Radio still remains the medium that reaches the widest audience worldwide, in the quickest possible time!
The airwaves have brought us news from home, weather updates, breaking news and stories that we have never heard before!
To mark this achievement and to acknowledge our contribution to the society, every 13th February is celebrated as World Radio Day.
We will continue to strive to do better.
We would also like to thank you all for being a part of this journey!
Here’s a sneak peek into the SBS HINDI Team!
Kumud Merani
Kumud Merani is the multi-award winning Executive Producer of the SBS Hindi Radio Program. Kumud built her media career on firsts as India’s first female TV anchor, and then upon migrating to Australia, SBS Worlds News’ first female anchor of an Asian background. Kumud is an Australia Day ambassador and devotes her time to community work, in particularly the maintenance of Indian art and culture in Australia. She has produced, directed and acted in several Indian theatre productions in Sydney.
Pallavi Jain
Pallavi Jain is a Senior Producer with SBS Hindi. She has many years of experience working in radio and television news. Pallavi has worked with the BBC World Service at their Delhi bureau and earlier worked with Headlines Today. Pallavi has a Master's degree in International Relations from The University of Nottingham in UK and has also written opinion pieces that have been published in prominent media outlets in Australia including ABC's The Drum, The Age and Canberra Times Newspapers and website of the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mosiqi Acharya
Mosiqi Acharya is the Digital Content Producer of the SBS Hindi digital platforms – website, facebook and twitter. She started as a radio producer and broadcaster with the Hindi program. She has previously worked as a television journalist in India with CNN IBN, Headlines Today. Passionate about Australia-India relations, current affairs and the world of digital engagement, you might also spot her along the Yarra or the Fitzroy Gardens, painting a canvas or running around her toddler.
Jitarth Jai Bharadwaj
JITARTH JAI BHARADWAJ an Indian Australian Journalist, currently employed with SBS Radio, as Producer Hindi in Melbourne. Beside that I am equipped with more than 16 years of experience as Journalist with different NEWS CHANNELS (NEWSX, IBN7, ZEE NEWS, DOORDARSHAN, SAHARA SAMAY and FUJI TV) in India and Japan. For last five years I have been contributing as Australia Correspondent for Indian National newspapers Indian Express Dainik Bhaskar, Nai Dunia and Dainik Jagran and TV news channel (AAJ TAK).
I have been complimented by Radio Excellence- RADA Award at SBS Radio by supervisors and colleagues. My Digital Story about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Australia visit and its impact: “The Modi Express” was finalist for prestigious NSW Premier’s Media Award 2015.
And yes I love Cricket, Curry and Cinema, most of the time my news stories are reflection of that too.
Anita Barar
Anita Barar is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who also works as a producer with SBS Hindi. She is passionate about Hindi films, film-making and creative writing. She has led and played a pivotal role in many workshops related to creative writing. She has written and directed many documentary films and has recently written for an Australian feature film under production.
Amit Sarwal
Amit Sarwal started working for SBS Hindi in January 2016 as a Casual Producer. Before joining SBS, Amit worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Deakin University on his project charting Australia-India cross-cultural relations. He has a number of books to his credit, latest being Labels and Locations: Gender, Family, Class and Caste - The Short Narratives of South Asian Diaspora in Australia (2015).
