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Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Martin's New RGBW Light Engine Propults Compact, Brighter Wash Light Series New!

Mark Mercer-Buss, Martin Global Product Line Manager of Entertainment Lighting, delves deep into how the Martin ELP PAR/ELP PAR IP and Martin ERA 150 Wash Lights elevate the Martin Lighting portfolio. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Patna's Auditorium Gets New Audio System From SOUNDXPERTS New!

Punjab-based SOUNDXPERTS delivered a complete turnkey solution for Patna Women's College auditorium, including pro audio, video, lighting, control, acoustics, seating, and flooring. Sun Infonet supplied leading brands for prestigious project execution. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

AV-ICN 2023 Show Preview: Strong Sentiment for AV-ICN to Establish New!

The AV-ICN Expo 2023 is a stand-alone Expo in Hall 2 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Nesco, Mumbai. The AV-ICN Show Preview offers a sneak peek at audiovisual products, technologies, and innovations on display at the show floor this year. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

CAVS, Ahmedabad Elevates INDIAN AV EDUCATION Landscape To New Heights New!

The third edition of CAVS proved once again that when it comes to carving a niche in fields such as audiovisual and integration networking, the sky is the limit. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Are Global Integrators Reshaping the INDIAN AV INDUSTRY? New!

Global integrators establishing in India are sourcing highly experienced AV professionals from Indian system integrators and AV consultancy companies. Executing large projects worldwide from India, the Indian AV industry is being reshaped to compete for international projects. AV-ICN's Editorial Assistant Ritika Pandey analyses the churn impacting Indian AV industry. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

State-Of-The-Art Technology Set To Be Unveiled At PALM Expo 2023 New!

From premium microphones to cutting-edge stage lighting fixtures, from superlative loudspeakers to ever-reliable cables and connectors - the trade show floor at PALM Expo 2023 promises to bring into spotlight the cream-of-the-crop products from the pro audio and lighting industry. PALM + AV-ICN offers a glimpse into what this edition of India's biggest stage sound, professional lighting, rigging, and trussing trade show has to offer to its visitors. read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

How I Prepare for My Shoot New!

by Cheerag Cama, Freelance Audio Engineer

Whenever I am about to start working on a new film project, there are a few things that I always do. The first is of course to read the script. This gives me an idea of what the movie is all about. And as I read through the script, my mind starts working on how I plan to approach the shoot. read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

Creating State-of-the-Art AUDIOVISUAL Experiences Surrounding The Statue of Unity New!

In PALM + AV-ICN's conference session titled 'AV Architect of the Year', Narendra Naidu, Chairman and MD, Rhino Engineers, talks about rendering jaw-dropping audiovisual technology for Gujarat's Statue of Unity and several other projects situated in its periphery... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

Udaipur City Palace Comes Alive with Splat Studio & Dataton New!

Splat Studio makes use of Dataton's Watchout software to highlight India's culture and heritage on the palace's facade

The G20 Sherpa Meet in Udaipur, India witnessed a congregation of world leaders, who partook in key conversations on sustainable lifestyle, technological transformations, and more. The City of Lakes - the host of the G20 Sherpa Meet... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

AV Innovations Galore at ISE Barcelona 2023 New!

ISE Barcelona 2023, held from January 31 - February 3, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, witnessed a record-breaking footfall over the four-day show. Clocking in at 58,107 unique attendees from 155 countries around the world, the ISE Barcelona 2023 not only gave the global AV industry a much-needed push in the right direction after the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

BRINGING SOUND TO LIFE: Ashish Saksena on his Love & Passion for Live Sound Mixing New!

With more than 25 years of experience as a live sound engineer for musical stalwarts such as Shankar Ehsaan Loy and KK, Ashish Saksena has forged his craftsmanship with technical acumen in monitor mixing and Front of House mixing. But his expertise in sound engineering isn't restricted to the live stage. Even in the studio, Ashish knows how to make the mix dance to his own tunes. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Leading with LED New!

PALM + AV-ICN reports on the latest popular, reliable, and cost-effective LED video walls available in the Indian pro AV industry today. From Barco's TruePix to NEC E Series, these indoor LED video walls are here to change the conferencing game in the long run. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

An 'AV'ant-Garde Fusion of Nature & Technology New!

Gujarat has always been a home to the greatest minds who believe in the concept of 'simple living, high thinking'. Be it Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, and India's current Prime Minister,Narendra Modi - these individuals have been a testimony to how a human being... read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Active LED Video Walls - Demystifying The AV Enigma by Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies Pvt. Ltd. New!

The ever changing video market is reaching new heights with active LED video walls. From projection to plasma displays; LCD to LED, the continuous journey for large size display wall is always challenging. The indirect light of projection system, to the thick breaking lines of Bezel in LCD and LED is always disturbing the impact of the high resolution content. The cost of Micro LED panels and the alignment issues didn't allow it to be a success. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

On Delivering Quality Mega Scale AV Projects in India New!

The PALM + AV-ICN conference session witnessed a panel of AV experts, Prashanth Govindhan, Claron D'souza, Abdul Waheed, and Kapil Thirwani sit for a dialogue on the evolution of Indian AV industry, how it differs from AV industries in other countries, and how moral is the concept of jugaad in the Indian AV sphere. In this article, read the highlights of the talk. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Mondosonic Studios' Varun Krrishna on Preferring Analog-Over-Digital SetupNew!

Varun Krrishna is not just a mixing engineer and music producer out of profession, but also out of passion. With an ardent love for music, Varun Krrishna is also the founder and owner of Mondosonic Studios in Kerala, a space he has built for music to breathe free. So, it isn’t a surprise that the man of music is always in a quest to stay abreast with the latest trends in the world of acoustics, and knows just how big the spatial audio boom is. To encapsulate the essence of spatial sound, Varun Krrishna is upgrading Mondosonic Studios with an extension for spatial audio. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Dialing it up: Ashish Saksena on how Monitor Mixing can Elevate a PerformanceNew!

What does it take to create a technically accurate monitor mix and put the stage performance on a pedestal? Ashish Saksena, Live Sound Engineer for Shankar Ehsaan Loy & Late KK, spills the beans on crafting a good monitor mix in PALM + AV-ICN conference session titled, 'How Good Monitor Mixing Can Boost A Performance.'read more


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"Apart From Education and Giving People Access to Professional Training, It's also about Bringing the Community Together and that's a Really Important Aspect in a Growing Industry"

-Wendy Griffiths, Vice President Global Development


Mumbai’s AV Consultants and Integrators congregated at CEDIA's Training & Tech Summit Event held from 7th to 9th August at the MCA Club in Bandra, Mumbai. AV-ICNx caught up with CEDIA members present at the event, studiously attending all tactical sessions. Smlta Ral caught up with Wendy Griffiths - Vice President Global Development for CEDIA, at the sidelines of the event to find out more about CEDIA's activities in India.


What is CEDIA's Primary Focus at this moment?

Establishing CEDIA as an entity outside of the two core countries of the UK and the US is the agenda. Wehave four focus countries for development within this strategy at the moment which is Australia, India, Canada and Mexico.

What do you think about India as a market?

It's amazing! It seems to be really buoyant. One of the things that September - October 2019 amaze me is what I learn from the peer group discussions that take place. Everyone here has an altruistic

wish to grow the industry and grow more efficiently. They are quite happy to work together with competitors to make that happen which is a great thing for me to see.


Smita Rai with Wendy Griffith at Cedia’s Training & Tech Summit Event held in Mumbai


How many members do you have in India?

50, as of March this year. We always dealt with India out of the UK office and from end of March this year we had Roopesh Shah come on board, so now we have a dedicated resource in India. I think he's going to make a huge difference. We've certainly seen a massive increase this year with sponsorship and with attendance for this event but also we've had six member companies renewing off the back of this event.

What Is the schedule for the ongoing Tech Summit?

We started the summit this week on Tuesday, 6th August, with what we call as the CEDIA Accredited

Presenter training. This was a training course for eight people who we have identified as subject matter experts. We took them through presentation skills training so they could become senior presenters for us and actually offer education for us on a regular basis. Up to now, we've been very dependent on international presenters and subject matter experts coming over, which is fine. We want to continue to do that, but we also want to have local subject matter experts who can actually offer education for

us on a regular basis. We want to get as many people trained as possible and get people through certification exams and get the core curriculum out to the Indian market

Yesterday, Wednesday, 7th August we held our Manufacturer Product Training Tech Summit So that was an event where we had an attendance of probably about 110 to 120 at the peak of the day. We had 10 sponsors and they did manufacturer product training. CEDIA had all the sponsors talk about their latest products.

I did a presentation on Working with Design Professionals like architects and interior designers. We had a gentleman from the IIID come over to understand more about what CEDIA does and how we can work with the IIID to raise awareness amongst Interior designers. We wrapped up the day with a networking event for everyone to get together.

Today (Thursday, 8th August) we are following up with the core curriculum. In the morning we had Project Management training for high performance Cinema Projects and in the afternoon we had Advanced Lighting Design training for Cinema Designers. In another room, we had the network training going on. We had Peter Aylett who is our international presenter doing the Project Management course and the lighting course and Rajeev Jain from Play Technologies who is our local presenter doing the network training for us. Tomorrow, we'll continue with more advanced networking training and an acoustics workshop.

How many events does CEDIA do in India in a year and how long have you been having these events here in India?

At the moment, we do our own standalone events, generally two in a year, but we're actually looking at a format for next year wherein we can do one big event and then a number of smaller satellite events to support that. We want to concentrate our efforts on one bigger event a year to get the industry together. It was commented last night that this is about the only time that the industry gets together and this is one of the core roles of CEDIA. Apart from education and giving people access to professional training, it's also about bringing the community together and that's a really important aspect in a growing industry.

We have been doing these events in India for five years now and it's been continuing to evolve. We have been managing this very much out of the UK. So we'd come to India and do the events and then unfortunately there was no continuity in between which is where Roopesh now comes in.

This is the first time that we have done a four-day event, however. Some people have been here for four days, which is amazing. To take time out their business to do be here is phenomenal. Also, this year we found that it's been very regionally inclusive. We've had a lot of people from Bangalore and Delhi too; basically from all over which is again great.

“There are a couple of focuses for us in India. One is the Working Professionals Designs course. We also want to really start developing what we call our SEO high CEDIA Outreach Instructor programme. We call it CEP over here - Continued Education programme.”

Your future plans for India?

There are a couple of focuses for us in India. One (and it started off pretty much yesterday) is the Working Professionals Designs course. We also want to really start developing what we call our SEO high CEDIA Outreach Instructor programme. We call it CEP over here - Continued Education Programme.

The programme enables members to develop relationships with interior designers and architects and gives CEDIA members a platform to get in front of these very valuable professionals and talk to them about what they can do and how they can enhance their client's lifestyles. The programme helps raise awareness of CEDIA, its members, and the home technology industry to design professionals.

That's a big part of what we want to do.

The other part is we really want to continue with the development of education and professionalism in the market. We push with certification exams and we have certification for technical design and networking. The focus for us going forward is getting people up to certified levels in those disciplines.

The other discussions we are having is on how we can educate people at that college and university levels and even maybe the school level about the opportunities available to have a career in this industry. We want to try to bring new people into the industry who want to build a career in this area.

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