Organisers

TAK Mathews

TAK, a 30-year veteran of the elevator industry, has been responsible for many initiatives for the elevator industry. Some of the initiatives include founding of the Elevator & Escalator Safety Trust. As the honorary founding editor of Elevator World India, TAK played a key role in establishing the Indian edition of Elevator World. He also collaborated with Elevatori to translate 3 editions of the popular “How it Works” into Hindi. TAK has many firsts to his credit including the first destination control elevators and the first 4.0mps and 6.0mps elevators in India. TAK is an active member on the committee for Indian Elevator and Escalator Standards and a convenor for the National Building Code of India. When TAK set up his vertical transportation consulting firm about 15 years ago, he single-handedly professionalised the elevator consultancy practice in India.

After being involved as the honorary advisor for 10 years to India’s first elevator and escalator show from conceptualization, TAK’s latest initiative, along with Priyanka, is the launch of the International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators and Escalators (ISEE).

Priyanka Choudhuri

It was in 2009 that Priyanka entered the exhibition business when she joined UBM. During her tenure with UBM, she led two editions of the India Pavilion consisting of more than 150 exhibitors at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair and September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair.

She was also involved with the launch of the book, “India’s leading Gem & Jewellery Companies” at the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. After working with the jewellery industry for more than 5 years, she took on the challenging role with Messe Frankfurt as Project Head for their newly acquired Indian elevator exhibition. Thus, began her journey into the elevator industry which became her foray to being an entrepreneur.

After being involved as the honorary advisor for 10 years to India’s first elevator and escalator show from conceptualization, TAK’s latest initiative, along with Priyanka, is the launch of the International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators and Escalators (ISEE).

Prabodh Hamilton

He began his career in advertising and worked at O&M where he worked on interesting brands like, Band-Aid, Savlon & Tips & Toes. In The Walt Disney Company was an instrumental part of the team that built the licensing and merchandising business. Prabodh built the categories of Publishing, Home Video, Music, Stationery & Toys.

From Disney he moved to Total Sports Asia was key in building the WWE licensing business across SE Asia including the Indian sub- continent. In Lavasa, he was in the Tourism department in charge of conceptualising and executing large scale events. Following in the business development mode – his stint at Ezeego One (part of Cox & Kings) helped to enhance the MICE business and the domestic operations.