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"OG" Jagdish Patankar says Indian cities are now gearing up for bigger, better industry events.

Vishal Krishna

In this episode we talk to Jagdish, the founder of MM-Activ, who is the OG of the Indian events and exhibitions industry. He talks about how India is changing with events.

00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Waking up to mega events
05:32 - What does a mega-event do to a city?
11:16 - Organising the event industry.
15:50 - Every Indian who went to America wants to give back.
16:05 - TIE Global as an event and other large events in India.
21:29 - The Bengaluru Tech Summit.
27:10 - Being influenced by ideology as an youngster.
29:20 - Working in a magazine in the early days.
33:44 - Starting up in the events industry.
42:06 - Being in the media business to deliver value.
46:54 - Building intellectual property.
51:22 - Being inspired by theatre.

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