Mehrotra, Rajiv

Autor: Mehrotra, Rajiv
Rok: 1953-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Indický spisovatel, televizní producent a režisér dokumentárních filmů, práce z oboru východního náboženství a filosofie.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, television producer-director,documentary film maker, a close personal student of HH The Dalai Lama for whom he manages as Trustee/Secretary The Foundation for Universal Responsibility (www.furhhdl.org) established with the Nobel Peace Prize. is best known as the former acclaimed host of one of India's longest running talk shows on public television, "In Conversation", that has been through several incarnations over more than twenty years, aired on the India's National broadcaster, Doordarshan News Channel, Saturdays at 9.30 pm.As a documentary film maker, producer and commissioning editor his films have won 41 national awards from the President of India and more than 175 international awards. They have had more than 750 film festival screenings around the world from Berlin, Chicago and Rotterdam to Mumbai, Qatar and Yamagata. He has authored half a dozen books on spirituality, most notably Conversations with The Dalai Lama, Thakur – a biography of Sri Ramakrishna and Mind of The Guru. He was a student of the late Swami Ranganathananda, President of The Ramakrishna Mission and of the iconic Yoga teacher BKS Iyengar. He serves as the Founder and Managing Trustee of The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (www.psbt.org) and till recently Chairman of The Media Foundation (www.thehoot.org)