Parmesh Shahani is one of India’s leading social and interactive media experts.  As Head, Vision & Opportunities, Incubation Laboratory, he works on new media, venture capital and innovation for the US $6.7 billion Mahindra & Mahindra and also serves as Editorial Director of Verve magazine.

Parmesh Shahani is one of India’s leading social and interactive media experts.  As Head, Vision & Opportunities, Incubation Laboratory, he works on new media, venture capital and innovation for the US $6.7 billion Mahindra & Mahindra and also serves as Editorial Director of Verve magazine.

New Zealanders will have access to some of the best brains in the digital media business at the upcoming X | Media | Lab, in Auckland from May 22-24, 2009.

The Big Idea is a media partner for the Auckland conference and lab, Commercialising Ideas.  We have four single passes to give away to the Keynote Conference Day.  Ask Parmesh Shahani a question to go into the draw to win.

Parmesh Shahani

Parmesh is also affiliated with Boston based think tank - the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium, exploring the ways in which the business landscape is changing in response to the growing integration of content and brands across media platforms and the increasingly prominent role that consumer are playing in the shaping the flow of media

His prior work experiences have included founding India's first youth website, business development for Sony's Indian television channel operations, writing and editing copy for Elle magazine and the Times of India group, helping make a low-budget feature film and teaching as a visiting faculty member at a Bombay college. Parmesh holds undergraduate degrees in commerce and education from the University of Bombay, and a graduate degree in Comparative Media Studies, from MIT. His first book - Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India (New Delhi, London, Los Angeles, Singapore: Sage Publications) was released in April 2008.

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