Ajit Andhare (born on 11 July) is an Indian business leader,

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

, currently

chief operating officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the " C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if ...

Viacom18 Studios Viacom18 Studios (Also known as Paramount 18 Studios), a subsidiary of Viacom18 (a Paramount Networks EMEAA and Network18 joint venture) based in Mumbai, is one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in I ...

Career

Ajit currently serves as the

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

Early life and education

A mechanical engineer from National Institute of Engineering Rourkela & an alumnus of

Indian School of Business The Indian School of Business (ISB) is a private business school established in India in 2001. It has two parallel campuses in India, in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Mohali (Punjab). It offers certificates in various post-graduate management prog ...

has worked at HUL & BBLIL, Brooke Bond Lipton,

Hindustan Lever Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is a consumer goods company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a subsidiary of Unilever, a British company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products, water purif ...

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

MTV Roadies ''MTV Roadies'' is a youth-based reality show. It was launched in 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is also digitally available on Voot. In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various task ...

MTV Splitsvilla ''MTV Splitsvilla'' is an Indian television dating reality show that airs on MTV India. The show was formerly hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Rannvijay Singha. In 2022, Arjun Bijlani replaced Rannvijay, hosting the 14th season alongside Sunny Leo ...

, Jai Shri Krishna for

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, Wheel Smart Shrimati for

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and the Master Chef India series for Star India.

References

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