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Snapdeal bags title sponsorship of India Fashion Forum for three years
MUMBAI: Snapdeal.com has entered into a partnership with retail intelligence organization Images Group to present the three-day annual mega annual congregation of the India Fashion Forum (IFF) 2015 from 18 – 20 March at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai.
India Fashion Forum is in its 15th year of operations and offers a great platform for exchanging knowledge, insights and discussing future trends within the right networks of fashion and aligned sectors. Fashion already accounts for over 70 per cent of orders volume at Snapdeal.com and the company has robust business plans to strengthen this category further. Recent acquisition of Exclusively.com was one such step in this direction and Snapdeal.com aims to reach the $2 billion GMV mark in the fashion category by this year.
Snapdeal.com’s continuous endeavor is to empower the ecosystem it operates in and the thematic focus on fashion is no different. The company strongly believes in the power of innovation and reinvention and this ideology falls in line with IFF’s this year’s philosophical focus on convergence of out-of-the-box ideas and innovations in fashion creation and retailing. As the fashion business captains, policy makers, entrepreneurs and professionals from India and overseas join this annual exchange of knowledge and insights, Snapdeal.com aims to forge a new set of business relationships in this high focus category.
Snapdeal.com vice president, fashion Amit Maheshwari said, “IFF is one of the biggest conglomerations of the best and biggest personalities in the Indian fashion industry and we are proud to be associated with it. This association provides Snapdeal.com a great platform to address and interact with those who have been instrumental in building fashion across the value chain; from manufacturers, brands, large format retailers, sellers and trendsetters. With our unbeatable reach and customer service platform together with business and knowledge leaders of the offline world, we are sure that we can herald a new era for the fashion industry building e-commerce as a sustainable, massively scalable ecosystem that contributes positively to all involved.”
“With the modes and models of fashion retailing in India having shifted dramatically in recent times, IFF’s association with a next-generation e-tailing leader such as Snapdeal.com reflects the tremendous innovation and opportunities defining the Indian marketplace,” added IFF chief convenor Amitabh Taneja.
Over the three-day association, Snapdeal.com will set up a premier lounge at the venue, which will showcase to the audiences the nuances of India’s largest marketplace by setting up experiential zones with live interactive screens to help people shop online from the site. To showcase its commitment and appreciation for the fashion fraternity, Snapdeal.com has also planned to institute special awards for its sellers and fashion brands associated with the company. These awards will be given away in a special Snapdeal.com awards segment designed to honor the good work being done in the industry.
Additionally, India Fashion Forum will also act as an open platform of communication for potential sellers, retailers and fashion brands at large with Snapdeal.com and help them understand the business opportunity at the largest online marketplace. To facilitate onboarding, a registration desk will be set up at the venue which will educate and evangelize all business partners.
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Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
