UTTARAYAN DEB

mobile: +91 98743 27501 / 94331 27501

email: uttarayan@uttarayandeb.com

website: www.uttarayandeb.com

Academically trained and with 20 years of Productive & Administrative experience as a Creative Director, Writer and the Leader of Programming team in quest of professional enrichment opportunities in Television, Print and Radio Programming in Media & Broadcast Industry and as well in Academic .

========== APERCU ==========  

• 2016 [March, 2016 to till date] Mentor-Faculty (Asst. Professor) Film Making at KL University, Vijayawada.

• 2013 – 2016 [January, 2013 to February, 2016]: Media Consultant and Media Trainer.

• 2011 – 2012 [ Sep, 2011 to Dec, 2012]: Programming Head of Reliance 92.7 BIG FM, Kolkata, RBNL.

• 2010 – 2011[Apr, 2010 to Mar, 2011]: Programming Head of Aakaash Bangla (Satellite TV Channel).

• 2010 [Jan, 2010 to Mar, 2010]: Senior Manager Programming of Zee Bangla.

• 2009 [Feb, 2009 to Dec, 2009]: Creative Head and Programming Head of RCTV (Non-fiction Programme based 24 hours TV Channel under the RCTV Pvt. Ltd).

• 2006 – 2008 [Sep, 2006 to Dec, 2008]: Founder, Station Head, Creative Head of CCN Binodan (Non-fiction Programme based 24 hours TV Channel under the Cable Combine Communications Network Pvt. Ltd).

• 1995 – 2006: Worked as a Freelance Director, Cameraman, Editor, Writer in several Projects. Such as –

Musical

• The only full length Bengali Music Video ever casted on MTV and Channel V till date.

Concept, Script, Camera, Editing and Direction by me. Singer: Usha Utthup.

• Above 900 Music Video Projects in 8 years, especially for HMV SAREGAMA Music Company.

• Song based Tele Magazine Programme GANER ARGHYA for Kolkata Doordarshan, on behalf of HMV SAREGAMA Music Company which continued more than 1 year.

• Spiritual Non-fiction Programme ANAND VILAS for Zee Bangla, continued more than 1 year.

• Special (On-Line) Programme: CLINIC ALL CLEAR MUSICAL NIGHT on 31^st December 2000, for Kolkata Doordarshan (First time as an Out-Side Producer & Director on behalf of HMV SAREGAMA).

• New Years Programme on 31^st December 2001, for E-TV (worked as Director).

• The Video Project of BISWABANGA SAMMELAN on Behalf of of WEST BENGAL.

• Patriotic Music Video Disc Project (first time in India) VANDEMATARAM of Calcutta Choir of HMV SAREGAMA Music Company.

• Many Theme Music Video Disc Projects for SAREGAMA-HMV, SAGARIKA Music

Fiction

• Regional Feature Film: MAO MORE BHAGABAN (Best Director Award in NBFF).

• Telefilm: FERA, casting Mamata Sankar & Bodhisattya Majumder(Best Telefilm Award in NBFF).

• Telefilm: MUSHKILASAAN, casting Biplabketan Chakraborty, Soma Bhattacharya (Awarded in NBFF).

• Telefilm, JANAK JANANI, casting Mamata Sankar, Biswajit Charaborty & Bhaskar Banerjee.

Documentary

• English Fictive Documentary Film Project for VES (NGO). The Film was accumulated many International appreciation from various Foreign Countries.

• Many Documentary Film Projects for Kolkata Doordarshan.

Corporate

• Ground Promotional Film of NAVRATNA Oil of EMAMI.

• Television Commercial for FIXTIGHT

• Television Commercial for FLAVOURS Ice Cream.

========== PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS ==========

Key Responsibility Areas

• Conducting the secession (Theory and Practical) and coordinating the Semester end Project.
• Preparing the Syllabus, Course Handout, Secession Plan, Question Bank.
• Evaluation of Exam copies and preparing the Score card.
• Conducting the Internal and External Lab exams.
• Counseling the Students to develop their skill and performance.
• Motivating to the Students to fix their target in carrier.
• Sharing the experience and the knowledge for how to bridge to the Media and Broadcast Industry.
• Presenting the clear and updated competitive scenario of the Media and Broadcast Industry.
• Fixing the Monthly and Semester plan.

• Responsible for handling the Television & Radio Programming (Live & Recorded) and Show ideation.
• Research and Designing the Station Programming strategy and objective set.
• Providing effective leadership to the entire Programming team ensuring quality output from every member.
• Assistance and Direction the Performance up gradation to the RJs, Anchors and In/Out house Producers.
• Coordinating the Live and Recorded contests and prizes with the coordination of Sales and Programming team.
• Deciding and Fixing the Station Monthly FPC.
• Ensuring the Assistance to the Music Manager for the Music policy of the Station as per the competitive study.
• Ideation, Planning and proper On Air/Ground execution of special Events and Festivals on regular basis.
• Ideating new Promos, Bug Logos, Aston-bands and Teasers in collaboration with the Promo & Graphics team.
• Ideation, Planning, proper execution, consultation and co-operation with Sales and Marketing department.
• Creative support to the Sales team on programme integration.
• Competition Mapping and proactively counter planning Competitor strategies.

Additional Credentials

• Published Serial Short Stories RATER SHES TRAIN in monthly family magazine Totthokendra.

• Regularly publishing Short Stories, Serious & Humorous Articles, Special Report in different leading Bengali News papers, such as Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Uttarbanga Sambad

• Radio Talk Writer (Humorous) and Presenter in AIR.

• Creative Direction in several Fiction and Non Fiction

========== AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENT ========== 

• International Pixoto Photo Award and Viewbug Photo Award in Still Photography, 2014.
• Best Director Award in Film making, 1^st North Bengal Film Festival, 2008.
• Best Docu-Feature Award, 1^st North Bengal Film Festival, 2008.
• Best Director Award in Tele Film making, 2^nd North Bengal Film Festival, 2010.
• MTV and Channel V approved Music Video Creator.

========== PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS ==========

• Examiner of MA final year at RBU, in areas of Mass Communication, Videography and Drama.
• Guest Lecturer of Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication & Video Production at the NBU.
• Consultant Trainer in Film Direction, Camera, Editing, Script Writing, Acting, RJ and

========== EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS ========== 

• 4 years Diploma in Television Programme Production from WINGARD, Kolkata with specialization in the areas like: Direction, Camera, Editing, Sound Recording and Script Writing.
• Sangeet Prabhakar degree in Music (Percussion – Tabla).

========== ACADEMIA ==========

• MA. in Fine Arts – Drama (Direction) from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
• BA. (Hons) in Fine Arts – Drama from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

========== PERSONAL DOSSIER ==========

• Date of Birth : 5^th December, 1969.

• Address :

i] 399, Block – BJ, Salt Lake, Sector II, Kolkata, WB, India, Pin – 700 091.

ii] 1^st Floor, Block B, Asharani Apartment, 54K, Girish Ghosh Sarani, Hakimpara, Word No. 16,  Siliguri, WB, India, Pin – 734 001.

• Languages :           Bengali, Hindi, English.