''Wheels'' is a weekly car and motorbike program on BBC World News India. It is produced in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Miditech Television Miditech Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian television production company based in Gurgaon, Mumbai, and Bangalore, India. It was founded in 1992 by brothers, Niret Alva and Nikhil Alva and is today a Rs 50-crore television software company. The company cre ...

. At its launch in 1998, it was hosted by

Niret Alva Niret Alva is an Indian television producer who is the co-founder and chairman of television production company Miditech. Miditech first made a documentary series on the environment, ''Living on the Edge'' for Doordarshan, and went on to make ...

. Niret won the 2002 'Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter' at the

Asian Television Awards The Asian Television Awards (launched in 1996), is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards comprises 56 categories across news, documentarie ...

for this role. Niret and his brother own 25% of Miditech Television. The Series Producer was

Chandramouli Basu "Chandramouli Velpula" is a famous graphic designer in South India. Chandramouli is an Indian given name: * Kalluri Chandramouli, was a freedom fighter, philanthropist, scholar and a great devotee. * Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Lakshmi Priya ...

. It was co-hosted by Navaz Sandhu who looked at car prototypes,

Avinash Kumar Singh Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

who reviewed bikes, and

Christopher Daruwalla Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

who hosted an infotainment section. On 2 October 2004, the show was relaunched. It now opens with "Grapevine", a motoring news segment. This is followed with a car review section with

Yudhishtir Urs ''Yudhishthira'' (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: ''Yudhiṣṭhira'') is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his first w ...

and

Sonam Kalra Sonam is a given name. It is a Tibetan name meaning "merit" (). Separately, it is also a name in various Indo-Aryan languages (Devanagari script: ). People with this name include: Buddhism * Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama (1438–1505) * Sona ...

. This is followed with "Kick Start", a motorbike segment with

Neeraj Chinappa Neeraj or Niraj (Devanagari: नीरज ) is a Hindu masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' 'water' and ' 'born' and has the primary meaning of 'lotus'. The same Sanskrit word can also be a compound of ' 'without' (which ...

and professional hill biker Sherry. The show finishes with "Forum" a viewer input session, hosted by Shabri Malik. Wheels holds an annual "Wheels Awards", with a "Wheels Viewers Choice Award" for both cars and bikes, and a "Wheels Car of the Year", "Wheels Bike of the Year" and various fun awards.

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