Music and Youth
Channel [V] restructures team, VJ Luke Kenny is programming head
MUMBAI: Channel [V] has restructured its team with VJ Luke Kenny being made the head of programming.
Aditya Thakur, senior manager in content and communications, has been promoted to head marketing.
Roopali Atre, who worked as creative director in Balaji Telefilms, has joined Channel [V] as the associate vice-president and executive producer.
“Kenny is promoted as the head of music programming and MARs (Music and Artist Relation), “says Channel [V] head honcho Amar Deb, speaking on restructuring of the team.
Channel [V], says Deb, will be launching three new properties in December – Lola TV, Pop Diary and Launch Pad.
Lola TV is a talk show where host Lolakutty, attired in South Indian saree, will chat up with celebrity guests. The show will make its debut on 1 December at 9 pm.
Noted actress Perizaad will feature in the first episode. The following episode will see Aftab and Dino, among many others. The one-hour show will have repeat telecasts on Thursdays at 12:30 and Sundays at 3 pm.
Pop Diary will profile personalities associated with music. The first episode will profile the Band of Boys. The show will also highlight the performance of the Boy Band at a Panvel school.
The channel is also launching a seasonal property titled Launch Pad. The show will feature the talented youths bands who aspire to make it big in the field of music, through their group band.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
