Vikram Channa, MBA, MFTP Global Council Member

Vikram Channa serves as a member of The Academia Foundation Global Council. As Warner Bros. Discovery Networks Vice President and Head of Content & Products for East and South East Asia, Vikram Channa leads all Discovery content, productions, broadcasts, and curation for the region. Since joining Discovery in 1995, he has taken on various roles within the company from on-air promotions to programming and production. Together with his team, he executive produced over 1,200 documentaries, several of which garnered accolades at events such as the Asia Television Awards, New York Festival, Omni Intermedia, and the Academy Awards. In addition to having a Master’s in Film and Television Production and a Master’s in History, he earned his MBA from the University of Chicago. In the field of academia, Vikram serves as Associate Dean of the Anaheim University Akira Kurosawa School of Film.