Rebecca Davis editorSony Music India (SMI) has appointed Jagjit Singh Bhogal as its head of A&R, as New York-headquartered Sony Music Entertainment (SME) seeks to flesh out new regional hubs in Asia and the Middle East to better connect with local markets.
Bhogal comes to SMI after stints at Viacom18 India, where he led the A&R, music IP and music content business for MTV India.
In that role, he brought a number of music-driven TV shows into the country, including “MTV Unplugged,” “Coke Studio,” “Sound Trippin’” and “Spoken Word.” The hire will “further strengthen the company’s position in the rapidly growing independent music market across multiple Indian languages,” SMI’s managing director Rajat Kakar said.
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