UTTARAYAN DEB   email: uttarayan@uttarayandeb.com

Mobile: +91 98743 27501 / 79080 49945 / 8900 79 2200 (Wap) / 0353 7962 111 (R)
website: www.uttarayandeb.com

• 2024 [Mar 2024 to date]: Assistant Professor of Media & Entertainment in MSU, Sintham, Sikkim.
• 2022 [Jul 2022 to Feb 2024]: Visiting Faculty for Media Science in Inspiria College of Education, Siliguri.
• 2019 [Jul 2019 to Jun 2022]: Content Writer, Media Consultant and Media Trainer.
• 2016 – 2019 [Mar, 2016 to Jun, 2019]: Mentor-Asst. Professor in Film Making & Media Science of Inurture, Bangalore [Worked in different Universities – KLU (Vijayawada), ADTU (Guwahati), JLU (Bhopal).]
• 2013 – 2016 [Jan 2013 to Feb 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. 

Key Responsibility Areas

• Conducting the sessions (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 Scorecard.
• Conducting the Internal and External Lab exams.
• Counselling the Students to develop their skills and performance.
• Motivating the Students to fix their target in career.
• 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 Design the Station Programming strategy and objective set.
• Providing effective leadership to the entire Programming team ensuring quality output from every member.
• Assistance and Direction of the Performance gradation to the RJs, Anchors and In/Out House Producers.
• Coordinating the Live and Recorded contests and prizes with the coordination of the 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 a regular basis.
• Ideating new Promos, Bug Logos, Aston bands and Teasers in collaboration with the Promo & Graphics team.
• Ideation, Planning, proper execution, consultation and cooperation with the Sales and Marketing department.
• Creative support to the Sales team on programme integration.
• Competition Mapping and proactively counter-planning Competitor strategies.  

Additional Credentials

• Regularly publishing Short Stories, Serious & Humorous Articles, and Special Reports in different leading Bengali Newspapers, such as Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Uttarbanga Sambad etc.
• Regularly published Serial Short Stories RATER SHES TRAIN in the monthly family magazine Totthokendra.
• Radio Talk Writer (Humorous) and Presenter in AIR.

Musical

• Only full-length Bengali Music Video ever cast on MTV and Channel V to 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 for more than 1 year.
• The spiritual Non-fiction Programme ANAND VILAS for Zee Bangla, continued for more than 1 year.
• The Video Project of BISWABANGA SAMMELAN on Behalf of GOVT. 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 etc.

Fiction

• Mobile Film QUARANTINE (Best Director and Best Film Award in several competitions).
• Regional Feature Film: MAO MOR 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/Hindi Documentary Inspiration of Fire (The Journey of the Bicycle Boy of India).
• English Fictive Documentary Film Project for VES (NGO). The Film accumulated much 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 Adhesive.
• Television Commercial for FLAVOURS Ice Cream.

• 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, Theatre, Camera, Editing, Script Writing, Acting and Anchoring.

• Best Film Jury Award in BLOFF, 2020.
• Best Cinematography Award in BLOFF, 2020.
• Official Selection in FLICFAIR FILM FESTIVAL, California, August, 2020.
• Official Selection in PITON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Philadelphia, August 2020.
• International Pixoto Photo Award and Viewbug Photo Award in Still Photography.
• Best Director Award in Film making, 1st North Bengal Film Festival, 2008.
• Best Docu-Feature Award, 1st North Bengal Film Festival, 2008.
• Best Director Award in Tele Film making, 2nd North Bengal Film Festival, 2010.
• MTV and Channel V approved Music Video Creators.

• M. F. A. (Masters in Fine Arts) – Drama (Direction) from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, WB.
• B. F. A. (Bachelor in Fine Arts) – Drama from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, WB.

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

• Date of Birth: 5th December, 1969.
• Address: 1st Floor, Asharani Apartment, 54K, Girish Ghosh Sarani, Hakimpara, Siliguri, WB – 734001.
• Languages : English, Hindi, Bengali.