India in the ABU TV Song Festival

India
Participating broadcaster	Doordarshan (DD)
Participation summary
Appearances	7
First appearance	2015

The participation of India in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred six times since the inaugural ABU TV Song Festival began in 2012. Since their début in 2015, the Indian has been organised by the national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD).

History

2015

Doordarshan is a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, and participated at the ABU TV Song Festival 2015 for the first time.[1] On 13 September it was announced that the song that would represent India in Istanbul would be "The Prayer of Time",[2] on 14 September the group Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya were announced as the Indian participants.[3] On 16 September 2015 the group Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya were removed from the official list of participants provided by the ABU,[4] it was announced on 21 September that India would be represented by Sanjeevani Bhelande with the song "Radiant Ruby".[5]

Participation overview

Year	Entrant	Song	Language
2015	Sanjeevani Bhelande	"Radiant Ruby"	English, Hindi
2017	Shri Kailash Kher	"Beloved (Saiyaan) & Crazy For You (Teri Deewani)"	Hindi
2018	Kushal Paul & Mehul Grover	"Raaj Kapoor Medley"	Hindi
2019	A. R. Rahman	"Mausam & Escape & Jai Ho!" (medley)	Hindi
2020	Akashvani Vadya Vrind	"My India"	Hindi
2021	Summersalt	"Public Address System of the Khasi people"	Khasi
2022	Sniti Mishra	"Darbari Fusion"	Hindi
2023	Malini Awasthi	"Ram Ji Ke Bhaile Janamva"	Awadhi

See also

• India in the ABU Radio Song Festival

References

1. Granger, Anthony (25 April 2015). "ATSF'15: India & Arab States To Debut". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. Granger, Anthony. "ATSF'15: ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Participants Announced". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. Granger, Anthony. "India: Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya To Istanbul". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. Granger, Anthony. "India: Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya Not To Participate?". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. Granger, Anthony. "India: Sanjeevani Bhelande To The ABU TV Song Festival". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.