Ajay Thakur

Mob: +91 9158985124 Mail: journalist.ajay@gmail.com

Social Media

Storyboarding
Creative Writer

International Experience

Multimedia Storyteller

Executive Visibility

Content
Cross-Cultural
Communication

Research

News Pitch

Print, Broadcast & Online

Strategic Communication

Broadcaster

Integrated MarComm

The Matrix

Communication Design

My company so far

Managing Perceptions

Telling Stories

AssociateSpeak
Ajay is a media product sellers delight. From
smelling out news that could sell the Edition
effortlessly to creating sections targeted to each kind
of readership, in my four decades in publishing
industry, Ajay easily stands out as the canniest,
creative, consistent and committed of all the Editors
that I worked with.
One of the finest professionals in the industry he
combines his broadcast experience with that in print
to create unique products. He is a great team builder
and leader, a cool headed crisis manager, a sharp
observer and a great multi-tasker. Give me a media
product a television network, a website or a
publication and give me Ajay to make it successful
and saleable.
Rajeev Sharma,
Publisher, The Goan on Saturday

Reaching Thoughts

AssociateSpeak
He knows what the interviewee wants to communicate and
he knows what the people want to hear, Ajay makes it a fine
art connecting both of them in the most creative way.
Fahad Mohammed,
Desk Head, The Goan on Saturday

Finding Stories

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Creating News, digging deeper to find out what nobody
has reported and boldly venturing where no man has
gone before, Ajay was amongst the most exciting and
reliable journalists that I have worked with. He defies
the convention, breaks the rules and bucks the trend to
search out issues, angles and information that bring in
a fresh new approach to even the trending topics.
One of the finest scriptwriters with a sharp eye for
breathtaking and unusual visuals, Ajay could
seamlessly shift from hardcore investigations to popular
lifestyles and leisure stories with equal ease. Quite
simply the journalist who refuses to be straightjacketed
Ajit Sahi
News Editor, STAR News

Designing Narratives

AssociateSpeak
Ajay has an eye for design and despite
having no formal grounding in graphics
and illustration knows perfectly well how
a storytelling can work wonders with
great layouts, cool graphics and awesome
photographs.
Being a seasoned television broadcaster,
he ensured that the visual appeal of
publication and its continuity across the
Website too remains consistent and
complements each other.
Brijesh Bhardwaj,
Editor - Design, The Goan on Saturday

Multimedia Storytelling

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For a Broadcast Journalist, Ajay knows more beyond the
adrenaline pumping action of newsroom, live coverage of
events and studio based shows. At Nepal 1, I had the
privilege of learning some of the best lessons of my life in
devising and designing programmes under Ajay as well as
see him emerge as an iconic cross cultural communicator.
Ajay understands cultural sensitivities, connects with the
local milieu and is market savvy. From the right set design
to the right looking anchor to the perfect set and
everything well planned and executed, Ajay is more
scientific about the arts than I have witnessed in the
glamour industry. He would push us to load teasers of
programmes on social networks and create the necessary
buzz in a war torn country with its communication
handicaps. Tight budgets, multitasking and inexpensively
workable astonishing ideas makes Ajay.
Mohammad Shahnawaz
Executive Producer, Nepal 1 TV

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