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 1977ESCAPE            TO NOWHERE ON DRUG ADDICTION
           BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY  AWARD   1985CHALLENGE 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 ANAND5 Part Series
THE LADAKH FESTIVALFEATURE
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 YEARdocumentary 
KARMALI TRIBEDoc in English Bangla and Hindi
   
CO PRODUCTION WITH FRENCH PRODUCER
                                                                                   
GHATS OF BENARES.documentary
SIKKIMdocumentary

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.