A seasoned media & entertainment professional with a career spanning over 28 years in the Television Broadcasting & Digital Industry, much of which has been at various programming & production positions in the live & non-live programming genre with specialization in sports programming. A rich experience in editorial & content production functions, strategic procurement, commercial functions, content acquisition, operations and creations in various genres of programming. Extensive international experience in various capacities, primarily as the Head of Production & Programming, Executive Producer, Producer & Director for high value & a premium sports events. In addition to creative and operational duties, I have rich experience in strategic procurement including content acquisition for linear & OTT ecosystem, IT & Technology procurement, talent management & marketing commercials. Actively involved with the strategy teams for launch of number of international channels in IndiaKey Specialties: • Business & Programming strategy• Strategic Procurement for linear & OTT including content acquisition for linear & OTT ecosystem, IT and Technolgy procurement, talent management & marketing commercials.• Content: Original content creation & execution for television, digital & OTT platforms• General management: Budgeting, P+L, Operations, Commercial functions, contract negotiations, vendor management, finance & taxation for programming functions, Project / Event handling, Talent acquisition & management • Others: Analytics & data interpretation for audience research & ratings, advertising sales operations, network presentation and channel branding.