Podcasting in India

Podcasting in India is at a very nascent stage, despite the fact that a large number of people blog from the nation. Many of the current Indian podcasts seem to cater to the NRI community as podcasting inside India is still not very popular due to bandwidth constraintsref|PODWORKS_NEWS. There are approximately 3000 Indian podcasters aroundref|TELEGRAPH_NEWS_1, including celebrities like former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, who hosts a [http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/sunil_pitch.html cricket podcast] at Yahoo India.

Some of the earliest podcasters in India include Podmasti, [http://www.theindicast.com/ Indicast] , [http://www.podioindia.com PodioIndia] , Kamla Bhatt show and [http://www.podtech.net/home/category/editorial/tech/kirubashow/ Kiruba Show] , a spin-off from the US based Podtechref|PODTECH_NEWS. Podcasting in Hinglish and Indian languages is also gaining ground, example of such podcasts are [http://www.podmasti.com Podmasti] , Podbharti and [http://sanjay.akshargram.com Sanjay] . [http://www.podbazaar.com Podbazaar] also hosts podcasts in various Indian languages, predominantly in Tamil.

In June 2007 a group of Podcast enthusiasts organized [http://www.podworks.in Podworks] at Chennai, a 2 day workshop devoted solely to Podcastingref|PODWORKS_NEWS.

List of Indian Podcasts (alphabetical)

* [http://www.dotnetindiashow.com .NET From India Show]
* [http://indianmusic.libsyn.com Indian Music]
* [http://www.indiavibez.com Indiavibez]
* [http://www.theindicast.com Indicast]
* [http://www.jaagobharat.com/bharat/podcasts/podcasts.html Jaago Bharat]
* [http://www.kamlabhattshow.com/pdcst Kamla Bhatt]
* [http://meterdown.wordpress.com Meter Down]
* [http://www.podbazaar.com Podbazaar]
* [http://www.podbharti.com Podbharti]
* [http://www.podioindia.com PodioIndia]
* [http://www.podmasti.com Podmasti]
* [http://sanjay.akshargram.com Sanjay]
* [http://swajana.com Swajana]
* [http://indiainteracts.com/video/episodes.php?showid=16 Business Bytes]

References

* [http://www.tech2.com/india/news/general/podcast-awareness-campaign-held-in-chennai/6163/0 Podcast Awareness Campaign Held in Chennai]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/15/stories/2007041500451100.htm Podcasting gains currency in India]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060717/asp/knowhow/story_6477967.asp The next big thing]