Anil Wanvari
{{short description|Indian media entrepreneur (born 1963)}}
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Anil NM Wanvari (born 1963) is an Indian media entrepreneur[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7YLEZLoFRg Video interview by Venture Finance with Anil Wanvari] who is the founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of the Indiantelevision.com group, which he established in 1999.{{cite book |last1=Munshi |first1=Shoma |title=Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television |date=15 September 2009 |publisher=Routledge India |isbn=978-0415553773 |pages=364 |edition=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjjgCgAAQBAJ&q=anil+wanvari&pg=PA104 |access-date=19 September 2017 |ref=Google books}}[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/from-cities-to-small-towns-people-change-their-lives-through-e-mails-instant-nirvana/1/243252.html We've got mail] He is a journalist and specialist[http://www.mid-day.com/articles/salman-khan-the-kapil-sharma-show-two-month-extension-sunil-grover-fight-dus-ka-dum-tv-telly-news/18287178 How Salman Khan 'helped' Kapil Sharma's show get two-month extension] covering Indian advertising, marketing, cable TV, satellite TV, terrestrial television, and over-the-top (OTT) media service ecosystems.
Wanvari has also been involved in creating properties such as The Indian Telly Awards{{cite news |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=The Indian Telly Awards |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/07telly1.htm |access-date=11 September 2017 |issue=International |work=Rediff.com |date=7 July 2001}}{{cite news |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=The Indian Telly Awards |url=https://www.eventfaqs.com/newsletter_data/magazines/vol1iss8/pdfs/22-29.pdf |access-date=11 September 2017 |issue=International |publisher=Eventfaqs.com |date=February 2009}}{{cite news |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=TV entertainment proves bigger than Bollywood |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/11/23/stories/2004112301441700.htm |access-date=11 September 2017 |issue=Chennai |work=The Hindu |date=22 November 2003}} and The NT Awards.{{cite news |title=Sixth NT Awards Celebrate the best in News Business |url=http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/national-news/item/2000-sixth-nt-awards-celebrate-the-best-in-news-business |access-date=19 September 2017 |publisher=Cable Quest |date=26 March 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |title=Aroon Purie honoured with News Television Lifetime Achievement award |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Aroon+Purie+honoured+with+News+Television+Lifetime+Achievement+award/1/12894.html |access-date=19 September 2017 |publisher=IndiaToday |date=10 August 2008}}{{cite news |date=3 April 2013 |title=The sixth News Television Awards celebrates the best in news business |url=https://www.eventfaqs.com/news/ef-05510/the-sixth-news-television-awar-1364932353329 |access-date=19 September 2017 |publisher=EVENTFAQS}} He is a member of the New York-based International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Saumit |title=Daily News & Analysis Siddhant in the race for Emmy |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-siddhant-in-the-race-for-emmy-1044286 |access-date=19 September 2017 |publisher=DNA}}
Early life and education
Anil NM Wanvari was born the third of four sons of Moolchand Thakurdas Wanvari (1932-2020), an Indian businessman who migrated to India during the partition, and Neelam Wanvari (1938–2009), a homemaker. He completed his BSc in Botany from Mumbai's Jai Hind College where he received the highest marks in his class in 1983–84. He then received his master's degree in cytogenetics and plant breeding from Bombay University's Ramnarain Ruia College in 1987. Following his master's degree, Wanvari earned a diploma in journalism and mass communications from Mumbai's Xavier Institute of Communications{{cite web |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=XXIC – The Xavier Institute of Communication |url=http://www.xxic.org/alumni-directory/alumni-directory.aspx |website=XIC |publisher=XIC |access-date=11 September 2017}} in 1988.
Career
Wanvari initially worked for publications such as the Western India Automobile Association's (WIAA's) Motoring magazine. This was followed by a six-year period at BusinessWorld magazine, where he rose from sub-editor to Assistant Editor in five years. He wrote on topics including entrepreneurship, technology, banking and finance, stock markets, media, advertising, marketing, brands, and management practices.
After six years with BusinessWorld, Wanvari began writing columns for Financial Express, on subjects such as internet, telecommunications, technology, media, advertising, and marketing.{{cite news |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=Pepsi loses cool as Coke Turns on heat |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980806/21855294p.html |access-date=19 September 2017 |issue=Financial Express |publisher=Indian Express Newspaper Publishers |date=6 August 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234314/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980806/21855294p.html |archive-date=19 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Wanvari |first1=Anil |title=Zee, Star TV in a need-based one-night stand |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19981001/27355314p.html |issue=Financial Express |publisher=Indian Express News Publishers |date=1 October 1998 |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234256/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19981001/27355314p.html |archive-date=19 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Financial Express |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19990409/fle09067p.html |access-date=19 September 2017 |publisher=Indian Express |date=9 April 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234438/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19990409/fle09067p.html |archive-date=19 September 2017 |url-status=dead}} He also wrote a column on the media business for Business Standard for a couple of years.{{Cite web |title=Hindi Others Anil Wanvari Biography, News, Photos, Videos |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/others/anil-wanvari |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=nettv4u |language=en}}