GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT – is a must and has progressed well in the last few years. We need to sit with the policy makers and create an effective roadmap for a REFORMATIVE & FOCUSSED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR SECTOR.

CO-EXISTENCE & CO-PARTICIPATION

We will work to build our city and REGIONAL CHAPTERS and make them CENTRES OF PROFIT.

LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR WOMEN is important as they play a very critical role in our industry. We will create programs to enable this.

A NATIONAL LEVEL IP FOR EEMA

The World is changed by your actions, not by your opinion A member of EEMA from the inception, also having worked as VP – South, I have actively been a part of various activities over the years across all the 4 regions and various states.

• Liasioning with the States and central Govts to recognize us an industry and reinforce EEMA as the apex body for the same.
• Drive membership for EEMA across categories and regional association tie ups – To eventually make EEMA the apex representative body of the industry
• Help drive the ecosystem back to normalcy – liasioning with allied tourism industries, Govts, ecosystem networks etc.
• Help reinforce the event education ecosystem across the country to nurture fresh talent
• Strengthen the zonal ecosystems to resolve and service local issues.

• To align the event Industry with the Government as a one stop consulting and execution partner for Government events across not just India but the Globe.
• Make EEMA’s presence felt across the Corporate and Experiential Spaces via dialogue and mutual goal setting that benefits.
• Defining our Vendor & Partner Network and working with them boost ties and trade.
• Educating our Work Force across the industry towards best practices.
• Taking WeCare into the offices of each member company.
• Recognizing and Empowering our Women Leaders of Tomorrow.
• Creating a National IP for EEMA which all member companies come together to create and manage.
• EEMA and Member Company Branding & Merchandise Creation – The EEMA Store – Design & Create

• Maximizing brand EEMA
• Positivity & Harmony in the association and industry
• Single window permission portal for event industry across the country
• Creating the EEMA Learning Management System for education and upskilling
• High Govt. engagement to achieve industry status and high engagement with Govt. in all forms
• Strategic and working partnerships with travel & hospitality, Advertising & media, convention promotion, bureaus, content platforms, licensing bodies
• Working committees to be made permanent for continuity
• Strong foundation for a robust wedding council
• Smooth, diligent and efficient Secretariat

Iron Clad Commitment

• EEMA to become a little less about the leader and lot more about the ship. Transform EEMA to be the voice for entrepreneurial success and free enterprise.
• Bring about positive change for members visible representation of, for and by the members while making sure the voice of EEMA is heard by the concerned authorities.
• Participate and create reformative and focused India Growth story for the events industry by engaging with Govt. Become a progressive front for policy makers to create an effective roadmap.
• Engage and empower members who get involved, the opportunity to lead
• A commitment to create a mouthpiece and representation:
  • Education (Internal & External)
  • HR policy (Including usable deck for agencies)
• National Public image exercise for EEMA
• Working & operational excellence with transparency and inclusivity in operations
• Double figure membership growth enabling women membership growth programs; with more women in EEMA playing leadership roles.
• Promise to do whatever it takes to deal with the small ships issue.
• Help build stronger self-sustaining regional chapters.

• Out-reach program for increased membership drive
• Enhanced training and knowledge sharing workshops/programs to disseminate information
• Build a stronger community for talent pool identification
• Roll-out EEMA app

When the Tide rises all the Boats Rise My Motto: Strengthening and Empowering each EEMA Members

• Each EEMA Member should be recognized by our eco-system.
• Strong identity creation by bringing value.
• Regional associations to be empowered for welfare and growth of members
• Learning and handling challenges of future and current post covid crisis.
• New IP’s and ideas for revenues.
• Government Recognition and business for members.
• Using each members idea and contribution we can all rise and shine.
• Future proof learnings and preparing members for Web3
• We are EEMA We are the change.

Played an important role as one of the election observers in conducting fair and free elections of EEMA 2020-22 and delivering responsibly.

• Communication at its best amongst the NEC and the members
• Work on an annual calendar for events for the entire year for the NEC, EVP of all states and ensure maximum participation from all members
• Working on Spotlight awards from the very beginning to ensure maximum participation from our partners
• Work strongly on increasing membership of EEMA in every region with the support of EVP’S and the members especially small towns.

Played an important role as one of the election observers in conducting fair and free elections of EEMA 2020-22 and delivering responsibly.

• To maintain proper books of accounts transparently
• Adhere to government and legal compliances.
• Search for adding revenue streams.
• To segregate finances and keep a balance between the inflow & outflow.
• Help and increase the member base.
• To ideate and implement avenues for member benefits.

I do believe that only those who have the passion, time & energy should stand up for any National position on the EEMA governing body. Some of my key endeavors would be

• Collective decision on payment terms / creative fee and blacklisting of non-paying clients
• Putting together an SOP of HR
• Creating a robust dispute settlement mechanism
• Education on music licensing matter and an effective system to fight the matter (legally & on-ground)
• Awareness program at top MBA colleges for attracting quality talent
• Education of agency heads on how to meet the needs of the changing environment and economy

Given an opportunity to serve the community once again, we would like to focus on:

• Strengthening the education system in the field of event management to ensure we get trained future leaders for our industry that helps the industry grow to its potential.
• Training and certification of technical support staff ensuring our events are safe, being executed with zero glitch, while raising the bar of the experiences we create for brands.
• Giving value to all members in lieu of their contribution (financial / non-financial) strengthening their belief in what we can achieve together

Involve-Evolve-Achieve

• The three words I would give importance in my manifesto is Involve – Evolve – Achieve.
• Get involved in more activities of our association. Evolve yourselves to more and brighter days and get recognized for our achievements.
• I wish there would be more greater and frequent platforms to recognize our members’ achievements. Listening to your voices and being an active member of our association, taking active measures to initiate the changes you want to see. Striving to keep you up-to-date with how the industry is evolving itself and improving. By keeping you involved, you will be able to understand why things change or evolve and how will it continue to benefit you to continue to enhance the relationship. Devoting time to event representatives meetings across the country and interacting with members on issues they face.
• Following your heartbeats I am confident of achieving
  • A Ministerial level interaction citing the plight of our organization to bring in maximum opportunity to respective land.
  • Organizing an Inter-state Cultural and Sports Fest to bring in more opportunity to event management industry.
  • Upgrading and updating our organization and employees, I could bring in training session to our member companies and employees.
  • A Global event meet to be organized to bring in foreign tour operators/event organizers to understand the event destinations and opportunities in our land, thus allowing our member companies to showcase their creations to outside the world.
• I already have a wealth of experience of working for the association and I have your interests at heart. With your voices behind me, I can use the knowledge I have gained to best represent and implement your ideas So if you like what I hope to achieve, I would be most appreciative of your support!

• Building a stronger EEMA across the South in collaboration with the regional and other event associations
• To promote more awareness amongst collegiates about EEMA and motivate them to choose Events as their professional career
• To improve the membership base across the region, with emphasis on both metros & tier two cities
• To activate Senior members of event community to join EEMA and strengthen the fellowship.

• To ensure inclusivity amongst zonal members of all categories
• Value creation for members across categories, ensuring higher retention of members
• Drive membership in the west zone, through networking, tie ups & roadshows
• Drive Zonal events, trainings, seminars across member categories
• Support the NEC in all national initiatives & endeavors
• Develop brand EEMA and create synergy with regional associations & initiatives

• Activating North-East to maximum
• Increasing quality membership in the zone
• Tie-Ups with local associations to increase our strength
• Representation in Govt.
• Few Ips in East to promote EEMA
• Developing a strong bonding between members
• Intra-Zonal meets on regular intervals
• Recognition/Felicitation of Tier 2/3 cities.

I believe in stimulating initiatives that will bring value for our members, working closely with our fellow members to align ourselves to create a bigger spectrum for the Event Eco-System.

• Creating state chapters and presence of EEMA across the zone and country to empower states
• Identifying ways to collaborate and build strategies to over the come the hard times which we all are faced in recent past.
  • This will be done by collaborations with our Vendor and Hotel Eco System to create physical experiences.
• Creating a knowledge sharing platform for our fellow members where exchange of ideas, Industry best practices will lead to a broader spectrum.
• Raising the Bar: Taking EEMA to various platforms and tier 2 and tier 3 states to educate our other Industry associates, the importance of EEMA and benefits to be a part of the biggest and the only recognized apex event body of the country thus increasing member base.
• Work in the education space to create and educate the budding event managers and the institutes to streamline the studies of the education with the appropriate curriculum.
• Making our relationship strong with the government and getting our Industry recognized as an Industry.

• Being a part of EEMA from the last 3 years and active part in EEMA
• And with this current scenario of Covid 19 will be focused in helping the member companies to come out strengthen by engaging all stakeholders
• Work towards brand building of EEMA in the 5 states of South by way of Tie-ups with regional associations and collaborate for the regional events
• Improvise the education of the event company owners and employees to make them better leaders in future
• Event education curriculum with the colleges and event management institutes for the future ready industry
• We will work closely with eco-system of events towards a professional environment.
• Activate tier 2 cities and establish the presence of EEMA
• Work towards the bonding of the members and the event community by ways of the social events.

OUR VISION

• Value: A PROMISE to give value of Membership to every member of EEMA, it may be Club...Star...Silver...Gold... or Platinum all to be benefitted as per the category
• Brand EEMA Awareness : Industry Working Together To Enhance EEMA West’s Brand Position as a Leading Destination for Hosting Events
• Membership – We were 225 plus in 2020... Now 159 in 2022 ... Promise for 250 plus in my tenure. Reaching out to all EEMA West States
• Skill & Education agenda – Short Stories : Online Content Bank : 5 min. Event Gyaan AV and many more
• EEMA Partnered IP/Programme – Revenue Generation Initiative
• Deals for EEMA Members – Hotels: Artist: AV : Tech Partners

• As an EEMA Core Committee Member, I’ll be dedicated to strengthening our fraternity further by inspiring people to collabor together to aim for a higher zenith.
• I aim to add value in the motto of achieving the due recognition our industry seeks.
• I want to vitalize the relationship between the event planners and our vendors for a more effective work output and stronger team together.
• Last but not the least, I want to be the source of positivity in all in expanding the horizons by bringing in fresh ideas, knowledge and experience.

• Chair bearer of Punjab Channelizing and synergizing energies of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh & Haryana for EEMA North
• Fostering relationships among all vendors & event companies of these states Develop more sustainable and skill-based business opportunities for these states To get more companies enrolled with EEMA developing more business opportunities in & for these states 0 Active support to EEMA north for all its endeavour

• Primarily I would like to strengthen the south event fraternity at EEMA and mobilize more participation at national front.
• Promoting Events as a profession in the todays Gen Y students and creating more employment around it.
• Skill Development activities to the start-ups and also to the existing vendor partners to get more awareness on the safety at events.
• Would like to create a platform for collaborations for a better business prospects and build the manta “Collaboration is the way Forward"

I’m contesting elections for the post of committee member this year for west zone because I want to bring in change in the way our industry is perceived. We still haven’t received the deserving respect and recognition for our art and skills in eyes of corporates/government/authorities.

Few pointers which may help us achieve the same,

• Get smallest of the agency across the zone onboarded, kill the insecurity or fear for competition; instead get together and leverage on each other’s strength for better business and inclusive environment.
• Propagate power of collaboration and utilize expert connections in industry to ensure peer group help Suggest a vendor-partner participation in association plan to increase our reach and have better control of the industry as they form one of the largest ecosystems in our business
• Create smaller IP/Sessions to increase effectivity in onboarding and retaining talent, policies to curb poaching, cross hiring amidst members and have a very healthy movement for member employees.
• Support all the initiatives from zonal head and NEC in my fullest capacity.

• Happy to Part of EEMA South Zone Committee to promote our industry as well as support to the Members Growth.
• Increase Membership from South Zone.
• Try to make good rapport with Political leaders & Government Higher Officials to Support EEMA Activities & Initiatives.
• Support & Add Value to the Vision of President & VP South Elect.
• Demonstrate able administration.
• Gain Member Confidence.
• Ensure unity and stability of the Association.
• Work for Members Welfare.
• Dedicative service to EEMA Growth.

• Acknowledging the business amongst the EEMA family and thus creating an appreciating system of givers gain.
• Bringing forth the culture & diversity that resides in the rich heritage of the west through an experiential IP that celebrates the music, culture, festivity as well as the brotherhood.
• Focusing on the inclusiveness of all the members of the west so that the EEMA national body is strengthened. For the same, members interconnectivity programme to be planned.