Bhuvan Lall

Bhuvan Lall is the Executive Director of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF).

IBF is the largest national organization of Broadcasters of India. A non-profit organization, IBF identifies and pursues broadcast growth opportunities and ensures that Foundation members present a strong collective voice nationally and globally.

In his current role, Bhuvan was invited to draft and provide recommendations for India s Convergence Legislation - The Communication Bill 2001 designated to be the most significant development in the Indian media business. He was also an advisor on India s DTH policy and advertising of alcohol products on TV. Bhuvan was also the Member of the First Indian Entertainment Industry Delegation to USA in June 2001. Bhuvan was elected as a member of the International Emmy Awards Council in November 2000.

He is also a Member of the Planning Commission working group on E-Governance, Convergence, Information & Broadcasting for Government of India's 10th five year plan (2002 07), Member of the Entertainment Media Committees of Indian Industry Trade Bodies CII and FICCI and a Member of the Entertainment Group of the US India Business Council Trade Initiative.

Bhuvan is also the founder of Empire Entertainment Pvt Ltd, an International Entertainment consulting firm. Bhuvan advised clients in Hollywood, London and New Delhi on strategies to succeed in the rapidly changing environment in the International entertainment business. His clients range from Indian DTH Company Sterlingsat to renowned Music Composer Yanni.

In addition Bhuvan has been a Visiting Professor for Broadcasting at New Delhi based Indian Institute of Mass Communication, a Judge at the Annual Avion Awards, In-flight programming festival for International Airlines in USA, and is the Indian Representative of the world s largest Television trade body NATPE since 1997.

A popular Speaker and Moderator at seminars worldwide Bhuvan has also presented and published 23 papers on Indian Entertainment trade at conferences worldwide. A prolific writer on industry issues Bhuvan has extensively covered the Indian Entertainment business for London based weekly trade magazines Screen International & Broadcast since 1993.

Earlier in his career Bhuvan operated his own documentary film production company "Dream Factory International" with offices in New York Stockholm and New Delhi for seven years (1988 95). He made 35 Documentary films for Indian as well as International TV networks.

Educated at Jamia Mass Communication Research Center and University of Delhi, Bhuvan is a recipient of a Masters Degree in Mass Communication (Film, TV & Radio Production) and earned a Bachelors Degree in Sociology. His graduation documentary film "A Ticket To The Future" won the Desmond Doig Award in 1988. Bhuvan is fluent in Hindi, English and has working knowledge of French. A resident of New Delhi, Bhuvan is absorbed in global politics, classic movies, one-day cricket and astrology. He also spends his time reading espionage novels and photographing the world.

Bhuvan is also the founder director and Treasurer of ECO INDIA an Environmental Organisation set up promote Environmental causes through the Indian Entertainment Industry. www.eco-india.org