on Indian Television and social responsibility. This documentary was produced for the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT).

2003 Was the Additional Director for 'IN ESSENCE' a Documentary on the fundamentals of various religions being produced by award winning documentary film maker Savyasaachi Jain.

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
2008 Working as a consultant with AIBD in strategising Myanmar's MRTV 4 channel. This is an information and educational channel.

2007 Was part of a team of professionals involved in training the new employees of a Telugu News Channel NTV in Hyderabad.

2006 Directed a workshop on Latest techniques and skills in Television Journalism for Indian Information Service Officers at the internationally renowned Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.

2004 Was involved in the workshop conducted for the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on facing the media for senior management of the organisation by the School of Convergence.

2002 Conducted a module on facing television interviews and another on countering negative publicity for the public relations personnel of 20-20 Media.

2001 Conducted a two Day Television Journalism workshop for students of Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, Pune.

EDUCATION
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July 2006 - August 2008	Madurai Kamaraj University	Madurai, India
M Phil Mass Communication and Journalism -
2004 - 2005	Madurai Kamaraj University	Madurai, India
M A Journalism and Mass Communication -
June 1996 - September 1996	Thomson Foundation, Cardiff University	Cardiff, United Kingdom
Diploma Broadcast Journalism -
May 1994 - July 1994	National Institute and Film and Technology	New Delhi, India
Diploma T V Presentation -
July 1992 - June 1993	Annamalai University	Annamalai, India
Post Graduate Diploma Business Administration -
July 1986 - June 1989	University of Delhi	New Delhi, India
Bachelor of Arts Mathematics -

SKILLS

1) Training in Television Journalism
2) News Production
3) Documentary Films Production
4) News Reporting
5) Understanding of India
6) Production (Studio Based shows)
7) Television Interviewing skills
8) Research
9) Good contacts and Network in India

INTERESTS

1) Training people
2) Meeting people
3) Analysing and researching an issue and topic

AWARDS AND HONORS

1) Chevening Scholar
2) Best B-School teacher and Jury award instituted by well-known daily - Deccan Herald
3) Cyber Star Silver Award from former employer "Cyber Media Ltd"

TRAINING

A good knowledge of various computer software including Adobe Photoshop and MS office and a working knowledge of Adobe Premiere and AVID non-linear editing software

PUBLICATIONS

Article in "Indian Express", "Impact", "Deccan Herald" and "Pioneer" on Television in India
www.tvjournalist.net

RESEARCH

Impact of Television News on Indian Audience

LANGUAGES KNOWN

English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu

KEYWORDS

Television Journalism Trainer, Teacher, Professor Broadcast Journalism, Professor Television Journalism, Television Producer, Television Journalist, Television Reporter, Documentary Director, Producer

A Ravi Shankar's Resume (Last updated October 14th 2008)