Niret Alva

Niret Alva

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Niret Alva Profile

  • Name:
  • Niret Alva
  • Father:
  • Niranjan
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Alva
  • Spouse:
  • Anuja Chauhan

Niret Alva Biography

Niret Alva is an Indian television producer and co-founder of Miditech, television Software Company, along with his brother Nikhil Alva in 1992. Now Miditech is one of the leading independent production companies of Asia. Alva is also popular as an anchor. Indian Idol (2004–2009), Galli Galli Sim Sim (Sesame Street) (2006), Wheels (1998) (BBC World) are the most popular programs of Indian television where he acted as Executive Producer. He is married to advertising personality and author, Anuja Chauhan of The Zoya Factor (2008) fame. They met in 1989 and got married in 2004. The couple has three children.

 

Niret was born in Bangalore as the first child of lawyers - Niranjan and Margaret Alva. Margaret Alva is currently the governor of Rajasthan. Niret has two brothers and one sister and the siblings together manage Miditech. Niret graduated in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and took post-graduation diploma in journalism, from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi. Later he completed LLB from Mumbai University.

 

Niret joined the Press Trust of India in 1988 as a Trainee Reporter and Scriptwriter. After a short period, he became a Correspondent with Eyewitness, a monthly independent video newsmagazine, owned by Hindustan Times Television in 1990. He has been associated with several documentary films as well as short stories during this period. In 1992, he co-founded Miditech, a television software production company, along with his brother Nikhil. The brothers produced fresh and innovative television programs. Their program, ‘Living On The Edge’, India's first comprehensive Environment series, won a Panda award at Wildscreen in Bristol in 1996. The Great Descent and Operation Hot Pursuit are other award winning documentaries.

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Updated: February 12, 2014

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