Ajit Andhare is an Indian businessman,

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

, who is currently

chief operating officer A chief operating officer (COO), also called chief operations officer, is an executive in charge of the daily operations of an organization (i.e. personnel, resources, and logistics). COOs are usually second-in-command immediately after the C ...

Viacom18 Studios Viacom18 Studios is an Indian film distribution and production company. It is a subsidiary of JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. Based in Mumbai, It is one of the first studio model based motion pi ...

Career

Ajit currently serves as the

Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Viacom18 Studios is an Indian film distribution and production company. It is a subsidiary of JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. Based in Mumbai, It is one of the first studio model based motion pic ...

(VMP), the motion pictures business of Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd.

Early life and education

A mechanical engineer from

National Institute of Technology Rourkela National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela or NITRKL or NITR), formerly Regional Engineering College Rourkela, is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering, science and technology located in the steel city of R ...

& an alumnus of

Indian School of Business The Indian School of Business (ISB) is a private business school with campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali, India. It offers various post-graduate management programs. History The Indian School of Business (ISB) was started in 1996 by a bunch of b ...

has worked at HUL & BBLIL, Brooke Bond Lipton,

Hindustan Lever Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products a ...

& founded Raghav Bhal’s Capital18 funded Colosceum Media He is known for producing television programs such as

MTV Roadies ''MTV Roadies'' is an Indian reality television series. It premiered on 15 August 2003 on MTV India and is also digitally available on JioHotstar. Following the auditions, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participa ...

MTV Splitsvilla ''MTV Splitsvilla'' is an Indian television dating reality show that airs on MTV India and is digitally available on JioCinema. In 2024, the fifteenth season is hosted by Sunny Leone and Tanuj Virwani. Summary The show revolves around youn ...

Jai Shri Krishna Jai Shri Krishna (), also rendered Jaya Sri Krishna, is a Sanskrit expression, translating to "Victory to Krishna", a major deity in Hinduism. The salutation is believed to have hailed from the Vaishnavas. The expression is said to greet anothe ...

for

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, Wheel Smart Shrimati for

Unilever Unilever PLC () is a British multinational consumer packaged goods company headquartered in London, England. It was founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with British soap maker Lever B ...

and the Master Chef India series for

Star India Disney Star (also known as JioStar), registered as JioStar India Private Limited, is an Indian media conglomerate joint venture owned with a share of 16.34% by Reliance Industries, 46.82% by Viacom18 and 36.84% by Disney India. On 14 Nove ...

References

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