Ahsan Abbas
Member of the Nomination Jury,
7th NSFFI-2017


Shri Ahsan Abbas is a creative professional, scriptwriter & News / program Director with over
20 years of experience in television production. He has extensive experience in producing,
directing & writing documentaries, current affairs, semi fiction. Exposed to multifaceted jobs
ranging from production assistant to programme director.

Shri Abbas started career in 1995 with one of the first Indian Television channel called TVI (a venture of Business India Group) involved with their programme section, in this tenure assisted in science series called KASAUTI till 2008 after that worked with Deferent Production houses in Delhi like Villa Appearances Tele films, Point of View Communications, Sampreshan Multimedia, BAG films etc. Direct some shows for Enadu TV (UP).

In 2003 joined Sahara India Television and worked there for 13 years as an Executive Producer in their MP/CG channel produced and handled various news and current affairs programs like, Samay Special, Mudde ki Baat, Mujrim, Aap ki Baat, some specials like Pehla Azad (a docu Drama on Chandrashekhar Azaad) Parda jo uth gaya (a program on Sonpur, Bihar’s Dance controversy) etc.

Since January 2016 working for NISCAIR (CSIR), did films on CSIR labs NIO Goa, CSMCRI Bhavnagar, IICT Hyderabad etc.