Career
Vivek has done his PG in Strategic Planning from School of Social Studies, Bhopal and PG in Advertising from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi, India. He did his CSS in Organization & Management from Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Vivek has worked in leading advertising agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, JWT and has been a founder member of McCann Erickson in India. He has successfully launched Gillette & Coca-Cola brands in India. Vivek has run his own advertising agency – Art Beat – rated as 10 fastest growing agencies by Business India.
Vivek then moved to making AD films. He has made more than 100 ad films for Procter & Gamble, Tata’s, Godrej, National Association for Blind etc. His films on AIDS & NAB have won several awards including AD Club Gold. Vivek has been founder of India’s first private TV channels shows such as Saturday Suspense, X Zone, Rishtey (TV series) & Gubbarey. Vivek has pioneered the Telefilm concept on Indian TV.
Vivek has been teaching Creative Thinking at various colleges and universities in London, Delhi and Mumbai, including Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. His first novel chronicling 30 years of modern India is under publication.
Vivek has just finished shooting Buddha in a Traffic Jam – a hard hitting political thriller that probes into political nexus in Tribal areas of India from a B-school’s perspective. This unique, mainstream film has already created lot of buzz.
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