Vijay Jadhav, Director NFAI Pune RIP

Vijay Hanumant Jadhav, Director of the National Film Archive of India and  the Press Information Bureau in Pune  expired after a heart attack on Dec 14. He had  worked with several media related organizations including Press Information Bureau , All India Radio and  Doordarshan.Mr Jadhav also had a stint  as Public Relations Officer (Defence), Pune. He was  interested in music and was an accomplished tabla player and had trained under Ustad Alla Rakha.

 Jadhav was a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from UDCT, Mumbai. Because of his chemical engineering background he could take several initiatives for preservation of films as head at NFAI.   He  leaves behind his wife and two daughters.