Nikhil Alva

Nikhil J Alva was born on November 9, 1969, in Bangalore. He was the chairman of Alva Brothers Pvt Ltd and executive director-cum-founder of Miditech Pvt Ltd. Having completed his BA degree in New Delhi at St Stephen’s college, he joined his elder brother Niret Alva Niret Alva, an anchor-producer of the television i >> Read More... to take forward the company Real Global Broadcasting to a new level.

The family moved to New Delhi when his mother Margaret Alva was chosen as Rajya Sabha member in Parliament and had served the country as Union Minister. Nikhil Alva directed the Indian Idol during 2006-07 (season -2) which was the first reality show on Indian television.

His brother Niret Alva was a renowned TV producer who was also a journalist with various media houses in New Delhi. Inspired by his brother’s record-track in career, Nikhil took a chance to foray into the reality show on Indian television and became the 'Reality Show King’. Many would be eager to know that he is a trained pianist.

Even he has more interest in extracurricular activities and took part in the youth festival. His passion for music put him to a task of setting a company Midtech that produced music scores for television shows and advertising jingles. He pitched for getting a small contract of DD for an environment show ‘ Living On The Edge’. This fetched him wide popularity.

The company even got a contract for a TV show with 200 episodes in 1994. As the years passed by, his company did exclusive shows for Doordarshan, Zee, Star, Sony, Disney, and Discovery channels. Later on, Nikhil’s company had aired three seasons of Indian Idol, Fame Gurukul Fame Gurukul was an Indian reality TV show aired o >> Read More... , MTV Roadies, Naya Roop Nayi Zindagi, Hospital. As a  person, Nikhil is a sports lover and even takes interest in shooting game.