Dev Bhatia

As one of the gatekeepers of India’s alternative music scene, Dev Bhatia is the COO at Big Bad Wolf, a boutique talent and creative agency representing the country’s leading voices across Music, Cinema, Comedyand Content Creators.

Across a 20-year career, Dev began his career in the music industry in as a manager for India’s leading electronic live act, Jalebee Cartel,alongside a stint at a national Radio Network 93.5 Red FM,and then co-founded UnMute– a pioneering music management and events agency that changed the way the Indian electronic music scene was viewed globally and at home.

Vocal about safeguarding the industry’s future and in favour of building more professional, pro-artist policies, Dev’s passion has led him to be invited to speak and curate panels at various global music conferences (Amsterdam Dance Event, International Music Summit Asia Pacific, Tokyo Dance Music Event, The Great Escape UK, All About Music, ADE Mumbai, India Nightlife Convention and Awards, The Coalition to name a few)as well as become the stage manager at some of the biggest music festivals including Sunburn, Goa and NH7 Weekender.