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.