1. 1
INDRANEIL
BASU
[55,
Suraj
Apartments,
Suraj
Kund
Road]
|
[New
Delhi
-­‐
110044,
INDIA]
|
+919810575507]
|
[E-­‐
Mail]
EDUCATION
Graduated
in
B.A.
Economics
(Honours)
from
Delhi
University,
Delhi
in
2002
SKILLS
-­‐ Media
project
design
–
Creative,
Commercial,
Operational
&
Sales
-­‐ Project
management
-­‐ Business
Development
through
advertiser
/
sponsor
acquisitions
-­‐ Work
closely
with
ad
sales
teams
to
develop
editorially
led
content
as
per
sponsor
requirement
-­‐ Planning
annual
target
sustainability
and
responsible
for
P&L’s
for
both
verticals
WORK
HISTORY
[April,
2013
—
Present]
Vice
President,
Programming,
Auto
&
Technology
(NDTV
Group)
– Conceptualisation,
operational
design,
budgeting
and
execution
of
all
series
on
two
prime
time
bands
-­‐
Auto
&
Technology,
on
NDTV
Prime
with
special
focus
on
content
design
and
execution
and
advertiser
/
sponsor
acquisitions.
(http://prime.ndtv.com/)
– Individual
band/
show
ident
visualisation
and
execution
for
distinct/
standalone
identities
– Digital
content
planning
for
www.ndtv.com
and
affiliates
(carandbike.com
and
gadgets360.com)
for
all
Auto
and
Tech
series
– Team
Lead
for
all
special
events
in
the
Auto
and
Tech
band
–
Unicorn
Start-­‐Up
Awards
(yet
to
be
aired),
Annual
Car
and
Bike
Awards
at
the
BIC
(F1
circuit),
Gadget
Guru
Awards.
– OAP
strategy
and
design
for
all
sponsored
series
on
Auto
and
Tech
bands
and
special
series
– Content
planning
and
team
lead
for
all
sponsor
interactions
• Mercedes
Benz
presents
GLA
Adventures
series:
https://youtu.be/HIG4PljcuTE
and
http://auto.ndtv.com/glaadventure/
• Unicorn
Start
Up
series:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/tech/unicorn-­‐chasing-­‐the-­‐start-­‐up-­‐
dream/unicorn-­‐chasing-­‐the-­‐startup-­‐dream-­‐390047
• Hyundai
Getaway
series:
http://www.carandbike.com/videos/east-­‐coast-­‐getaway-­‐319681
• Skoda
Getaway
series:
http://www.carandbike.com/videos/step-­‐out-­‐of-­‐bengaluru-­‐for-­‐a-­‐quiet-­‐
getaway-­‐353407
• Volvo
XC
Adventure
Reality
series:
http://www.carandbike.com/xc-­‐adventure-­‐4-­‐tv-­‐show
(Nominated
for
Best
TV
Reality
series,
2014)
• JLR
Expedition:
http://auto.ndtv.com/videos/cnb-­‐bazaar-­‐buzz-­‐land-­‐rover-­‐jungle-­‐expedition-­‐toyota-­‐
camry-­‐facelift-­‐and-­‐goodyear-­‐s-­‐new-­‐tyre-­‐range-­‐365779
• Car
&
Bike
awards:
http://sites.ndtv.com/cnbawards/
• Unicorn
Start-­‐Up
Awards
2016:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/tech/unicorn-­‐chasing-­‐the-­‐start-­‐up-­‐
dream/ndtv-­‐unicorn-­‐start-­‐up-­‐awards-­‐2016-­‐425531
(event
happened
on
29/07/16))
• Next
Big
Online
Business
Idea
series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X5UNsAncOA
• Perfect
Body
Built
By
Tech
series:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/tech/the-­‐perfect-­‐body-­‐built-­‐by-­‐
tech/sculpt-­‐the-­‐perfect-­‐body-­‐using-­‐technology-­‐313968
(Won
Best
TV
show
packaging
in
the
2016
NT
Awards)

2. 2
[Oct,
2010
—
April,
2013]
Supervising
Producer,
Special
Projects
(NDTV
Group)
Concept,
operational
design
and
execution
of
NDTV
special
projects
and
events.
OAP
strategy
and
broadcasting
partnerships.
All
properties
listed
below
were
sponsored
CSR
initiatives.
– University
Cricket
Championship
(TOYOTA)
-­‐
All
India
inter
university
championship
in
collaboration
with
BCCI.
Held
in
6
cities
across
the
country,
simulcast
on
Star
Sports
HD
and
Doordarshan.
Team
lead
for
all
TV
and
on
ground
logistics
and
coordination
with
the
match
operations
team.
– Save
Our
Tigers
(AIRCEL),
a
one
of
its
kind
social
campaign
(12
hour
telethon)
to
raise
awareness
about
the
tiger
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
as
the
brand
ambassador.
Team
lead
for
the
first
and
the
second
telethon.
Save
Our
Tigers
Telethon
Year
1:
http://tiger.ndtv.com/videoseason1.aspx?id=182568
Amitabh
Bachchan
special:
http://tiger.ndtv.com/videoseason1.aspx?id=182028
Purab
Kolhi
&
Dia
Mirza
special:
http://tiger.ndtv.com/videoseason2.aspx?id=237797
Special
poem
dedicated
to
the
tiger:
http://tiger.ndtv.com/videoseason1.aspx?id=182024
RRU
episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGh49STlCtQ
– Conceptualised
and
story
boarded
the
Save
Our
Tigers
“Running
Tiger”
promo
(link
attached)
which
later
won
Gold
at
the
PromaX
BDA
Asia
in
2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjGyx59jNH4
– Greenathon
(TOYOTA),
a
26
part
series
that
helped
raise
environmental
awareness
culminating
in
a
24
hour
telethon
to
raise
funds
for
solar
powered
villages.
Rahul
Bose
episode:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-­‐special-­‐ndtv-­‐india/video-­‐story/199582
Priyanka
Chopra
episode:
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-­‐special-­‐ndtv-­‐india/video-­‐story/200921
– Freewheeling:
Hybrid
Horizons
with
the
Toyota
Prius
in
Japan.
A
5
part
automotive
series.
– Support
My
School
(COCA
COLA),
an
initiative
to
keep
the
girl
child
in
schools
post
puberty,
culminating
in
a
12
hour
telethon
to
raise
funds
to
build
toilets
for
young
girls
in
school.
[August,
2006
—
October
2010]
Senior
Producer,
Project
Design
and
Creative
Director
(NDTV
24x7)
– Conceived
and
produced
the
highly
acclaimed
news
daily
“The
Buck
Stops
Here”
with
Barkha
Dutt,
then
Group
Editor,
NDTV
Network,
on
NDTV
24x7
in
2009.
This
included
project
design,
story
telling,
visualisation,
packaging,
content
and
set
design
for
the
original
series.
– Reportage
and
Field
Production
with
Barkha
Dutt
on
–
Including
the
Kashmir
stone
throwers
(2010),
India
general
elections
2009,
Kashmir
elections,
Tamil
Nadu
and
Gujarat
elections,
26/11
Mumbai
attacks
(2008),
Ahmedabad
twin
blasts
(2008),
Pakistan
Presidential
election
coverage
(2008),
Benazir
Bhutto
assassination
in
Larkana,
Pakistan
(2007),
Mumbai
bomb
blasts
(2006)
,
Vadodara
riots
(2006).
Our
Ahmedabad
attacks
coverage
got
us
the
ASIAN
TELEVISION
AWARDS
(2009,
SINGAPORE)
for
best
on-­‐
field
coverage.
– Supervising
Producer
on
politician
NK
Singh’s
book
launch
in
LSE,
London,
moderated
by
Barkha
Dutt.
– Producer,
landmark
interviews
with
Salman
Rushdie,
Priyanka
Gandhi
(exclusive
one
off),
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Nawaz
Sharif,
the
Late
Benazir
Bhutto,
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Cricketer-­‐Politician
Imran
Khan,
Nita
and
Mukesh
Ambani,
P
Chidambaram,
Pak
PM
Shaukat
Aziz,
VS
Naipaul
etc.
– Producer,
Reality
Bites,
a
hardline
documentary
based
show
on
current
affairs
with
Barkha
Dutt.
– Location
Producer,
NDTV-­‐BBC
joint
production
of
the
SAARC
Summit
from
Colombo,
Sri
Lanka
(2007).

3. 3
– Location
Producer,
NDTV
Geo
TV
joint
production
for
Independence
Day
(2007)
from
Dubai,
U.A.E.
– Special
Edition
Producer
for
Barkha
Dutt's
‘We
The
People’
–
including
100
years
of
the
Indian
Military
Academy,
and
75th
birthday
of
HH
Dalai
Lama
in
Dharamsala.
– Producer
Breaking
News
–
among
them
the
Munabao-­‐Khokrapar
train
route
opening
(2006),
Amritsar-­‐
Pakistan
bus
journey
(2006),
opening
of
the
trade
route
between
India
and
China
through
Nathula
(2006)
etc.
[June,
2003
—
Aug,
2006]
Producer,
Programming
(
NDTV
24x7)
Heading
in-­‐house
projects
,
overall
quality
and
commercial
(budget)
control.
– Supervising
producer
,
award
winning
series
“Jai
Jawan”.
A
series
which
involved
eminent
personalities/
film
stars
visiting
jawans
in
the
three
wings
of
the
defence
force
at
locations
they
were
deployed
in.
Some
highlights
were:
Aishwarya
Rai
with
the
Indian
Army
in
Siachen
Base
Camp
Shah
Rukh
Khan
with
the
Indian
Army
in
Amritsar
Aamir
Khan
with
the
Indian
Army
in
Ladakh
&
Kargil
Salman
Khan
with
the
Indian
Navy
in
Goa
Sushmita
Sen
with
the
Indian
Navy
on
the
INS
Viraat
(off
the
coast
of
Mumbai)
Hrithik
Roshan,
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Ritesh
Sidhwani
(Lakshya
team)
with
the
Indian
Army
in
Jammu
Cricketer
MS
Dhoni
with
the
Indian
Air
Force
in
Jaisalmer
– Producer
and
Creative
Director
-­‐
“Cell
Guru”,
a
technology
show
on
NDTV
24x7
in
2006.
– Supervising
Producer
–
Walk
the
Talk
,
NDTVs
longest
standing
current
affairs
chat
show.
Anchored
by
eminent
Journalist
Shekhar
Gupta.
Guests
featured
included
-­‐
Ted
Turner,
AR
Rahman,
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Dalai
Lama,
LN
Mittal,
Aamir
Khan,
Dominic
Lapierre,
Mira
Nair,
Manoj
Night
Shyamalan,
Sachin
Tendulkar,
the
Late
Mandolin
Srinivas
and
Arun
Singh
among
others.
[June,
2002
—
June,
2003]
Assistant
Producer
(
NDTV
network)
– On
Kapil
Dil
Se,
a
cricket
show
anchored
by
legendary
cricketer,
Kapil
Dev
for
Sony
Entertainment
Television
produced
by
NDTV.
– Dr
Morepen
Tango,
a
breakfast
show
for
Star
Plus
produced
by
NDTV.