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Prabal Bhardwaj
INTERESTED IN

v Broadcast journalism
v Anchoring, Reporting
v Building awareness on various issues through writing articles
v Documentary making
v Story making, Plays based on social issues, Direction

EXPERIENCES

v Five months internship with Hindustan Times, Mumbai. [January 2007 – June 2007]
v Working with Hindustan Times as a freelancer. [ July 2007 - Continue]
v Participated and documented Ashoka’s “youth venture challenge 2007”, including five days workshop in Mumbai.
v Participated in MAMI International Film Festival 2008, Mumbai, as Media Assistant on behalf of MAMI

SOME PUBLISHED ARTICLES (Total 30 articles)

v Message in a bottle, HT, 21st October 2007.
v Education for all is dropout’s dream, HT, 9th September 2007.
v Give Chotku a chance, HT, 7th August 2007.
v Rejoice, for it’s a baby girl, HT, 19th July 2007.
v Work left incomplete, HT, 3rd June 2007.
v Musical evening for a charitable cause, HT, 29th April 2007.
v Rickshaws take commuters for a ride, HT, 29th April 2007.
v Kharghar needs a police station, HT, 23rd April 2007.
v Seeped in history, and neglect, HT, 29th March 2007.
v Conquering all the odds, HT, 17th February 2007.
v Another Brick in the kiln, HT, 17th February 2007.
v Sayed impressed with GenY, HT, 27th January 2007.

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN (KIRTI COLLEGE, MUMBAI)

v MEDIA PROJECT (SEPTEMBER 2007) – A project in which, I learned to make documentaries and music videos and made the same.
v PUBLIC RELATION PROJECT (AUGUST 2007) – A research based project on the study of “CHILD LABOUR”. Launched an N.G.O. and made five commercials to spread awareness about child labour.
v PSHYCOLOGY PROJECT (MARCH 2007) – A project based on the ‘HOMELESS’ issue of Mumbai. Project included causes and solution along with documentary.
v COMMUNITY STUDY PROJECT (AUGUST 2006) -- For better understanding about the history, culture, and other important part of a community. [BIHARI COMMUNITY].
v HISTORICAL MONUMENT STUDY (September 2006) – A Research project to understand the condition of historical monuments of Mumbai. [BELAPUR FORT].


VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCE

v ALTERNATIVE REALITIES (AUGUST 2006 - Continue) --- Understanding homelessness issue in Mumbai through regular Night-out Programmes and meeting with homeless people.

COMPUTER SKILLS
v MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power point.
v Windows movie making.

OTHER LEARNING EXPERIANCES

v Participated in CHILD LABOUR SUBJECT in THIRD STATE LEVEL CHILDREN RIGHTS CONGRESS 2000 conducted by UNICEF and SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE as a district representative.
v Written, directed and performed street plays on various issues including Communal Harmony, Street Children, Drug de-addiction, Child sexual abuse in Mumbai.
v Participated in ‘MEDIA CHAT’, a journalism seminar held at M. D. College, Mumbai. [ JANUARY 2007]

LANGUAGE KNOWN
v English and Hindi