About Event Management :
You may have seen the recent Femina Miss India or Filmfare Awards on TV. Such events are entirely managed by what is called the event management companies. Now-a-days, events have become a regular feature in urban India. Large and small-scale events are held nearly every day in cities across the country. These range from marriages and birthday parties to corporate launches and celebrity shows.

Any event requires a serious amount of planning. Pre-event activities include handling of logistics, co-ordinating with celebrities, organising media coverage, foods and beverages, booking venues, branding exercises, obtaining sponsorships etc. there's the enormous responsibility of executing the actual event, minus glitches, and successfully so. All these require professional handling and here's where an event management company takes the centre stage.

Today, the event management industry in India is worth thousands of crores, with over 200 companies offering their services in various spheres. This has generated plenty of employment opportunities for those seeking a career in this dynamic and challenging arena.

Event management is a mix of creativity, management and technical skills. To organise a good event, one has to learn the skills. For a long time, there was no formalised training / education available for the budding event managers. People first joined an event management company and then they were given hands-on training. For the event companies, there were obvious disadvantages in this. First, there was the cost involved in training an employee, then, there was the danger of losing trained personnel to the competition.

To cater to the needs of the event management industry, the National Institute of Event Management (NIEM) was set up in April 2000. NIEM was initiated with the focus of giving event management its due recognition as a professional discipline. The Limca Book of Records has declared NIEM as 'Asia's First and Best Events Institute’. It has entered into tie-ups with reputed bodies like CII, EMAI, FICCI and the Ad Club. It is also the only institution in the country to be recognised by the International Special Events Society (ISES) and the International Festival and Events Association (IFEA). It is today, recognised amongst prime personalities of the Indian media industry, including Bharat Dabholkar, Munnish Puri, Mohmad Moorani. It is today, the leading provider of education / training in this particular domain.

NIEM has now tied up with GurukulOnline Learning Solutionsâ„¢ (GOLS), pioneer and the leader in eLearning in India, to offer diploma programme in Event Management on an interactive eLearning platform.

Event Management Varsity shall offer various courses in Event Management to help you to exploit opportunities in this booming field either as an entrepreneur or as an employee of this exciting industry.

Course Description:
The course is made up of interactive modules and has been designed by experts from the field of Event Management.

Course Content:
Module 1 : Event Accounting
Module 2 : Event Communication
Module 3 : Event Planning
Module 4 : Event Production
Module 5 : Event Marketing
Module 6 : Special Aspects of Event Management

Course Objective:
Events were always the chosen way to express anything in a big manner. But today, with everyone wanting to say something at the same time, how does one get recognised? This has led to a specialised approach towards organising events, known as event management. Hence, event management is a mix of creativity, management and technical skills. To organise a good event, one has to learn the skills. Our course teaches the basic skills required to start a career in this domain.

Course USP:
This programme is designed and accredited by NIEM – a very first of its kind, an online programme in India as well as in Asia. The course covers theoretical and practical examples. The course offers Video Based Training(VBT)™ of some of the best faculties in the industry, thus providing to students classroom like experience which they can go through as many times as they wish.

Pre-requisites:
Spoken English skills, basic computer and internet skills.

Target Market:
Anybody who wants to get acquainted with the event management industry, start a career in event management or working professionals who would like to get formally certified.

Course Outcome:
A Diploma in Event Management is jointly awarded by NIEM & GOLS upon successful completion of the course exams.

Career Prospects:
The early 90s had seen event expenses touch a mere Rs.20 crores, but now more than 200 companies have forayed into event management, as reported in a FICCI survey of 2007, which confirms that the annual industry expenses have increased to over Rs. 1800 crores, resulting in an annual growth rate of 20%. There is a huge shortage of trained manpower, and as per industry sources more than 50,000 professionals are required annually.

Event management is a multi-crore industry with mega shows and events hosted regularly. In India, personal functions like marriages and birthday parties have become important social matters, requiring professional expertise. The growth of sophisticated and mega companies have brought forth a spurt of meetings, seminars, exhibitions, conferences, product launches, with everything being a matter of class and style. Then comes the innumerable celebrity shows, international artists’ shows, shows for social cause, road shows, competitions, many of which India has seen of late.

Career Path:

• Event Manager
• Event Co-coordinator
• Event Executive
• Junior Event Executive

*NOTE: - This is a typical structure and may vary from Company to Company.

eLearning Educational Path:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Event Management
• Diploma in Event Management

EM Diploma shall make you eligible for jobs in:

• Event Management Companies
• Advertising Industry
• Big Film Production Houses
• Television channels
• Print Media Companies
• FM Radio channels
• FMCG Industry
• Consumer Durable Industry
• Auto Industry
• IT & ITeS Industry
• Event Production Companies
• Allied Industries

Remuneration:
Remuneration in this field varies according to the nature of event that is managed. For a fresher, the starting salary offered ranges between Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 10,000. Once an individual gains enough experience in this field, event managers command fees from Rs. 50, 000 to Rs. 1 lakh or above per month depending upon their ability. Those engaged in managing small get-togethers, birthday bashes, conferences, exhibitions etc., can also earn handsomely per event.

The present scenario is extremely positive and conducive to open small and medium sized event companies. Our students are taught how to form their own event company and many of them have successfully done so.

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