by Suman Gupta
Mumbai, May 2017: India’s largest educational exhibition and summit, ‘Edutainment Show’ is back with the power-packed 5th edition. The show will be scheduled in Mumbai on 19th – 20th May 2017 at Hotel Sahara Star. The Edutainment show is organized by Event Capital, a Laqshya Media Group.
The Edutainment Show is curated to offer aspiring students exciting career options in alternative fields such as journalism, PR, advertising, event management, fashion, designing, etc. It provides a platform for students to explore various fields of education covering design, media & communication and participate in informative workshops with media and design stalwarts. It is a one-stop platform for information, education, entertainment and more importantly media convergence.
Deepak Choudhary, Co-Founder & Director, Event Capital, said, “The Edutainment Show has become an annual show every media, communication and design institute in India participates in. With over 3,000 aspirants attending the two-day summit and exhibition for listening to over 100+ leading subject experts and 20+ workshops, the Edutainment Show has become the largest gathering for media, design and communication professionals in India.”
There will be a host of industry experts from media, design and communication industry, who will give students a broadened outlook towards career possibilities in media, communication and design. The Edutainment Show will also hold several panel discussions presided by various industry bigwigs covering a wide range of themes – from fashion designing to product designing, film-making to corporate communication and Brand communication to Radio programming, to name a few. Some of the speakers slotted to speak at this two day event this year are actor Richa Chaddawho will moderate a session on “How to follow your passion.”, Casting director Mukesh Chhabra will share his views and experiences in the casting industry, Prof. Mookesh Patel will speak on scope and growth of Design in India; Yash Bhanage, Co-owner of Bombay Canteen, will guide the aspirants on Importance of Mentorship. Photographer Jitu Salvani will be taking a session on photography to name a few. The workshops scheduled for this edition include Bookmaking, Photography, UI/UX Design, Storytelling through Film, Design Portfolio, amongst others.
Every year The Edutainment Show organizes The Edutainment Awards which aims to recognize and felicitate efforts made by educational institutes to impart quality education under multiple disciplines. Conducted in two stages, the Education Awards will be the culmination of a comprehensive assessment and performance review of various key stake holders by a jury comprising of education experts in the media, communication and design space.
