JUZER MOHAMMEDHUSAIN
Email - rezuj@hotmail.com / juzer@indiatimes.com
3-Albert Mansion, 7th Rd, Prabhat Colony, Santa Cruz East, Bombay 400 055
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth
Marital Status
Telephone
Experience
January 10, 1970
Married and two daughters
+ 91 22 2615 0537
Ten years
WORK EXPERIENCE – Print Media
Current Job Profile
As a Researcher at Writer Corporation’s publication wing my job profile is as follows 
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Conducting a thorough research about the story and its players, the credibility of
the people interviewed and their expressed opinions, which are subject to
scholastic inquiry.
Generating ideas for prospective stories by researching the current happenings
reported in National and International media either by way of Print / TV /
Internet. This also includes research from old issues of major publications and
from the rare books and journals lying in the Libraries and access to which is
open only for regular visitors of library.
Past ExperienceThe profile with Wildoats India Pvt Ltd was as follows
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The firm Wildoats India Pvt Ltd is the name given by the Late eminent writer
and poet Dom Moraes and Sarayu Srivatsa to their commercial writing ventures. I
had been collaborating with them since April 2002. Before joining the current job
where the above said writers are also consulting editors, I was involved in the
research of their forthcoming work on the Afghan war of 1840.
Research on the project includes finding details on the lingua franca between the
English officers and their servants, living conditions of the Afghans, their culture,
and the Diary and writings of the Indian servants about their English masters and
their life style during this period.
I was the researcher for semi-biographical novel “The Long Strider”, authored by
them, which was a British Council Project on an early 17th century English writer,
Thomas Coryate, who on his visit to India, died here.
The research involved the study of the social milieu, dress-codes, cuisines,
climatic conditions, roads and communication set-up under Mughals, and cross
checking the records of English and European writers vis a vis the records of
official Mughal courtiers. The research was finished by April 2003 and the book
was launched in the month of September 2003.
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JUZER MOHAMMED HUSAIN
The job profile as Chief Image Researcher & Archivist for Wisden India included:
 Built the single largest collection of cricket images, which covered the beginning
of Indian cricket, its past, present day glorious moments and the collective
achievements of the various Indian teams.
 To complete this project it required me to find and contact past Indian cricketers,
and approaching them to share their private collection of photographs,
highlighting their personal achievements also.
 Co-ordinated with contemporary Indian cricket photographers and accessed their
database to the complete this record. Transferred the entire collection of the
images to a digital format. Furthermore captioned every image with its in-depth
information, so that their access by image library software is simplified.
Work undertaken for Midday and Cricket Talk Dotcom as Editorial Archivist
 Planning and executing of digital archiving of the image library, newspapers and
magazine
 Supervision of documentation and filing of newspaper and magazine clippings for
archives
 Interface with editorial desk to provide appropriate research and photographs for
articles to be written.
 Independently conducted and provided research, by accessing outside agencies, as
and when called upon for the coverage of special issues by the editorial desk.
WORK EXPERIENCE – Others
Past Experience - Research
 Where as other research assignments in the past include,
1. Ethnic Strife in Nagaland – This was a project undertaken at Xavier Institute of
Communications [XIC] as part of our media studies. It included sourcing of
information – books on tribes, newspaper clippings, historical accounts and
journals. I was the chief co-ordinator and chief researcher for this project.
2. You Can Be Heard - This project at XIC was part of our audio-video media
studies and included highlighting the successful achievements of Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Ltd.vis-à-vis its Telephone Adalats. The project included
researching statistical information with regard to the telephone adalats, their
awareness among the general public, and their effectiveness and efficiency in
disposing of the telephone related complaints.
3. Jai Hind – This was a private assignment for Feel India Television/Cosmo
Television. Research included an in-depth study and compilation of data on varied
subjects for a quiz programme, commemorating the golden jubilee of India’s
independence. Subjects included regional festivals, cuisine, architecture, freedom
fight etc.
Besides this I had also provided research for a travel book project on Kerala, which was
being planned by the publishing division of India Book House in 2000. The project is
now abandoned.
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JUZER MOHAMMED HUSAIN
WORK EXPERIENCE - Television
Experience as researcher for television programmes includes, inter alia
Channel
Serial
Episodes
ZEE TV
Adarniya
Pradhan
Mantri
13
ZEE TV
Jan Gan
Man
96
Sept 95 to
Apr 96
ZEE TV
Jan Gan
Man
26
Jan 96 to Apr
96
Sony
Surf
Wheel of
Fortune
20
Dec 96 to
Feb 97
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Mth/Yr of
Telecast
Aug 96 to
Jan 97
Designation
Programme
Content
Roving
Current issues
Correspondent addressed by the
cum
general public to
researcher
the Prime
Minister of India.
Full time
An in-depth
political
national political
researcher
programme with
urban and rural
inputs, which
also examined
social and
economic issues
in the
parliamentary
constituencies
Assistant
Production and
Director
post production
responsibilities
included
continuity,
capsuling,
financial records
etc.
Freelance
Game Show
Researcher
Administrative duties carried out for Zee Telefilms Ltd. during the coverage of
eleventh parliamentary general elections in 1996:
 Systems In-charge – This included planning and co-ordinating computers
and allied machines, designing of election-related software, data entry and
monitoring their hourly outputs.
 News Co-ordinator – This included compilation of data from news
agencies, newspapers and television.
 Overall co-ordination for continuous input and output for the successful
tie-up between Zee TV and 17 leading national and regional newspapers
throughout India.
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JUZER MOHAMMED HUSAIN
CAREER PROFILE
Firm
Writer Corporation,
Wildoats India Pvt Ltd
[Dom Moraes & Sarayu Srivatsa]
Wisden Online India Pvt Ltd
Cricket Talk Dotcom Pvt Ltd
Midday Publications Ltd
Zee Telefilms Ltd
Mukadam & Associates
Designation
Researcher
Researcher
Period of Service
Jan 2004 to Till date
April 2002 to Dec 2003
Chief Image Researcher
& Archivist
Editorial Archivist
Editorial Archivist
Political Researcher &
Asst Director
Assistant Auditor
Jun 2001 – Mar 2002
Apr 2000 – Jan 2001
Dec 1998 – Mar 2000
Aug 1995 – Dec 1996
Dec 1991 – Aug 1994
Jan 1997 – Aug 1998
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Post.Graduate Diploma in Communication Arts – Journalism [1995]
Xavier Institute of Communications, Bombay.
Bachelor of Commerce [1991]
University of Bombay. Undergraduate studies at The Rizvi College of Art Science &
Commerce, Bandra, Bombay.
S.S.C. [1985]
Schooled in Rev.C.F.Andrews High School, Santa Cruz [East], Bombay.
COMPUTER LITERACY
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Working knowledge of computer operations
Applications known : Windows 98, Fotostation Pro 4, Adobe 6, MS Office 2000,
Quicken etc
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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Life member of the Asiatic Society of Bombay
Annual member of ‘University of Bombay’ Library and Center for Education and
Documentation Library, Colaba for the last nine years,
Languages known
: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu and Arabic
Personal Preferences : Hobbies and interests include reading and travelling
REFERENCES
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Meenakshi Shedde
Tel 2614 8347
Sarayu Srivatsa
Tel 2646 1160
Ayaz Memon
Tel 5635 3535
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