India’s leading alternative career destination, BasicFirst Presents Zee Educare, concludes successfully

~ The event was attended by over 7000 students from schools & colleges and parents  

~ Two-day education festival concludes successfully; witnessed massive response ~

~ Event live-streamed to 80 Million AMUs through ZEE5 ~

Mumbai, 26th November 2019: India’s leading alternative career destination, BasicFirst presents Zee Educare addressed and inspired the student community to take informed decisions and explore alternative career choices. The event witnessed a phenomenal footfall of over 7,000 students and an overwhelming response to workshops across both the days on Music production, Improv Comedy, #UnMath, Claymation, ‘KidMeNot: Mission Mars’ etc. The event hosted at Tulip Star, Juhu was live-streamed to 80 Million AMUs through the ZEE5 OTT platform.

Some key panels of the day one included  Looking through the lens: Photography genres defined by Anand Rathi, Avinash Jai Singh, Nithil Denis & Pritesh Rao; Art of story selling: A career in broadcast media by Brian Tellis, Ferzad Palia, Mangesh Karandikar, Punit Mishra, Sanjeet Saha and Sunil Lulla; Method of Madness: A career in design by Carl George, Supreet Nagraju & Zameer Basrai; Understanding the Future of Artificial Intelligence by Amol Karpe, Pawan Tiwari, Rajiv Indimath Utpal Chakraborty & V. V. Kulkarni; POISE: Pursuits of Inner Self Excellence by Nivedita Shreyans; Lights, Camera, Action: The Fascinating career of film making in India by Abhishek Sharma, Bosco Martis, Rahul Puri & Shariq Patel; *Conditions Apply: Understanding the various fields of Law by Hiren Kamod, Shashikala Gurpur, Snehil Dhall & Vedchetan Patil; People Management: Human Resourcing in the Corporate World by Animesh Kumar, Avdesh Mittal, Prasenjit Bhattacharya & Sanjay B Chordiya; The Business of Food and Hospitality by Ali Zaidi, Anindita Chaterjee, Jurgen Bailom, Kallol Banerjee & Ruchita Verma and It’s all about numbers: Careers in Consulting, Banking and Investments by Alok Kedia, Hemant Manuj, Nikhil Bedi, Pranav Arora and Sudhakar Rao and ended with a Candid conversation with Sahil Khattar.

After having houseful sessions on Day 1, the event culminated on Day 2 with key panels -  Fuel your Passion for Fashion by Joyanto Mukherjee, Meher Ahmed, Srushti Rao & Supreeth Nagaraju; Finding your way into Performing Arts powered by One Digital Entertainment by Amandeep Singh, Aranya Johar, Monica Murthy, Ragini Singh Khushwaha, Sahil Shah, Sudeep Lahiri; The Art of Storytelling: What it takes to Write a Bestseller by Anil Zankar,  Ashwin Sanghi, Atul Khanna, Kavita Kane; Find your beat: The Indian Music Industry powered by Big Bang Music by Abhishek Ray, Armaan Malik, Anirudh Voleti, Gaurav Wadhwa, Naezy; Designers in India, 2025 curated by IndieFolio Network by Kavan Antani , Sumit Patel, Suresh Eriyat, Yan Garin, What it takes to be a successful YouTuber powered by One Digital Entertainment by CarryMinati, Mumbaiker Nikhil, Saransh Goila, Sudeep Lahiri; The the show must go on: Careers in Live Experiences by Gunjan Arya, Kunal Khambhati, Sonia Kulkarni, Swaroop Banerjee; Changing Communication Landscape today by Bhaskar Das in conversation with Ujjwal K Chowdhury, The Digital Entrepreneurs by Anuraag Srivastava, Gurpreet Singh, Karl Gomes, Sunil Nair; Help the world get Fit: Emerging Careers in Fitness & Nutrition by Janak Vora, Janvi Chitalia, Preteesh Balyaya, Sagar Pednekar and Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj; Making of a Legend: Making your Dream Career in Sports by Ajinkya Kapre, Nilesh Kulkarni, Preteesh Balyaya, Vivek Gore, Supratik Sen; Swaroop Banerjee was in conversation with Samar Singh Jodha about Creating young Empathetic Leaders and Conditions Apply: Understanding IP and Entertainment Law by Priyanka Khimani.

Sahil Khattar (Indian YouTuber, Television Host & Anchor) said, “It’s important to keep choices of alternate careers in mind. Sometimes there are different streams which have a bigger payoff. Initially, I was uncertain of being a YouTuber. I tried and realised over the time that It can translate into a career. I would urge each one of you to think out of the box and explore what you want to do the most

Bosco Martis (Choreographer) said, “Zee Educare is doing a great job by reaching out to the youth, to get a direction in choosing their careers. I am glad to be part of the panel & hope I can inspire someone out there to choose an offbeat career.”

CarryMinati (Youtuber/ Creator) said, “I am overwhelmed with the level of energy and enthusiasm which I experienced at the festival today. Educare is a great platform and I hope to be part of the festival again.”

Swaroop Banerjee, COO, Zee LIVE, said: “Over the past two days, we saw close to a hundred speakers share their stories with thousands of children and parents. It’s been a huge step in the direction of bringing alternate careers to the forefront. We’re on our way to make Zee Educare a movement in India’s current education landscape.”

Both days were capped by phenomenal performances hosted as part of Zee Educare’s talent hunt titled ‘Big Break’ and curated by ATKT.in. The top performers of Big Break were felicitated with cash prizes and cruise vouchers given by Holiday Partner Jalesh Cruises worth over Rs. 1 lakh.

Zee Educare’s partners included The Good Bowl, Jaleesh Cruises, Zee Business, RED FM 93.5, Alakh, Khushi, ATKT.in, SMAAASHH, Indiefolio, Zee Learn, College Dunia, Scoop, Jees, Gold’s Gym, NMINS, NIFA and Pearl Academy, IISM, Sanjay Ghodawat University, Suryadutta Group of Institutes, Whistling Woods International, Adobe and Intuit.lab.