: Mumbai, March 5, 2025

World Audio and Video Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 is providing a platform for aspiring DJs, producers, and electronic music artists to shine and showcase their talents in electronic music and DJ artistry! So, if you are an electronic music producer and have a flair for DJing, then the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 is the ultimate stage to showcase your talents.

The Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) in collaboration with Indian Music Industry (IMI) is organizing “Resonate: The EDM Challenge” as part of the ‘Create in India Challenge’ which offers an exciting opportunity to showcase your creative talents and innovation in the world of audio, visual, and entertainment. The competition is open to artists, composers, musicians, and performers from any country with prior experience in creating and producing Electronic Dance Music (EDM). This challenge seeks to strengthen India's status as a global center for music fusion, electronic music and DJing artistry. The theme of the competition is “Resonate: The EDM Challenge” focusing on the use of Global music styles to create a cohesive and culturally rich musical piece.

Due to an overwhelming demand for this genre of music, the registration deadline for the EDM Challenge has been officially extended to March 31st, 2025.

For details on eligibility criteria, click here.

To Register, click on to https://indianmi.org/resonate-the-edm-challenge/    

Further details here.  and here.

This is a golden opportunity for electronic music enthusiasts and performers to make a mark in the global electronic dance music scene. So, make best use of this final chance to be part of this groundbreaking competition under the ‘Create in India Challenges’ initiative at the WAVES 2025.

About the Grand Finale of “Resonate: The EDM Challenge”: 

The grand finale of this Challenge, which will take place in Mumbai between May 1-4, 2025,  will be an opportunity for the top 10 finalists to perform in front of all the who's who of the electronic music industry. This unmatched exposure will earn them unmatched recognition by the audience, creators, music producers, and industry stalwarts. Hence, the finalists will also have a chance to collaborate and network with upcoming artists as well as prominent creators as part of India’s creative sphere.

The clock is ticking, and the beats are dropping!  Don’t let this opportunity provided by the Union Ministry of Information slip away.

The world is ready to listen to you. Are you ready to drop the beat?

For further details, contact - wavesatinfo@indianmi.org

Scan the QR Code to register in Resonate: The EDM Challenge

About WAVES 2025:

The first World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), a milestone event for the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector, will be hosted by the Government of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, from May 1 to 4, 2025.

Whether you're an industry professional, investor, creator, or innovator, the Summit offers the ultimate global platform to connect, collaborate, innovate and contribute to the M&E landscape.

WAVES is set to magnify India’s creative strength, amplifying its position as a hub for content creation, intellectual property, and technological innovation. Industries and sectors in focus include Broadcasting, Print Media, Television, Radio, Films, Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, Sound and Music, Advertising, Digital Media, Social Media Platforms, Generative AI, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Extended Reality (XR).

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Come, Sail with us! Register for WAVES now (Coming soon!).

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