Arul Kacker

Founded and led the local city operations Founded the Bombay chapter of an international series of concerts – 23 sold out concerts, 65 unique acts.

• Personally, managed creative direction, programming, artist bookings, and marketing. Current supply demand throughput at 1:18, with over 1300 applicants per show.
• Recruited, trained and a led a multidisciplinary team of reviewers, videographers, photographers, editors, social media handlers, venues coordinators and space designers.
• Nominated to the Sofar Sounds Global Review Team to help new cities across the globe assess applicants & potential performers.
• Give A Home – Organized and marketed a global multi-city charity event in collaboration with Amnesty International, Facebook, and VICE. Raising over $180,000 for refugee aid and reached over 3.3 billion people across all media.
• Recognized for pioneering work and interviewed personally by major media houses (Rolling Stone, GQ, Vogue), national newspapers (Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Asian Age), and local radio stations (Radio One, Radio Mirchi, RED FM).

• Worked with insurance firms to create bespoke efficient workflows and technological systems to aid ease of doing business and speed-to-market.
• Received extensive training in policy writing, billing systems and claims handling for several insurance business models
• Received multiple internal awards for exceptional performance.

Scholarship recipient for exceptional performance on the entrance test. Interned as a student at Philips, Scheider Electric, and Vodafone. National quarterfinalist at the Texas Instruments Innovation Challange, 2015.

Four-week course on recording agreements, copyrights, royalties, artist management, and publishing.