At BBC World, London, Pervaiz was the Executive Producer of the television programmes such as India Business Report, presented by Raghav Bahl of TV 18, Question Time India, presented by Prannoy Roy of NDTV, HARDtalk India, presented by Karan Thapar, Business Bites, presented by Ronnie Screwvala of UTV, Mastermind India, presented by Sidhartha Basu, Question Time Pakistan, presented by Mehreen Jabbar, Bollywood Bosses and Face to Face.
Before joining BBC World, he worked as a senior producer of news and current affairs in the BBC Hindi Service at Bush House in London. He reported and produced programmes from Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Dubai, Amman and Jerusalem. He has extensively covered several general elections in India from various states. He has also interviewed some of the top politicians from India and Pakistan such as former prime ministers, Chandra Shekhar, Narsimha Rao, Inder Kumar Gujral and Benazir Bhutto.
He also produced special programmes based on his exclusive interviews with musicians such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam Ali and Abida Perveen.
In 2010, he directed and produced Life Gulmohar Style, a series of 156 radio plays based on gender sensitisation for the BBC ACTION AID. The series was broadcast by more than 20 FM Radio Stations in India.
Pervaiz Alam started his broadcasting career with All India Radio as a Programme Executive in New Delhi where he won several National Awards awards for producing acclaimed radio documentaries.
Director of more than 20 radio plays at the BBC Hindi Service, Pervaiz Alam has written two stage plays, SAFAR & ZAHOOR KA HOTAL. SAFAR was performed at Linbury Theatre, Westend London and in other British cities, including Edinburgh and Birmingham.
Just before launching Cine Ink Podcasts, Pervaiz Alam worked at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC), Apeejay Stya University, Gurgaon, as Professor and Dean for five years (2012-2017).
In 2020, he took up an assignment at one of the largest media houses, Aajtak, India Today, as a Special Consultant where he was involved in a successful launch of Aajtak Digital Radio.
As a guest speaker, Pervaiz Alam participates in live television debates and literary festivals.
