Abhiyaan

Hindi/23mins/1998
Producer: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (Nikhil and Niret J. Alva)

Subject: An environmental series that exposes the state of India’s ecology and the different citizens’ movements that try to tackle the issue.

Summary: A weekly environmental series aimed at the Hindi speaking, non-metropolitan viewer to join in the movement to save India’s ecology. It travels across India, highlighting the different problems faced by India’s ecology and at the same time featuring the extraordinary commitment of some common citizens to conservation. It also offers useful tips on conservation that can be followed by all citizens. Abhiyaan was produced for CEC and telecast on DD 1.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Niret Alva - has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in reporting, presenting, anchoring and directing for television. He is a Series Director and anchor for the Panda Award winning environment show Living on the Edge, The Great Escape for the Star network, and the Asian Television Award winning automotive show Wheels. In 2002, he won the award for Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Presenter at the Asian Television Awards, Singapore.

Nikhil Alva, with his brother Niret Alva, in 1992 set up Miditech, a production house that specializes in environment and travel programming. His film Living on the Edge, India’s first comprehensive environment series won three awards: The Pinnacle, a national award, as the Best Information Series is an international award - the Green Oscar or the Panda Award at Wildscreen, in 1996 and the Silver Tree Award for Best Environment series in Vatavaran 2002. He directed and scripted The Lions of Gir which won a Special Jury Award at Vatavaran 2002 film festival.