Deepak Choudhary

Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India23 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key 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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the Indian Entertainment and Event Management industry.

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Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCEOsBusiness PlanningStartup Development

About

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.

Experience

Eva live

Founder & Managing Director

Apr 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Live. Media & Education

Xprnc

Co-Founder & Director

Mar 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • The first Intellectual Property & Festival company in Middle East

Whistling woods international school of event management

Chief Mentor

Jan 2020Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Event capital

Founder & Director

Jan 2013Mar 2022 · 9 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Founder of the India's first Intellectual Property rights company.

International institute of sports management (iism)

Founder

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

  • International Institute of Sports Management is the first dedicated sports educational institute of its kind in India. More than a learning institute, IISM is a movement, committed to empowering budding professionals to unfurl the future of Sport. www.iismworld.com

Greycells education ltd.

MD

Jul 2008Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • EMDI Institute of Media and Communication

Eventfaqs.com

Founder & Managing Director

Jan 2007Present · 19 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • EVENTFAQS – www.eventfaqs.com - India’s first and till date the only B2B business portal for the event industry. Over the time, Eventfaqs has branched out into a publication Experiential Marketing that works as a monthly newsletter for the industry and WOW awards that applaud and felicitate outstanding work in the industry on an annual basis. It has also initiated MaxiMICE which is an annual meeting of minds to discuss ways to enhance corporate meetings, incentives, conferences and events.

Emdi institute of media and communication

Founder

Aug 2002Jan 2008 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • EMDI Institute of Media & Communication, India's premier media college imparts training to more than 600 students every year across its 6 centres in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Indore, Kolkata and an International branch in the Middle East at Dubai Knowledge Village. EMDI operates under the aegis of Greycells Education Limited, a Bombay Stock Exchange listed company. It aims to create global standards of excellence in the Media and Communication space.
  • Event Management Development Institute (EMDI) was started in 2002 by me along with 2 colleagues straight out from my MBA course - first operational space being in Bandra, Mumbai. The initial courses at EMDI were part-time courses in event management, the teaching model being - getting the best from the industry to train the future young aspirants of the industry. Details can be found on www.emdiworld.com

Education

IIPS, Indore

Bachelor of Management Science — Management

Jan 1997Jan 2000

IES Management College

Post Graduate Diploma in Management — Marketing and Finance

Jan 2000Jan 2002

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