Ssanjay Tripaathy

Biography

Ssanjay Tripaathy is an Indian writer and director. He holds a BSc. Hons degree from the University of Delhi. A versatile individual, Ssanjay started his career as a science writer with India Today group magazine "Computers Today" in 1994.

He switched to Television medium in 1996 and produced & directed special news features on science, art, and culture for Doordarshan prime time news. Later, he started his production banner named Pulse Media Pvt Ltd. in the year 1998.

Under this banner, Ssanjay produced and directed India's most celebrated science show "Turning Point" for National Television. In 2000, he produced and directed 3 shows for Zee TV's edutainment venture Zed TV.

In 2006, Tripaathy made a shift to International TV channels and created top-rated shows for Discovery Channel which include Healing Touch, Golden Temple - revealed, etc. Besides this, he created shows like Womb of the World - an Asian Television Award-winning Documentary in 2010, India's Mega kitchens, Inside: Tirumala Tirupati, etc., for National Geographic channel.

He also created The Wedding Business & various other shows for other International channels like BBC World, Al-Jazeera (English), Network 10 Australia, etc.

Ssanjay subsequently produced and directed various docu-drama films for some of the biggest corporate and government agencies of India, ACC, Asian paints, Blue Star, ONGC, GAIL, and Dept of Science and Technology, among others. He also ventured into fiction and drama by producing and creatively supervising 200-odd episodes for a popular Marathy daily soap Antarpaat for Star Pravah (Star Network's Marathi Channel).