Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nov 2018 – Nov 2021 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jul 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Live broadcast report on Indian financial markets & corporate news for Beijing based CCTV

Jun 2014 – Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Host Corporate Events & Anchor panel discussions and forums on digital, technology and HR
• related subjects and themes.

Apr 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Project – Documentary for National Geographic Channel titled “Mangalyaan – India’s Mission to Mars”
• Responsible for research, interviews, filming, directing and post production of the film. The documentary was focused on the historic journey and challenges of India’s space agency ISRO and its maiden mission to Mars. (Bangalore and Delhi)
• Project – Food based reality show for STAR Network channel – Life OK, titled “Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki – Season 2”
• Responsible for overall production, execution, casting and budgeting. Managed a 100+ film crew, scriptwriters, production and filming team.
• Project – Documentary for National Geographic's ‘Megastructures’ Series
• Responsible for research, interviews, filming, directing and post production of the film centered on the engineering challenges of building Terminal 3 at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in a record time period.
• Project – XSEED English Story Friend Series for idiscoveri
• Anchored/hosted a series of 10 episodes of XSEED English Story Friend – an English teaching video series for 6 – 7 year olds.

Oct 2011 – Jul 2012 · 9 mos · Mumbai

• Editorial Management/ Content Creation: Managed prime-time evening news shows with teams across India.
• Corporate programming and ideating key issues for discussion and debate.
• Liaising with newsroom and on-field reporters and producers for news content.
• Produced mid-day programming, which bridged stock market programming and the day’s leading corporate and political news events.
• Anchoring: Evening Prime Time News Anchor
• Anchored 8PM (Business Primetime) and 9 PM (Profit at Night) news shows and 5 pm news bulletins.
• Anchored “Profit This Week” – A weekly news magazine format show with a detailed report of the top 4 – 5 headlines of the week. From the basics to the details of the news developments through the week – A show that updates the viewer with all the business news he /she may have missed through the week and provides a heads up on the key events and its significance next week.
• Anchored “We Mean Business” – a prime time one hour discussion format show with influential panelists from the business world, civil society and political circles taking up topical debates and issues that impact policy making and shape the business environment.
• Production: Worked within a team to build news content and decided upon how the day’s news is showcased and packaged
• Produced afternoon corporate shows and summaries of the day’s trading session.
• Identified news and corporate stories to develop for evening shows.
• Produced Profit This Week – a weekend business magazine format show.

Sep 2008 – Sep 2011 · 3 yrs · Mumbai

• As Principal Correspondent I was part of the core reporting team at ET Now which entered the market at a time when the Times Group wanted to take market share away from CNBC India.
• Was given an anchor/ reporting position and went on to take a senior role on the production desk over and above my anchoring and reporting responsibilities.
• Editorial Management/ Content Creation: Managing multiple day-time and prime-time evening news shows with teams across India, Hong Kong, London and New York.
• Worked in partnership with a global Thomson Reuters news team with the aim of creating a highly rated daily half-hour global news programme aired at prime time.
• Producing mid-day programming that acts as a bridge between stock market programming to the day’s leading corporate and political news events.
• Anchoring: Day time and evening prime time news anchor.
• Anchored highly-rated 1PM, 4PM (market close) and 5PM news bulletins.
• Anchored Global Business Report (GBR). A unique LIVE daily show anchored by myself in Mumbai with Thomson Reuters reporters and guest analysts in Hong Kong, London and New York.
• Substitute prime time 9PM and 8PM anchor.
• Production: Worked within a team to build news content.
• Creating new segments such as ‘Corporate Pulse’ and ‘Globe on the Move.’
• Ability to produce, anchor and build rundowns for any show across the channel from live markets, global show, business day, and commodities.

Sep 2005 – Sep 2008 · 3 yrs · Mumbai , India

• Part of the channel’s core team that set up consumer awareness.
• Reporting:
• Covered aviation and hospitality sectors.
• Covered real estate and property markets during India’s property boom.
• Reported, researched & launched a new show on Property & Investments – High Rise.
• Reported for the show “Portfolio” - a weekend show on investment assets/avenues.
• Anchoring:
• News bulletins.
• Weekend property show - a weekly segment on High Rise dealing with Property mkt trends and Property price movements.
• Anchored episodes of Property Czars – a walk-the-talk format show.
• On-location (loc-spec) investment summits.
• Production:
• Real estate ‘Mall Management’ show from London.
• Produced Wealth Maximisation Camps across cities.

Apr 2005 – Sep 2005 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Scripting and recording interactive Voice Recognition Services
• Movie reviews, news, top-ten countdowns on website
• Conceptualized, scripted mobile games.
• Interacted with corporate clients; Tata Indicom, Airtel & Hutch