Deepak Choudhary — Founder
Deepak Choudhary - Serial Event entrepreneur, also known as IP Man of India Founder & Managing Director- Eva Live, EVENTFAQS Media, Whistling Woods International School of Event Management, Doremi Entertainment and Co Author of the book "Staged" Deepak Choudhary is synonymous to the Indian Entertainment, Media and Education eco-system. The journey began in 2002 where Deepak co-founded India’s first industry accredited Event Management school, EMDI with his MBA colleagues. The journey never stopped. As a serial entrepreneur he further joined hands with Roshan Abbas to create EMDI Encompass Institute of Radio Management, and followed it up with India’s first sports management school, IISM with cricketer Nilesh Kulkarni. In 2007, he co-founded EVENTFAQS, India's first B2B business portal/publication for the experiential industry. EVENTFAQS today runs Wow Awards Asia (India & Dubai ) amongst other IPs & Brands namely WEDFAQS, Shows of India, Experiantial CMO Awards, MAXIMICE, Congregations India, Gourmet Experiences & Awards etc. In 2009 he divested his stake in the education business to Greycells Education Ltd and went on to exit the business after serving as the MD of the listed company for three years. After a brief stint dabbling in the F&B Industry, in 2013 he established Event Capital & Laqshya Live Experiances with Laqshya Media Group. Deepak, also started spending time in Dubai to run XPRNC with Roshan Abbas & Concord Alliances and then started his own setup by structuring India’s largest IP, Festival and concert business called EVA Live. Under EVA live, Deepak now owns properties like Bollywood Music Project ( largest Bollywood music festival in India), Social Nation ( largest digital creators festival ), Windmill Festival ( India's largest kids festival), Edutainment Show ( festival of design & media education), India Games Expo ( largest games festival ), Great Indian Dandiya Festival, Big Boys Toys and various others. Eva Live is also a large player in Concert business and is bringing large Indian and International Artists. With this background and network, Deepak also co-author ‘Staged’ – the first-ever book on the Indian live event Industry. A true powerhouse, Deepak represents the changing face of the events & media industry over the last 20 years.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the Indian Entertainment and Event Management industry.
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 23 yrs 8 mos
Career Highlights
- Pioneered India's first event management school.
- Founded multiple successful event and media companies.
- Authored the first book on the Indian live event industry.
Work Experience
EVA Live
Founder & Managing Director (2 yrs 11 mos)
XPRNC
Co-Founder & Director (1 yr)
Whistling Woods International School of event management
Chief Mentor (4 yrs 2 mos)
Event Capital
Founder & Director (9 yrs 2 mos)
International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)
Founder (1 yr)
Greycells Education Ltd.
MD (2 yrs 11 mos)
EVENTFAQS.COM
Founder & Managing Director (19 yrs 2 mos)
EMDI Institute of Media and Communication
Founder (5 yrs 5 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Management Science at IIPS, Indore
Post Graduate Diploma in Management at IES Management College