India in the ABU TV Song Festival
# India in the ABU TV Song Festival

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. On 13 September it was announced that the song that would represent India in Istanbul would be "The Prayer of Time", on 14 September the group Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya were announced as the Indian participants. On 16 September 2015 the group Rajki Pusan Nath Sapena Kalbeliya were removed from the official list of participants provided by the ABU, it was announced on 21 September that India would be represented by Sanjeevani Bhelande with the song "Radiant Ruby".

## 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 |
