Dated: **.**.****

Namaskar,

I am L. R. Vishwanath, former Additional Director General (Retd)

from North East Zone (Guwahati), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Prior to my superannuation, I was heading Regional Outreach Bureau (Field Offices) of Eight Stations in the North East including Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.

2. I have been actively involved with cultural organizations and movements to promote values and cultures of Sanatana Dharma and I am an Asthana Sangeeta Vidwan in Music from Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham and have an experience of over 33 years heading Government of India organizations in various capacities.

3. I intend putting my rich experience to further the cause of Music Therapy in your esteemed institution.

4. I have also authored a book on “Musical Therapies”, the forward of which has been written by the great management exponent Dr.Mrityunjay B. Athreya, and Introductory Message by the Hon’ble Governor of Assam, Prof.Jagdish Mukhi. The book was launched on 30th July 2020 in Guwahati (Assam) and is also available in Amazon. 5. I am enclosing a copy of my Curriculum Vitae for your kind perusal. I am presently stationed in Guwahati and reachable at Mobile: 079********.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely

(L R Vishwanath)

r/o 3-B, Anil Nibash, Ganesh Mandir Road

Noonmati, Guwahati 781020 (Assam)

Email: adjw8k@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 079********

CURRICULUM VITAE

1 Name L R VISWANATH

2 Last Designation held prior

to superannuation

Additional Director General (North

Eastern Zone), Ministry of

Information and Broadcasting,

Government of India

3 Date of Birth (DoB) 15.07.1960

4 Cadre & Batch Indian Information Service

(IIS:1987)

5 Educational Qualification B. Com (Hons) from University of Kolkata

6 Experience details with

designations

Director General, Doordarshan,

Government of India.

Addl DG (Incharge) of Doordarshan

Kendras (Kashmir Channel),

Srinagar, Jammu &Leh.

Coordination with Ministry of Home

Affairs (MHA) for re-launch of DD

(Kashmir Channel) and all

programmes pertaining to the

Channel.

Supervising the functioning of

Doordarshan Kendras (DDK) of

Srinagar, Jammu and Leh and

developing synergy among the three

DDK and integrating them with

Doordarshan (Kashmir) to increase

the viewership of the Channel and

engaging the viewers with the

programmes and priorities of

Government of India.

7

Other Experiences during

service in different

designations in Ministry of

Information &

Broadcasting (MIB)

After initial Induction Training from

Indian Institute of Mass

Communication (IIMC) was posted

as News Correspondent in All India

Radio till 1992.

From 1992 to 1994 worked in

various wings of Publications

Divisions, Ministry of I&B, including

Editorial and Business Promotion.

From August 1994 to May 1995 was

posted as Officer on Special Duty

(OSD) in the Ministry of Information

and Broadcasting, during this period

100th Volume on Collective Works of

Mahatma Gandhi was released by

then Prime Minister of India Late P V

Narasimha Rao.

From 1994 to 1997 was posted to

Media Co-Ordination and

InformationPolicy Division.

From 1995-1997 - Prosecuted Policy

Study on the topic “Role of Music in

National Integration through All

India Radio & Doordarshan”

During 1999-2000 was posted as

Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the

Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting for second time.

From 2001-2004 held the post of

Chief Editor of Employment News

and Yojana Group of Journals.

From 2004-2008 worked as Joint

Director/Director in Research,

Reference and Training Division,

Ministry of I&B and was conducting

training for officers at various levels

in Communication and Media with

various Institutions within India and

Abroad including IIMC, IIMs,

Thompson Foundation, UK etc.

From 2008-2010 worked as Director,

DAVP, Ministry of I&B, as Head of

Exhibitions, Outdoor Publicity and

Mass Mailing. Was overallInchargeof

“Azadi Express” - Train Exhibition

depicting 60 years of India’s

Independence.

From 2010-2013 was Head of the

Department, Song and Drama

Division - an Interpersonal Media

Unit of I&B Ministry depicting

Government of India’s messages

through Folk Art and Rural

Communication.

From 2013-2016 set up the Social

Media Hub from New Media Wing in

the capacity of Additional Director

General (Incharge) on behalf of

Ministry of I&B.

From 2014-2016 simultaneously

held additional charge as ADG

(Incharge), Electronic Media

Monitoring Centre (EMMC)

monitoring 600 Television Channels.

From 2014-2016 held additional

charge as ADG (Incharge),

Electronic Media Monitoring Centre

(EMMC) monitoring 600 Television

Channels.

Directed “Talkathons”- A Unique

Social Media based Broadcast

Medium for Live Interaction with the

people. Sessions include

“SaalEkShuruvatAnek”, with Hon’ble

Union Ministers Ms. SmiritiIrani, Ms.

Nirmala Sitaraman and Shri

PiushGoel; Conference of Parties

(COP) 21featuring Hon’ble Union

Minister Shri. Prakash Javdekar,

Union Budgets 2014/2015,

2015/2016, and Laws to Curb Black

Money featuring then Hon’ble Union

Finance Minister ShriArunJaitley,

Union Railway Budgets. 2014/2015,

2015/2016 with then Railway

Minister Hon’ble Shri. Suresh

Prabhu, amongstothers.

Other Cultural Has the unique distinction of having Achievements and

Activities

learnt Hindustani Classical Music

under Bharat Ratna Late

UstadBismillah Khan for more than

10 years1994-2004.

Has interviewed renowned

personalities including UstadAmjad

Ali Khan, Late Dr.

M.Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Hari

Prasad Chaurasia, Padma Vibhushan

Umyalpuram Shri. K.Sivaraman for

the programme “Sur Sadhana”

produced and telecast by

Doordarshan 1994/1995.

Honorary Advisor for a Musical

Documentary “Nadopasana”- on the

life of Saint Thyagaraja produced

and telecast byDoordarshan1997.

Has presented Bharat Ratna Series

DVD on Late UstadBismillah Khan

brought out by Doordarshan

Archives2002/2003.

Has presented concerts for public

cause on the self-rediscovered

instrument “Lalitaa Veenaa” for the

I&B Ministry which have been

uploaded in their website

2014/2015.

Has developed MusicTherapy

Modules for de-stressing through

Music such as Traffic Therapy, Fear

Therapy, Confidence Therapy, Sleep

Therapy, Conjugal Therapy,

Harmony Therapy, Food Therapy,

Workplace Therapy and Virus

Therapy (Corona Virus).Has

developed Music Therapy modules

for de-stressing through Traffic

Therapy, Fear Therapy, Confidence

Therapy, Sleep Therapy, Conjugal

Therapy, Harmony Therapy, Food

Therapy, Workplace Therapy and

Virus Therapy(Corona Virus). These

therapies have been uploaded in

YouTube. The links are given under:

-

https://youtu.be/wIgH41QSB68

https://youtu.be/UCBAz3icROY

https://youtu.be/ngqnSZqGEos

https://youtu.be/wIgH41QSB68

https://youtu.be/QVVIZpEot-Q

https://youtu.be/IA3DtcnATOs

https://youtu.be/LTMCGUz6oIs

https://youtu.be/xp9kOMtm5oI

I have been integrating Music

andHeath (Physical, Mental,

Emotional, Conjugal, Digital, etc.) as

a Music Therapist and performing

musician with an “A” Grade in

Hindustani Music from All India

Radio .

These cultural activities has been

parallel to my career as a civil

servant for the last three decades. Very recently a “Musical Therapies” book was launched on 3th July 2020 which was released with a foreword by Padma Bhushan Dr Mrityunjay B Athreya, Ph. D (Harvard). The said book is available in Amazon. Introductory Message on the book “Music Therapies” from Prof.Jagdish Mukhi, Hon’ble Governor of Assam. Last appreciation letter dated 23.07.2020 prior to superannuation in July 2020 was received from then Chief Information Commissioner, Shri Bimal Julka There are many more musical therapies in the pipeline and have also authored a book on the subject and is under print.

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