Shaju Ignatius

Business Head, IP Projects

OMS, The Times Group

Shaju Ignatius, an event management industry veteran, has been associated with varied organisations & entities from the Media & Entertainment field in the last few years. Some among them are Aamby Valley City, Wizcraft International, Event Capital – a Laqshya Group Company, Sahara Media, Viiking Ventures, Twisted Entertainment (EVC), etc. With almost two decades of experience in business development, project management, content and event production, strategy and concept building, Ignatius in his current role explores the Events IP space for fruitful integrations & partnerships for his ventures.
 
Talking about his prospective associations, Ignatius said, “I am excited about new collaborations, especially because I share the vision to be a leading associate of intellectual properties in the events space. The plan is to do this by partnering and investing in IP’s with Brands & Companies from our Industry here in India and globally.”
 
Ignatius has earlier worked with event management & media companies such as Wizcraft International Entertainment, 360 Degrees –a Times Group venture, Percept D’Mark, Aamby Valley Ltd. and Sahara Media & Entertainment. During this time, he had executed events such as Michael Jackson’s 1996 India Concert, IIFA Awards, Filmfare Awards, India 2000 Millennium Celebrations, Femina Miss India pageants, Mauritius Independence Celebrations and Delhi Commonwealth Games ceremonies, among others.
 
In the latter part of his career, Ignatius’ focus has been on exploring & creating unique content and turnkey project management to Special Events and Annual Event Properties.