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S. Krishnaswamy
S. Krishnaswamy is an Indian documentary film-maker and writer who won the Padma Shri award in 2009. His recent works include three documentaries on the Indian influence in Southeast Asia: ''Indian Imprints'', ''A Different Pilgrimage'', and ''Tracking Indian Footmarks''. ''Indian Imprints'' was broadcast on Doordarshan in 18 episodes. Books * ''Indian Film'' (with Erik Barnouw) (Columbia University Press 1963, Oxford University Press 1980) Awards * 2009: Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is confe ... * 2009: Hamsadhwani Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award Notes External links Krishnaswamy Associates {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnaswamy, S. Living people Indian documentary filmmakers Indian film historians Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Indian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Barnouw
Erik Barnouw (June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001) was a U.S. historian of radio and television broadcasting. At the time of his death, Barnouw was widely considered to be America's most distinguished historian of broadcasting. Life According to the ''Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives'', Erik Barnouw was born in The Hague in the Netherlands, the son of Adriaan (a history teacher), and Ann Eliza Barnouw (who tutored English). The Barnouws came to America in 1919, after the end of World War I when his father became one of the editors of the '' Weekly Review '' and later was the Queen Wilhelmina Professor at Columbia University. Erik attended Horace Mann School in New York City.Media Marathon: A Twentieth-Century Memoir - author, Erik Barnouw - https://www.dukeupress.edu/Media-Marathon/?viewby=title Thereafter Barnouw attended Princeton University where he was an editor of the ''Nassau Literary Magazine.'' After the success of his play ''Open Collars'', which he wrote for Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Television Producers
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Indian Film Historians
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Documentary Filmmakers
This is a list of notable documentary filmmakers from India arranged in alphabetical order. : A * A. K. Chettiar * Aarti Shrivastava * Akanksha Damini Joshi * Amudhan R P * Anand Patwardhan * Anwar Jamal * Aparna Sanyal * Arun Chadha * Ashvin Kumar * Shah Alam (filmmaker) B * Biju Toppo C * C. S. Venkiteswaran * Chalam Bennurkar D * Debalina Majumder * Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj * Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar * Dinesh D'Souza E * Ezra Mir F * Faiza Ahmad Khan G * Gauhar Raza * Gopal Menon * Sonali Gulati H * Harjant Gill J * Jagat Murari K * K P SASI * K. Bikram Singh * K. M. Chaitanya * Kabir Khan L *Lalit Vachani * Leena Manimekalai *Lubna Yusuf M * M. F. Husain * Maga.Tamizh Prabhagaran * Mazhar Kamran * Mike Pandey * Mira Nair * Mrinmoy Bhowmick * Meghnath N * Nakul Singh Sawhney * Nandan Saxena * Nisha Pahuja * Nishtha Jain * Nirmal Baby Varghese P * Pan Nalin * Pankaj Butalia * Paromita Vohra * Prakash Jha * Parvez Sharma * Poorva Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs". It is awarded by the Government of India every year on India's Republic Day. History Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 to be awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India but did contribute in various ways to India. The selection criteria have been criticised in some qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, it was established on 15 September 1959. Doordarshan, which also broadcasts on digital terrestrial transmitters, provides television, radio, online and mobile service throughout metropolitan and regional India and overseas. History Beginnings The channel began modestly as an experimental broadcaster in Delhi on 15 September 1959, with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio. Regular daily transmission started in 1965 as part of All India Radio, with a five-minute news bulletin read by Pratima Puri. Salma Sultan joined Doordarshan in 1967, and became a news anchor. ''Krishi Darshan'' debuted on Doordarshan on 26 January 1967, and is Indian television's longest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohana Krishnaswamy
Mohana is a town and community development block in the Gajapati district of Odisha state in India. The town comes under the administrative control of Mohana Police station. The town had a population of 5,197 in 2011 census and 4,759 in the 2001 census. Mohana (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Sl. No.: 136) is its Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislativ ... constituency. This constituency includes Mohana block, Udayagiri block, Nuagada block and Rayagada block. References {{Odisha-geo-stub Cities and towns in Gajapati district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmashri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs". It is awarded by the Government of India every year on India's Republic Day. History Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 to be awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India but did contribute in various ways to India. The selection criteria have been criticised in some quarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
