Garima Dutt

Current

Visiting Faculty at Amity University
Freelance Journalist at with Newspaers (HT Mint, Business Standard) (Self-employed)
Project Coordinator & Assistant Editor at new aesthetic

Freelance Journalist at Business Standard

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Past

Editor at iMarketing Advantage
Correspondent - Web & New Media at NDTV
Assitant Producer, Web Operations, ibnlive.com (CNN-IBN), at CNN-IBN

Content Producer, Special Projects Team, Indiatimes.com at Times Internet Limited
Producer, Content Factory, Indiatimes.com (content) at Times Internet Limited
VAS Content Manager and Ops in-charge, Indiatimes Voice-128888 (Telecom) at Times Internet Limited

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Education

Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi
Himachal Pradesh University
Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Delhi University

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Connections

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Industry

Media Production

Websites

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Garima Dutt’s Summary

•I am competent at coordinating, planning and implementing projects and programs.

•I am an excellent content manager and coordinator with expertise in Mobile content and New Media trends (IPTV, VAS - voice and SMS, Radio) including Audio & Video.

•I can teach competently on subjects related to Media (New Media, Print and Electronic and Telecom) and Literature

•My strengths lie in publishing and media production operations (producing, script writing, voicing, sound and video editing) and packaging any kind of content (books, stories/articles, voice, video and broadband).

•I have contributed substantially to new strategies and ideas for New Media products and Internet-TV convergence shows since I have a fairly good understanding of New Media trends (IPTV, VAS - voice and SMS, Radio).

•My creative instinct has given me exposure to Theatre and I have been involved in campaigns to advocate women’s issues, AIDS, trafficking, literacy etc. and have a fairly good understanding of working on and promoting such issues.

•I have been a member of Pandies theatre since 1999 to 2007 and have performed in proscenium plays. Have worked in schools, colleges and slums, performing and doing workshops (on AIDS, cleanliness, literacy, trafficking, women’s rights) as a social activist in alliance with the Human Resource Development Ministry and Pandies theatre. In 2002, we finished a year- long project with children from school, slums and orphanages in Delhi, Jammu and Srinagar on creative writing and theatre techniques to help them develop skills to present their vast experience through creative expression.
Have also learnt techniques of Forum Theatre from Adrian Jackson (theatre director and teacher), founder – director of Cardboard Citizens, UK.

Garima Dutt’s Specialties:

Ideating, packaging content and ensuring content delivery across platforms - Internet and Mobile Content (New Media), TV and Print. Skilled in Media Production, Anchoring, Writing-Editing, theatre, acting, media production and Team Management

Garima Dutt’s Experience

Visiting Faculty

Amity University

(Privately Held; Education Management industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Teach Print Journalism and Environmental Studies to under graduate students of Mass Communication at Amity School of Communications
Freelance Journalist
with Newspaers (HT Mint, Business Standard) (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Freelance Journalist with HT Mint & Business Standard

• Writing advertorials & features; editing articles.
• In-depth interviews of CEOs of major Business Houses and Corporates.
Project Coordinator & Assistant Editor

new aesthetic

(Publishing industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Functions
•Responsible for product development, product road map, coordination and communications with writers, artists and publishers. Also responsible for SEO, SMO compliance for the website.
Website: http://newaesthetic.in
Freelance Journalist

Business Standard

(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

August 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

• Writing advertorials & features; editing articles.
• In-depth interviews of CEOs of major Business Houses and Corporates.

Also worked as a retainer for five months with their editorial team (February - June 2008)
Projects & articles of particular interest
-SMEs
-Carbon Trading
-Motoring
- Education in Northern India
-Interview of BrahMos MD and Italian Ambassador
-In-depth reports/features/ on Norway, Italy, France
-Feature on Convergence, Aviation
-State reports – Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh etc.
- Retail Boom and BPO Boom in India
- Management Education
- ‘Northern India Business Review’
- ‘Minerals, Metals and Metallurgy’
- Real Estate, Lead stories on World Earth Day, Laptops, Power Sector, Healthcare Solutions and Enterprise Solutions etc.
Editor

iMarketing Advantage

(Internet industry)

February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)

•Key Projects
- Managing a team of five people and developing an interactive paid and free website for legal professionals in UK
- Commissioning content specialists for the content-core

•Functions
-Developing and maintaining Site layout and architecture, Content architecture, Editorial guidelines and style-sheet, Content flow processes, Quality check and upload scheduling and Team Management

iMA is a global organization enabling professionals service companies like Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, Health Practitioners, Management Consultants etc. to grow their markets and increase client base through smart marketing over the internet.

iMarketingAdvantage is a focussed internet marketing company designed to help businesses effectively market themselves on the internet.
Correspondent - Web & New Media

NDTV

(Public Company; NDTV; Broadcast Media industry)

August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)

•Key Projects
- TV & INETERNET FEATURES: On new-media technology, trends and market
- ACER TECHWISE (ANCHORING AND PRODUCTION) : A special show on what’s ‘new’ on the Internet
- VOICE-OVER: For Hindi features and documentaries on NDTV India
- METRO NATION (ANCHOR): For soft launch of the new channel
•Functions
- Identifying stories and trends
- Scripting
- Reporting
- Anchoring
- Production
Assitant Producer, Web Operations, ibnlive.com (CNN-IBN),

CNN-IBN

(Media Production industry)

September 2006 — May 2007 (9 months)

•Functions
- As a web producer my job involved ideating and producing exclusive broadband content for CNN-IBNs website ibnlive.com
- Producing a comprehensive feature package (including audio-visual production)
- Ideating and developing new content for soon to be launched entertainment portal
- Producing/anchoring entertainment programmes for ibnlive.com (Bollywood Top Five, Star of the week, short entertainment videos/feature packages) besides producing special videos, audio news bulletins etc.
Content Producer, Special Projects Team, Indiatimes.com

Times Internet Limited

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2006 — June 2006 (3 months)

Functions
•Developing new project ideas like PHAT CHICKS (1st chatisode programme on net)

•Developing of in-depth content on special subjects for Indiatimes.com properties

•Producing a 360 degree news/feature package (including audio-visual production) complete with analyses, using all New Media platforms

•Co-ordinating with technology and design teams to ensure quality standards and deadlines
Producer, Content Factory, Indiatimes.com (content)

Times Internet Limited

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2005 — March 2006 (4 months)

Functions
•Usability & Web optimisation: Developed processes and completed a project report on how the portal could increase traffic and have better search visibility.

•Launched Informer.Indaitimes.com with the team: A blog initiative. My blog was called Juice that provided articles on health, whats-hot in fashion, new trends and their emergence, style and beauty.

•Conceptualised and launched phatchicks.indiatimes.com: As part of the team, we conceptualised and launched India’s first ‘chatisode’ (chat-episodes) on the lives of four friends, 20-something women.
VAS Content Manager and Ops in-charge, Indiatimes Voice-128888 (Telecom)

Times Internet Limited

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Functions
•As operations in-charge, my work focussed principally on co-ordinating the team’s productions efforts, interacting with technology team for application development and with the business team for new concepts apart from looking after daily operations.

•As script writer and voice-over artist, I produced and managed specific audio programmes and features: National & Regional news, Movie reviews and gossip features, contests, audio plays and special features, prompts etc.

•Programme production and site management for the Internet radio website Times Talkradio.

•Done articles for women.indiatimes.com, health.indiatimes.com, people.indiatimes.com on all kinds of lifestyle subjects (health, fashion, films, technology and news) etc.

•Worked with the Indiatimes Broadband team. My functions involved site management, content production (producing/editing news and entertainment videos for the site).

Garima Dutt’s Education

Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi

Pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights , Human Rights and Social Development , 2009 — 2011 (expected)
Himachal Pradesh University

M.A. English , English Literature , 2006 — 2008
Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Post Graduate Diploma Course in English Journalism , Mass Communication, Public Relations, Advertising , 2003 — 2004
Delhi University

B.A. (Hons) English, Hans Raj College , English Literature , 1999 — 2002