Rajiv Mehrotra Biography 
Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, television producer-director and documentary film maker. But he is better known for hosting one of India's longest running talk shows on public television, "In Conversation". It has been telecasted in Doordarshan News Channel, Saturdays at 9.30 pm over 20 years. He has won 18 national awards as a documentary film maker and his films have been screened at 400 film festivals belonging to different parts of the world including Berlin, Chicago, Rotterdam, Delhi, Mumbai, Quatar and Yamagata. He is a Trustee and Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Chairman of The Media Foundation. Now he is working on an official film on Swami Vivekananda to commemorate his 150 birth centenary in 2013.
Rajiv’s schooling was done at Kolkata, where he spent his childhood. Later he studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and received his Master of Fine Arts in Film Direction from Columbia University in 1981. While at school, he excelled in acting and speeches and was editor of the School Magazine. While at Stephen’s college, he was Secretary of The Shakespeare Society, The English Literary Society and the Cine Club and Acting President of the Students Union.
He started his career in All India Radio at the age of 12. He became the anchor of 'Youth Forum' on Doordarshan at age 17 in 1970 and later worked as a television journalist. During 1980’s, he worked as a news anchor with Doordarshan. He has excelled as a director, cinematographer and editor in television and radio. ‘ The Mind of The Guru, Understanding The Dalai Lama, The Essential Dalai Lama’, "Thakur" a biography of Sri Ramakrishna and The Spirit of The Muse are his noted works.
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Updated: February 12, 2014
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