Devika Chitnis

E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 099-883-390-160/ 099-305-358-12

Work experience CNBC - TV18 Aug 2011 — Aug 2013 Technology Journalist-Assistant Producer

Conceptualised, reported and produced on a technology show called Tech Toyz (later known as Switch) Reported tech stories for the CNBC- TV18 news show, Business Hour Produced stories for India's Angels, a business feature show on angel investors. Reported on a couple of stories for Tech Guru, CNBC Awaaz

Highlights

One of the shows, I worked on won an NTaward for the best tech show. The show was called the retro special where we spoke about retro futuristic gadgets like the Vespa, Lomo cameras and digital Vinyl record players. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WVJdo6W0Jo

Shot and reported a travel story from Punjab on a smartphone.

Here are some of the stories, I produced and reported for Tech Toyz/Switch.

1) The Bokeh story: Bokeh is type of photography.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeukLvdp3Pw (9:18)

2) The BlackBerry Q10 episode was under my production. My story is on (16:21) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYOkZHkLdc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB-0fV0vwRw (10:22)

3) And we also decided to take the party to work with the Gangnam Style episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6HAq-EOWnA

Times Now June 2011 — Aug 2011 Production Assistant

Produced news stories. Most of them were international news stories. The prominent one was the 'News Of The Week' scandal. Worked on 'The Newshour' with Arnab Goswami

BBC World News (TV and Radio) May 2010 — July 2010 Intern

Worked on a business feature television show called India Business Report Worked on BBC English & Hindi Radio. Reported for one radio story on a meteorite crater in Lonar,

The Times of India and Femina 2007 — 2010 Freelance writer

Devika Chitnis 1 Personal Projects

Ogilvy's ad for Mentos India

Assistant Director/Cinematographer/ Actor

This was a freelancing project. After Mentos' Dimag Ki Batti Lala De, Ogilvy came up with Khooni Kaun hai. The ones I worked for were a series of YouTube ads.

The one I acted in:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaZx8RLDgIY&list=TLCSTwrX9WP1w

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_drCnmOkI

The one I shot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lj0sNDXJYY&list=TLAyYHINe_to4

Education Bachelor's of Media Studies - Journalism 2008 — 2011 Symbiosis Institute of Media Studies (UG)

HSC Fergusson College

Interests

1) Modelled for an art photographer called Manjiri Sharma for her project, Darshan. Her idea was to document Indian gods and goddess into a series of photographs. I was a part of the project as Sarswati. The photographs are now put up in New York in an exhibition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUe5NzKRqc

2) Completed 4 years of Kathak

3) Was a gold medallist in Shiamak Davar's Institute of Performing Arts

4) Intermediate graduate in drawing

References

Jayashankar B

Channel Director, CNBC-TV18

0 9819 774 815

Suresh Venkat

Former Tech Editor, CNBC-TV18

9820-298-272

Ankit Vengurlekar

Anchor & Series Producer

09819-000-393

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