Hi Team, My Name is Rajeev Karunakaran, Currently I am a broadcasting Engineer working on one of the leading television and radio channel Kurdistan24 in erbil region. i am got total above 8 year experience in this TV and Radio satellite broadcasting field. Now I am working in Technical and IT broadcasting department in K24 family and previously i get a hand on experience with working in Digital Head End satellite and television control room in (Asianet satellite communication Ltd @ cochin,India ),At that time I am done lot of hands on experience in IP and RF filed likes Play outing ,Encoder, Modulation ,Dish antenna tracking ,Cisco Harmonic Encoders ,Multiplexer, Qam, Receivers and decoders ,Set Top Box,DVB, Video compression MPEG 2 , MPEG 4\ HD video stream creation,NVOD.SD/HD EPG Functional planning installation, maintenance trouble shooting instruction to my co ordinates.satellite filed uplink and downlink domain Operation ,Internet live Streaming, Development and maintaining of Cisco, Avid,Vizrt, Evertz,Strambox,Modeo,orion,Sony mixer,Yamaha mixer, Play box ,Metus,Sam Broadcast ,Video and audio data Network management and Analog RF and Digital broadcasting system for ADTV and radio FM Broad casting areas. My updated curriculum vitae is attached above. Hoping that you will consider me and call for the interview I am waiting for your positive replay ,please forward my resume to appropriated your department Thank you ahead of time for your kind attention. Thanks ............. Rajeev .K +9647724493202 rajeevnenmelichira@gmail.com

1. PROFILE
RAJEEV KARUNAKARAN.
Office Address Home Address
KURDISTAN 24
K24.Building, Nenmelichira House
Shaqlawa Road,Erbil,Kurdistan,Iraq. Thuravoor P.O
Phone : +9647724493202 Cherthala, Alappuzha
E-mail: rajeevnenmelichira@gmail.com Kerala state, India
Skype ID :- rajeev.karunakaran1 Pin- 688532
OBJECTIVE:
To have a professional career in an organization that ensures an excellent
opportunity for my integrated growth along with the organization by making the best use
of my ability, attitude and interest.
EDUCATIONAL SNIPPETS :
QUALIFICATION COLLEGE/INSTITUTION
YEAR OF
PASSING
UNIVERSITY/
BOARD
PERCENTAGE
B.Tech in
Electronics and
Communication
Engg.
Diploma in
Electronics and
Insrumentation
Engg.
VHSE in
Agriculture.
SSLC
Matha College of
Enginnering and
Technologyn, N.Paravur.
Government Polytechnic
College,Cherthala
S.M.S.N.V.H.S.S.Vaikom
Thirumala Devasam Higher
SecondarySchool.Thuravoor
2008
2005
2002
2000
Mahatma
Gandhi
University
Board of
Technical
Education
State Board
State Board
65.54%
74 %
69.33 %
64.33%
PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT:
An Electronics & Communication Engineer with total 8 years and 1 months of experience. now
I’m a MCR engineer (Playout, Broadcasting systems in TV and Radio broadcasting field) with 3
year and8month experience in the Television, Radio transmission and satellite communication,4.3
year experience with Digital Head End planning, Operations & Maintenance (Digital as well as
Analog Head Ends). Significant expertise in the operations of Master Controls room in TV and
radio, Currently designated as Broadcast Engineer in Kurdistan24 tv and radio at Kurdistan

2. region,Iraq(http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/default)Significant expertise in operationsand
management of Evertz, Avid Technology inews, vizrt syatems, Solea, Playbox Technology, Sam
Broadcast, Metus and Cisco, Harmonics , Streambox,Modeo, Orion,Avolites,Scientific Atlanta’s
Powerkey Conditional Access System. Responsibilities include the design,installation
implementation, testing, systems maintenance launch and support of new digital video
technologies in TV and internet services. Good experience in all digital video offerings like
NVOD, VOD BVB, SD and HD services.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1:
Organization: Kurdistan24TV, Kurdistan Iraq (http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/default)
Designation: Broadcasting Engineer.
Department: MCR,PCR,INGEST,LIVE FEED SATELLITE UPLINK and INTERNET FEED.
Period: MAY 2015 to till date
Performing Areas:
 Providing feedback/logs to the corresponding vendors in order to troubleshoot the
issues.
 Monitor and control all operational equipment ,response to any Control room device
Live studio , live feed and ,satellite uplink issue, trouble shooting systems ,
 Daily maintenance television and radio of Mcr,Pcr,Ingest,control room equipment
Systems and playouts systems.
 Troubleshooting and logic analysis, problem solving of satellite systems, and Avid i-
news playout systems.
 Guide to live feed operation team ,PCR audio and video DSNG and SNG department
team.
 Communicate with worldwide satellite uplink mcr station and live news feed provider
Like APTN, DHA,and routers.
 Carried out most responsibilities in the form of teamwork.
 .Familiar with HD digital device live feed device evertz products,DSNG products,
streambox modeo product ,multi viewer display, Magnum controlled Switcher, control
panel device,studio LED Orion,Avolites display device.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2:
Organization: VIN TV AND VIN FM , Kurdistan Iraq (http://www.vintv.net.)
Designation: Broadcasting Engineer.
Department: Master Controls Room Iraq.
Period: September 2012 to April 2015
Performing Areas:
TV OPERATIONS.
 Full control of internet TV streaming Services.
 Continually assess the technical integrity of all signals both backhaul and internally
generated signals.
 Maintaining programs and testing equipment for faults and error
 Upgrade existing Transmission equipment and software.
 Communicate with our cline RR sat Satellite Uplink station in Israel and communicate
with Newroz telecom (Duhok) fibre link and internet Bandwidth provider.
 Guides instruct and educate in editing team play list making team and Mcr team.
 Communicate with in Israel uplink station.

3. RADIO OPERATIONS.
 Monitor and control radio transmission equipment’s.
 Installation and maintains of radio play box server.
 Monitoring On air and internet streaming services.
 Guides and instruction to radio paly box team.
IP TV
we are planned new project is 4 G N/W, our ISP are offering free 100 number of local TV and
VOD channels free in full iraq.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 3:
Organization: Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd, Cochin (http://www.asianet.co.in)
Designation: Engineer.
Department: Digital Head End (Central Operations Centre at Cochin).
Period: November 2008 to August 2012
DIGITAL HEAD END OPERATIONS:
 Working Experience with QAM modulators (64 QAM, 256 QAM) as well as
Demodulators.
 Significant Expertise in Digital Video processing Equipments.
*Bandwidth division multiplexers capable of multiplexing Asynchronous serial
Interface streams containing Audio, Video and Data
*Experienced in working with Stream analysers
*Familiar with DVB standards and Service Information generation, editing as
well as distribution. Bandwidth transrating devices such as Digital Content
Managers having ASI as well as Gigabit Ethernet.
 Working Knowledge in Encryption Methods (Powekey Encryption by Scientific Atlanta).
Strong understanding of core digital video applications such as Emergency Alert Systems
(EAS), Electronic Program Guides (EPG), Digital Video Recorders (DVR), "High
Definition" (HDTV) and related concepts (Cable CARD, clear QAM televisions, etc.),
Switched Digital Broadcast (SDB), and new technologies as they arise.
 Familiar with data transport equipments using RPR topology (Scientific Atlanta’s
PRISMA IP Platform).
Maintenance and monitoring of Remote head end equipments connected via optical Fibre
backbone
 In depth knowledge Set Top box DVB,DVR &HD DVR Hard ware testing/Soft ware
bugs checking.
 Good knowledge in trouble shooting and maintenance of the CAS related issues.
 Comfortable in Operating Systems like Solaris.
 In depth knowledge in day to day activities such as service provisioning, system
monitoring etc..
 Familiar with digital encoding & Signal Acquisition for switched digital rollout.
Responsible for continued operation of all digital video systems for the digital television
platform. Experience in:
*Digital IRD s (Scientific Atlanta IRD s D9850, D 9844, D9840, D9036)

4. *Digital Encoders (Scientific Atlanta Encoders D9020, D 9032, D9022)
* Optilink CATV Encoders, Tandberg.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
 Managing installation, configuration and administration of CATV Head End equipped with
Dish farm, Satellite receivers C & Ku band, PAL-B agile/fixed modulators and Launch
amplifiers(Scientific Atlanta, Quintech)etc.
 Ensuring smooth operations and maintenance of the communication networks for providing
operational support to communication clients.
 Transmission Optimization – monitoring daily transmission statistics, investigating cause of
outages, trouble-shooting & repair, planning & technical aspects of transmission and ups.
TEAM SUPERVISIONS
 Heading talented teams of supervisors and technicians in handling system administration,
installation, maintenance and support.
 Key player for the smooth operation of Digital Broadcasting Head End at Cochin.
TRAININGS
 Metus Audio video automation systems
 Attended a workshop on maintenance of RF network.
 Training on Optical Networks inclusive of optical splicing, measuring optical fibre loss using
OTDR and RF network designing.
 Seminar on Digital Head End by Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 4:
Organization: EXCELLENT CABLE COMMUNICATION PVT LTD,
Thuravoor.P.O, Cherthala, Pin-688532, Kerala.
Designation : Technical Assistant.
Responsibilities: RF Field Maintenances.
Period : From March 2005 to September 2005.
Job Responsibilities:
 Construction, Trouble shooting, Maintenance of Co-axial cable networks for CATV
transmission using Commscope Cables, Tap, splitter Amplifiers and field power supply units.
 Live Telecasting and switching through CCTV Transmission.
Operating Systems: Windows 98/ 2000/XP/7/8, Mac,Solaris, Linux.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
ORGANISATION DURATION
NATURE OF
PROJECT WORK
ACCEL ACADAMY LTD.
KALOOR, KOCHI. [8 t h SEM. PROJECT
AS PART OF THE B.TECH]
3 Months
COMMUNITY OF
ROBOTS.

5. MATHA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
N.PARAVUR. [6t h SEM. PROJECT AS
PART OF THE B.TECH]
3 Months
TELEPHONE
CONTROLLED
REMOTE SWITCH.
Under The Guidance Of
Mr.Unnithan(Engg’sF.A.C.T) [PROJECT
AS PART OF THE DIPLOMA]
4 Months
TEMPERATURE
SCANNER.
HARD WARE /SOFT WARE TOOL USAGE: Everz,Avid inews,Inews command,Media
comboser,Viz ticker, vizwall, Viz engine ,Streambox, Modeo, Airbox, Titlebox,
listbox,Databox,Sambroadcast,Decklink,Microsoft expression encoder, Adobe Encoder ,Metus
MAM ,Harmonic and Scopus encoder, Metus MAM SMS Studio , Edius ,Photoshop ,Adobe
Premier pro cs ver Stream Analyser Dec Tek ,Spectrum analyser Promax , Optilink Head End
Manager, Rosa, EMS, Peer monitor, Team Viewer.Teraterm, DQA mapping assistant, Cheri
picker digicontrol,IP configuration tool, SCSTerm.
Other Projects Related Skills: Production: PCB Design, mounting, soldering, De-soldering.
Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Servicing.
Microprocessor: Intel 8085, 8086
Microcontroller: 8051, PIC16F873.
Working knowledge of Basic EMBIDDED SYSTEM,
Well versed in MS Office. (MS word, MS excel, MS Visio, Power point.),
Circuit Maker, C, Orcad, Pinnacle Photoshop, Video Studio.
Personal Profile:
Date of Birth : 16th MAY 1985
Father’s Name : Karunakaran.K
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Hobbies : Travelling,
Passport No. : H0966462 (Valid Till 29/10/2018)
Languages known : English, Malayalam, Kurdish and Hindi.
(To read, speak & write)
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bare
the responsibility for any incorrect data of the above mentioned particulars.

6. Place: Erbil
Date:18.4.2016 yours truly,
Rajeev karunakaran.

7. Place: Erbil
Date:18.4.2016 yours truly,
Rajeev karunakaran.