Engineer Mehvish Buch operates an OB van

As a child, Mehvish Buch, 23, loved television, but not in the way one would presume. "I was curious about how electrical signals are converted into visual images. I wanted to understand the science behind it and how it all came together to produce what we see on screen," she says. The curiosity eventually led her to sign up for a BTech in electronics and communication from Haryana's Maharshi Dayanand University, followed by a PG diploma course in broadcast journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. And now, Buch has become the first female outdoor broadcasting (OB) engineer to be recruited by business channel BTVi, a pilot move in the broadcasting industry.