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VIJAY KUMAR: The Man Behind Camera
GRADUATED IN FILM AND TELEVISION DIRECTION FROM THE WORLD RENOWNED FILM AND TELEVISION ACADEMY [FAMU], CZECH REPUBLIC.DID SPECIALISATION COURSE IN NEWS, SPORTS AND MULTI CAMERA ONLINE PRODUCTIONS FROM NORD DEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK, HAMBURG, GERMANY. JOINED THE EXCLUSIVE BAND OF HANDFUL OF PRODUCERS THE WORLD OVER BY PRODUCING OVER 4000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMES IN A SPAN OF 27 YEARS

PRODUCED DOORDARSHAN’S FIRST EVER :

1. LIVE TELECAST IN COLOUR

2. SATELLITE UPLINKING PROGRAMME via INSAT

3. MULTI VENUE MULTI SATELLITE CO PRODUCTION PROGRAMME “BEYOND WAR AWARDS” INVOLVING FIVE CONTINENTS

4. DD-BBC CO PRODUCTION “WORLD SAFARI” INVOLVING 17 VENUES IN 5 CONTINENTS.

5. SUNDAY MORNING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME AAP KE LIYE

OTHER PRESTIGEOUS PROGRAMMES PLANNED AND PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DOORDARSHAN :

FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN USA

FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN SOVIET UNION

FESTIVAL OF ARTS ‘APNA UTSAV’

ASIAN GAMES IN NEW DELHI IN 1982

ASIAN GAMES IN BEIJING IN 1990

OLYMPIC GAMES IN BARCELONA

WORLD CUP CRICKET IN 1987, INDIA

MRF WORLD CUP CRICKET 1989, INDIA

WORLD CUP TABLE TENNIS – NEW DELHI

WORLD WATER SPORTS - BOMBAY

WORLD HANG GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP - PALAMPUR

SOUTH ASIAN FEDERATION GAMES – KATHMANDU

NATIONAL GAMES at NEW DELHI, Trivandrum and PUNE

IAF FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATION

SOLAR ECLIPSE

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS OF INDIA

ELECTION ANALYSES AND BUDGET PROGRAMMES

PRODUCED OVER 3000 LIVE TELECASTS OVER DOORDARSHAN COMPRISING REPUBLIC DAY PARADE (1976 T0 1992), INDEPENDENCE DAY (1975 TO 1991) INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS, VISITS OF HEADS OF STATES TO INDIA. THESE TELECASTS INVOLVED MULTI CAMERA MULTI VENUE AND SOMETIME MULTI SATELLITE UPLINKINGS.

PRODUCED DOORDARSHAN’s MOST POPULAR AND WIDELY ACCLAIMED WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME “PERSPECTIVE” WITH MELVILLE de MELLOW AND NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF SPORTS “WORLD OF SPORT”.& SPORTS QUIZ.

AFTER SERVING DOORDARSHAN FOR 22 YEARS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, LAST BEING CHIEF PRODUCER NEWS, DOORDARSHAN, TOOK VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT IN 1994.

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD	1977	ESCAPE TO NOWHERE ON DRUG ADDICTION
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY AWARD	1985	CHALLENGE ON THE RIVER GANGES : RIVER RAFTING

DIPLOM DE VENEZIA (Italy)

WON SEVERAL AWARDS FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMMES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT’S APPRECIATION FEATURED IN THE LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS FOR HIGHEST HOURS OF PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY A TELEVISION PRODUCER.

ATTENDED VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVALS LIKE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL,VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, KARLOVY VARY FILM FESTIVAL, MANNHEIM FILM FESTIVAL,

FRANKFURT ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL, PENNANG FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL, WATERLOO FILM FESTIVAL.

MEMBER CIDALC JURY : VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
MEMBER:MEDIA ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT (Min OF Agriculture)
Member JURY : DOORDARSHAN AWARDS

PRODUCED/DIRECTED FOR DOORDARSHAN AS FREELANCE PRODUCER

KHADI KE VIKAS KI KAHANI	5 PART SERIES
SPORTING KASHMIR FIT FOR LIFE	5 Part Series 5 Part Series
BEST OF VISHY ANAND	5 Part Series
THE LADAKH FESTIVAL	FEATURE
THE UPHAAR FIRE	NEWS PROGRAMME
ROCK AND ENVIRONMENT	Documentary
NORTH EAST NEWSWEEK	Current Affairs Series
NORTH EAST LIFELINE	Series of Programmes on North
East VISIT INDIA YEAR	documentary
KARMALI TRIBE	Doc in English Bangla and Hindi

CO PRODUCTION WITH FRENCH PRODUCER

GHATS OF BENARES…	documentary
SIKKIM	documentary

FILMS FOR NGO CASP

BIMLA KI KAHANI

MEIN BHI EK AURAT HOON

PRODUCED FOR VARIOUS PRODUCTION COMPANIES

INDIA DECIDES –1998 , 76 HOUR LIVE ELECTION ANALYSIS

MAIN ONLINE PRODUCER/Executive Producer FOR DD-TV TODAY ELECTION ANALYSES 99 : AAPKA FAISLA and INDIA DECIDES.

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