1. Vijay Rao
98995­98995​,
vijayrao007@gmail.com​,
Linkedin.com/vijayrao007
KEY STRENGTHS
● Successful across various MEDIA – ​TV, Print,
Web, Radio, Theatre and Live Stage
● Scripted and anchored 3 Business TV shows
● Corporate trainer, Motivational Speaker
● Master trainer in​ ​SAT​,​GRE,​GMAT & TOEFL
● Scored 96 %​ile ​in GMAT, ​95 GRE, 97 SAT
● Certified by ​The Princeton Review, USA
● Conducted ​hundreds of Seminars ​on​ ​Study
Abroad, College­readiness & Career readiness
● Pan­India​ expert.​ ​Visited over 550 cities,​ ​towns
● Scripted, Directed 127 ​Musical Theatre​ Shows
● Manage P&L​. Achieve early Break­even
● Many ​Institutional Tie­ups​ (Colleges/ schools)
● Conducted​ hi­impact ​CSR & Film campaigns
● Social Media Pro​, Thousands CEO ​Linkedin
connections,​ Facebook​ page 5,000 likes.
● A global citizen in truest sense
● Experience in IPOs, merchant banking, &
fund­raising ​via Venture Capitalists, Angel/seed
funds. Speaker at ​Entrepreneurship ​events

2. TELEVISION
● Conceived & Anchored​ weekly business shows
● Supervised ​entire post­production process from
sound, graphics and non­linear video editing
● Directed business TV shows​, ‘Industry Monitor’
and ‘The Millennium Journey.’
● Collaborated with ​Pritish Nandy business show
‘Top Job’
● Contributed News stories for ​TV 18
● Research for ​Asian Business News​ TV
● Anchored show ​telecast in US via PanAMsat­4
● First in India to put a TV show on the Internet
FILM­MAKING
● Directed several corporate films including
Bausch & Lomb, Indo Asian, Ecolite, Jakson et
al
● Conceptualised & directed a ​glamour Ad film
featuring Shilpa Shetty
● Made several films for ADANI group with
location shooting at Mundra, Kutch,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat etc
● Directed educational films for ​PCRA and Ministry of Petroleum & Min of Electronics
● Won accolades at the International Brand Summit
for Ray Ban film.
● Conducted FILM­Making Course at Siri Fort
Auditorium for Childrens’ Film Society, (Ministry of
I&B)

3.
PRINT MEDIA
● THE ECONOMICS TIMES:
Original team member launching
Investors Guide​, when ET went
salmon pink​ for the first time!.
● Editor of MONEY MATTERS​,
combining technical & fundamental analysis
with investment strategy
● Also ran columns in specialist magazines
like Auto Times and CQ
● Articles based on strong Equity Research
and sound Portfolio & Fund Management
techniques

4. INTERVIEWS
WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA
● Put India’s 1st TV show on internet​ making history
● Facebook page​ and advertising of Princeton Review is
solely under me as incharge for all content creation
● Google reviews expert ​ensuring high business through
search engines

5. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
● Extensive interaction at North Block and South Block for
IPOs and public issues, from the times of Controller of Capital
Issues, Ministry of Finance
● Know procedural protocols & securing govt approvals
● Many years closely co­ordinated with Doordarshan, Ministry
of Information & Broadcasting
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
● Nationwide Press Conferences launching IPOs
● Well­versed in Liaison with Embassies, Expats etc
● Countrywide investor education tour when India’s first
private sector Mutual Fund was launched
● Put​ India’ 1st TV show on internet​ making history
● In the ensuing media coverage, personally interacted & got
interviewed by Editors and Bureau Heads of 45 news
entities. ​Published inhouse newsletters
CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility
● High impact ​CSR projects with Film campaigns​, Neuro Aid & India Head Injury
Foundation, and National Disaster Management Authority
● Worked with several corporates giving shape to their CSR commitment eg. Steria (earlier
Xansa), ONGC
● Worked on CSR projects with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
with orphans from Kashmir
● Volunteered for TeachIndia of Bennett Coleman (Times of
India). ​CLICK HERE
● Fund­raising Film made for Friends of Tribals Society
NGO

6. EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
● Turnover tripled within a year at The Princeton
Review led by me as Vice President
● National / Branch Management, ​Manage entire
P&L​. Adept at Sales & Marketing, HR & Cost
control, Achieve Break­even at earliest
● Institutional long­term projects ​skilfully
finalisedwith promoters, trustees & Principals
● Anchored and emceed seminars countrywide ​for
visiting Global Head of Marketing, The
Princeton Review
● With ​Foreign students associations,​ finalised exclusive country­specific seminars
● Recruited​ 4 MSc Maths. Shortlisted DU
post­graduates via GD & Interviews
● Recruited faculty for both Quant & Verbal
● Inhouse training ​of all new employees
● Setup Cloud system​: real­time collaboration
among teachers, students, parents and admin
● PTM with SAT students’ parents, ​and detailed
dossiers on GMAT & GRE students
● Supervising ​MIS Reports​, generating ERP,
Royalty statements, Attendance and Salaries
● Implemented student Diagnostic tests​, enabling
higher scores leading to glowing ​Google Reviews
● Expert in ‘​Google Classroom’ software
● L&D, Education sector extensively featured on TV
● Conducted ​teacher training seminars in Punjab,
Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore

7. STANDARDISED TEST
TRAINING
● Expert in ​NMAT, trained by GMAC (owners
of GMAT),​ with entire top brass from USA
● Scored 96 percentile in ​GMAT
● Scored 95 percentile in ​GRE
● Scored 97 percentile in ​SAT
● Certified trainer ​for SAT, GRE & GMAT,
officially trained by The Princeton Review
● Next step: Dual Certification adding Quants
(Rare for trainers to qualify both Verbal &
Quant)
● Very popular trainer among students and have received many testimonials & thank you
letters
● Collaborated with
World school on
Advanced Placement
(college­level curricula
during school) for
credits in US Colleges
● Provided Admission
Consultancy by
scientifically matching
student’s profile with
colleges to ensure ​high
Admission acceptance
● British Council ​trained English Language
Trainer.
COLLEGE Workshop Topics:
● Interview, GD & ​Soft Skills ​Programs for
Engineering Students
● Placement guidance workshops
● Study abroad​ options
● Writing ​Statement of Purpose​, LoRs etc
● Curated several MOOCs, incl Coursera, edX
● Improv Theatre​ boosting creativity
● How to start your own company
● Pitching ​to Venture Capital, Seed,Angel Funds
● Guest Faculty at MBA, Engg colleges
● Visiting Faculty at Media, Journalism, PR, Mass Communication Institutes

8. CORPORATE TRAINING
● CxO training how to face TV Interviews
● How to address a large Audience, AGM etc.
● Handling tricky questions from reporters
● How to conduct Road shows for Investors, IPOs
Wide range of workshop Topics:
● Negotiating & Sales closing Finesse
● Leadership & Team building skills
● Image Management, Brand­building
● International Cultural Pointers
● Life­coaching, Executive Coaching
● Select Neuro­Linguistic­Programming Techniques
Corporate projects executed for:
Maruti Suzuki, Ericsson, Hudco, Liberty,
Motorola, MTNL, VSNL, Essar,
HSIDC, ​Salora, ​IDBI, Mobilink, MDH,
Sleepwell, Hutch, SBI.​ ​LG, Subros,
Energizer, SuKam, Panasonic, ​Casio​ etc.
INSTITUTIONAL projects executed for:
● British Council, American Center, Alliance Francaise
● Embassies of Netherlands, Taiwan, Austria etc
● European Union, Italia India, Woolmark, etc.
● CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHD, NEA, FAI,
● International School of Business (ISB) Hyd.
● Several MBA & Engineering institutions,
● Project Interact for RGF, (near Rashtrapati Bhawan)
● International Brand Equity Forum
● Adminstrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad

9. EVENT MANAGEMENT
● Scripted & Directed Founders &
Annual Days for Apollo Hospitals at
Chennai, Hyderabad & Delhi.
● Cast members of the Latest show in ​July, 2016 of Delhi
Apollo seen with Event Director Vijay Rao
● Organised Logo Launch of Lucent
● Prestigious Award ceremony seating 1,000
● Organised several other corporate events working on ​original scripts based on themes
● Organised an International Karate­do championship at Talkatora Stadium