“We met each other in the glorious Carlton House offices of the Foreign Press Association in London. We spent several hours of the quality time, exploring possibilities of our working together while visiting networking events in different parts of the Westend.

Before meeting each other, we were familiar with each others' work in the international media. He was often quoted in our conversations with the BBC services.

Amitabh comes from a distinguished journalist family and he is an accomplished media personality in New Delhi. His co-operation with my Korean filmmaker colleague, filming in India was much appreciated. He has also been in negotiations with another colleague in North of England about a media educational programme. I wish him every success that he deserves.” November 4, 2012

2nd Rakesh Mathur, Member of the Management Committee, Foreign Press Association worked directly with Amitabh at I Media International

“Amitabh is a thorough professional and importantly, a great person. Amitabh is well connected and respected in the media & broadcasting industry and has a global experience footprint. I have known Amitabh personally and have seen his well honed man management skills from close quarters. Amitabh has been, currently is and will continue to be a successful, balanced and ambitious media leader.” December 3, 2012
2nd Ravi Pandey, Sr. VP and Head, NIIT Technologies Limited was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh has been of great value to our organization. The first partnership of All India Radio with an international broadcaster was with Radio Netherlands Worldwide – for a large part thanks to Amitabh’s continuous efforts. He opened doors for agreements with new players in the media world such as telecom providers. Thanks to his pleasant personality, he made many friends within and for Radio Netherlands Worldwide!” November 22, 2012

2nd Lem Van Eupen, Deputy Director (Strategy, Business Development & Innovation), Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) managed Amitabh indirectly at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava has demonstrated dilegence and integrity in all his achievements. He is very focussed, goal oriented and successful in establishing & building business relationships. I have also been associated in other ways with him, in executing business transactions. He is prompt, helpful and a quality business associate” August 19, 2007

2nd Sunil Lulla, General Manager & Country Head, MTV India managed Amitabh indirectly at I Media International

“Amitabh Srivastava is a very talented & enterprising Manager. A good people person with excellent relationship skills, he has the ability to micro manage & Macro manage & adapts himself to the situation. A Manager who has an entreprenuial style of working, is good at delegating work & at the same time being hands on if the need arises.

Very quick to learn & adapt to new business & techinologies, he can be firm without being aggressive. His business acumen & Managerial skills will definitely help in any Senior Management role.” August 31, 2009
2nd raj nayak, Chief Executive Officer, NDTV Media Ltd was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava is the leading professional in the media space (television, film and radio) in India. I was very much impressed by the depth of his knowledge of the sector and his contacts in the sector” September 3, 2008

2nd Prashant Gokarn, Partner, Spectrum Value Partners was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“I have worked with Amitabh Srivastava on various 3rd party content related projects for 4+ years. He is an extremely hard working and conscientious broadcast professional, with an outstanding network of long established industry relationships in the broadcast sector worldwide. He is extremely trustworthy with integrity and business acumen of the highest order. I am very pleased to personally recommend Amitabh Srivastava to any business partner seeking the services of his company I Media International Ltd.” August 8, 2008

2nd Sheena Hardy, VP International Sales, ICTV Inc was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava is a doer. He can make things happen. Very enthusiastic, has never said no to anything! It was a pleasure to work with him.” July 27, 2008

2nd Abhijit Saxena, Manager, Times of India managed Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“An Oracle of media in India, a one-stop-shop! Thorough professional with thorough knowledge of the Indian Media market.” July 27, 2008

2nd Amitabh Sharma, CEO, Vectone Media Limited was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava and I worked together at TV Today Network. Amitabh Srivastava was Head, Distribution and Syndication of the Group. He is affable, efficient and has great leadership qualities. Yet another great quality in him is his smile and a huge network of friends.

Alok Verma” July 26, 2008
2nd Alok Verma, Executive Producer, TV TODAY NETWORK--Aaj Tak managed Amitabh indirectly at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava is a very well organised professional with hunger for details. He is an excellent planner and organiser. He is logical and focused with amazing inter personal skills. His sence of anticipation is remarkable. I wish him all the best. He is a real asset to any organisation which dares to dream.” July 26, 2008

2nd Sudhanshu Mittal, Owner, Unnati Mercentile Ltd
was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava is a good combination of vision and execution. I have only seen him coming up with new ideas and he is an avante garde person.
He never fails to surprise me with new portfolios and business opportunities. He has an eye for identifying new business, above all a very good professional and a person.” June 16, 2008
2nd Gayathiri Batra, Region Head - Asia Pacific, Motion Pictures, Studio 18, Viacom18/ TV18 Group was a consultant or contractor to Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava and I worked when he headed the distribution of Aaj Tak and I headed Incable Net. Amitabh is one of the most important reasons for the success of Aajtak and the rest of the channels in India today group. He did the near impossible of convincing all cable operators to carry the channel with virtually no carriage fees ! he did a similar deal while at Disney . He is very hardworking, well regarded for his openness and integrity. My best wishes to him !” April 3, 2008
2nd Rajiv Vyas, COO, InCable Net
was a consultant or contractor to Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava has immense knowledge and a valuable set of relaitonships in the Indian media industry which he brings to bear in his business very professionally. An extremely down to earth and helpful individual, he is a warm and friendly personality as well. Strong on integrity and hard work, he has achieved strong success wherever he has worked and i am sure , will continue to do so.” March 8, 2008
2nd Rajat Jain, Managing Director, Walt Disney India was with another company when working with Amitabh at Radio Netherlands Worldwide

However what All I want to share with you and all the others are that is has been a great pleasure to be working with you over the past five years. You have played a vital role in putting RNW on the map in India and surrounding countries. Working alone over there you managed to make deals with broadcasters like AIR and Gyan Vani and other well known media companies where other international broadcasters needed a full-fledged team or didn't succeed at all. Also you contributed significantly to the brand awareness of RNW in India by leveraging your huge network in the media-world in India. A big splash indeed!

You have been a wonderful person to work with; your never-ending optimism has been an inspiration for us all!

“Amitabh has a very good grasp of Indian Cable and Broadcsting business. He is very well connected in Media and is a very hard working person. I'm sure he would be an asset to anyone he works with.
Sanjay Pathak” March 24, 2008
2nd Sanjay Pathak, Exec. Vice President, Technosat
was a consultant or contractor to Amitabh at Walt Disney Company

“Amitabh Srivastava and his story are what become examples for generations to come. His rise, through sheer hard work is exemplary. From being a star at MTV, expanding BBC when news networks were a novelty, to establsihing TV Today's news channels and their supremacy; to Disney's final shot at glory, Amitabh has done it all..and would continue to surprise himself and those around him, with what he manages to pull out of the hat.
He is and will always be an ASSET, as a friend, colelague, and/or business associate.” August 28, 2007
2nd Gitesh Agarwal, Manager-Bus Dev, Austrade
was with another company when working with Amitabh at TV Today

“Amitabh Srivastava is one of the finest individuals I have even known. He is extremely down to earth and humble, which belies his immense knowledge and experience in the media industry, which is, in my opinion, unparralled? His incisive knowledge about the happenings in the 'old traditional media' as well as 'new media' is a rarest of rare combinations. I will him all the best in life.” August 28, 2007
2nd Nimesh Akhauri, Head of Sales, Europe, Syntel Inc.
was with another company when working with Amitabh at TV Today

“During his time with BBC World, Amitabh Srivastava secured and managed distribution agreements with all of the major cable operators in India. He did this very successfully and with great care and sensitivity. I was very sorry to see him leave his role at the BBC when he decided to move on to pastures new in India. I have no hesitation in recommending Amitabh Srivastava.” July 9, 2008
2nd Jeff Hazell, Director, Distribution and Business Development (Global), BBC World Ltd
managed Amitabh indirectly at BBC Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava was a hard-working reliable manager who both motivated his team, and when appropriate negotiated contracts himself very effectively. He was very popular with all his colleagues.” May 12, 2008
2nd Patrick Cross, MD BBC World, BBC World Service
managed Amitabh at BBC Worldwide

“Amitabh Srivastava is a self starter with a great knowledge of the media industry in India. He takes initiative and works hard to complete complex tasks. Well liked by colleagues and clients alike, Amitabh Srivastava is an effective manager.” May 6, 2008
2nd Anshuman Misra, General manager, BBC Worldwide
managed Amitabh at BBC Worldwide

“Big know how about the region, superb list of valuable contacts, can do mentality and a pleasure to work with. We will miss him!” July 24, 2012

2nd Rik Rensen, Editor in Chief, Radio Netherlands Worldwide managed Amitabh Srivastava indirectly at Radio Netherlands Worldwide