Career in Event Management

In today’s hectic era, when every person feels 24 hours a day very less time to complete his work and due to which they have forgot the real meaning of life. They rarely get time to celebrate and enjoy life. And indeed that is the place where scope of event managers lie.

Event management has emerged as a very lucrative and most sought after industry in recent years. With the increase in events being organized by individuals or organizations, need of skilled and professional even managers have rapidly increased. Well trained professional event managers must have the necessary skill-sets required in visualizing concepts, planning, budgeting, organizing and executing events. Though the industry has a huge requirement of professional event managers but it is still not sufficient to cater to the ever-rising demands of this industry. This is the reason, there are greater employment and earnings opportunities for professionals aiming to enter this field.

 Event management, a form of marketing and advertising, is a glamorous and thrilling field. It gives you ample opportunities for unleashing your creative potential. Event managers should have a flair for conducting events, a passion for doing it creatively, very good organising skills as well as the willingness and ability to work long hours.

People with an out-going and friendly nature, have a huge scope in this industry,and proves to be very successful.

And the very interesting thing is that today’s youngsters very well fir to such industries, where you can execute whatever you plan, but there is just a need of good planning.

There are many designated jobs in this industry like Event Planner, Event Coordinator, Event Production Head / Team member, Public Relations Officer, Event (Budgeting & Finance) Executive, Event Legal Executive etc.

There was a time when management of a whole event was to be given to a single event management company but now the industry has taken a big turn. Now a days people prefer to appoint specialists for each and every single task. For example for cultural part of the event a separate team will be hires, for food and catering a separate team will be hired, for decoration other specialist of the industry will be hired. This not only helps in bringing the best of the whole industry but also divide the work profile systematically. This is again the biggest reason of the increasing scope of a good career in this industry.

Undoubtedly this industry in coming years will be the most bright industry for the young people of India to make their bright future.

Ms. Himani Joshi

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Communication Studies