The Indies
Team
The Indies
Team
arpito gope
Arpito Gope was Group Director at Rolling Stone India and helped launch the magazine and set up the India operations. His first love is building music IPs and has few under his belt like Harley Rock Riders, Rayban Neverhide Sounds, RS Metal Awards, Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival, Parx Hunt, Divas of Rock by Vivanta and many more. He is Chief Consultant to Task Force for Music & Arts, Nagaland and Founding Partner of NYUCT Design Labs, a venture building firm based in Mumbai. He is also the founder of The Indies.
anurag tagat
Anurag Tagat is assistant editor at Rolling Stone India and regular contributor at The Hindu, Red Bull India, Vogue India, NCPA OnStage and several more. His work has appeared in Billboard, Variety, Vice India, Revolver, Rolling Stone Japan, India Today, The Caravan, HT Mint Lounge, Rock Street Journal, A Humming Heart and Askmen India. He has been writing on music since 2010.
ashwin sharma
Ashwin Sharma has been one of the most wanted music managers on the scene. Having mentored and managed bands like Coshish, The Circus and Atmosfear to name a few. He was stage manager for Armaan Malik for nearly two years before joining Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCA)’s Music Division where he has handled artists like Nikhita Gandhi, Jasleen Royal and Vidya Vox, to name a few. Ashwin was also part of the Rolling Stone activation team. He is also a sound engineer by training.
lalitha suhasini
Lalitha Suhasini has led the editorial teams of some leading publications in the country like Sunday Mid Day, Pune Mirror, Rolling Stone India to name a few. She writes on art and music and has also in the process mentored many students of journalism across colleges in India. Currently she is Academic Specialist – Journalism and Mass Communication at FLAME University. In addition to this, she has also curated music for Indian and international showcases including Celtic Connections, the annual folk music gathering in Glasgow.
neha loonawat
Neha Loonawat is a visual communication designer who loves to work with music and arts. An erstwhile member of Rolling Stone Magazine, she understands the synergy of music and design and has been one of the driving forces behind the design language of The Indies. Her boutique design studio, The Ugly Duckling handles all design duties for the Indies website and social media.
arpito gope
Arpito Gope was Group Director at Rolling Stone India and helped launch the magazine and set up the India operations. His first love is building music IPs and has few under his belt like Harley Rock Riders, Rayban Neverhide Sounds, RS Metal Awards, Kasauli Rhythm & Blues Festival, Parx Hunt, Divas of Rock by Vivanta and many more. He is Chief Consultant to Task Force for Music & Arts, Nagaland and Founding Partner of NYUCT Design Labs, a venture building firm based in Mumbai. He is also the founder of The Indies.
anurag tagat
Anurag Tagat is assistant editor at Rolling Stone India and regular contributor at The Hindu, Red Bull India, Vogue India, NCPA OnStage and several more. His work has appeared in Billboard, Variety, Vice India, Revolver, Rolling Stone Japan, India Today, The Caravan, HT Mint Lounge, Rock Street Journal, A Humming Heart and Askmen India. He has been writing on music since 2010.
ashwin sharma
Ashwin Sharma has been one of the most wanted music managers on the scene. Having mentored and managed bands like Coshish, The Circus and Atmosfear to name a few. He was stage manager for Armaan Malik for nearly two years before joining Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCA)’s Music Division where he has handled artists like Nikhita Gandhi, Jasleen Royal and Vidya Vox, to name a few. Ashwin was also part of the Rolling Stone activation team. He is also a sound engineer by training.
lalitha suhasini
Lalitha Suhasini has led the editorial teams of some leading publications in the country like Sunday Mid Day, Pune Mirror, Rolling Stone India to name a few. She writes on art and music and has also in the process mentored many students of journalism across colleges in India. Currently she is Academic Specialist – Journalism and Mass Communication at FLAME University. In addition to this, she has also curated music for Indian and international showcases including Celtic Connections, the annual folk music gathering in Glasgow.
neha loonawat
Neha Loonawat is a visual communication designer who loves to work with music and arts. An erstwhile member of Rolling Stone Magazine, she understands the synergy of music and design and has been one of the driving forces behind the design language of The Indies. Her boutique design studio, The Ugly Duckling handles all design duties for the Indies website and social media.
“Our goal is to acknowledge and elevate outstanding contributions in sound recording and technology, nurture the thriving music community and preserve music as a vital element of our society.”
“Our goal is to acknowledge and elevate outstanding contributions in sound recording and technology, nurture the thriving music community and preserve music as a vital element of our society.”
About
The Indies
The Indies is an attempt by a small group of people to bring some cheer to this small section of the music industry and it is a result of pure passion and love for music.
The idea at the core of The Indies is to celebrate the best music released by artists and bands in the indie scene and has to be non-film. As much as awards are a platform to applaud and reward good work, they are a reason for all of us to get together and celebrate music.
Initiated during the pandemic when the loss of livelihood was very much evident in the music industry, The Indies started as a way to find reason to cheer for the independent music community who were still putting the work.
Now four years running and prepping the fifth edition of The Indies, we are scaling our dedication to independent musicians everywhere.
About
The Indies
The Indies is an attempt by a small group of people to bring some cheer to this small section of the music industry and it is a result of pure passion and love for music.
The idea at the core of The Indies is to celebrate the best music released by artists and bands in the indie scene and has to be non-film. As much as awards are a platform to applaud and reward good work, they are a reason for all of us to get together and celebrate music.
Initiated during the pandemic when the loss of livelihood was very much evident in the music industry, The Indies started as a way to find reason to cheer for the independent music community who were still putting the work.
Now four years running and prepping the fifth edition of The Indies, we are scaling our dedication to independent musicians everywhere.
