IndiaCast announces auditions for local TV show

IndiaCast has announced its plans to launch a new local TV series called Checkmate, which revolves around aspiring university students competing their way through a series of challenging business related tasks to win a paid internship with a leading corporate organisation in Dubai. This 14-episode television show will be hosted by radio presenters Sid and Malvika from Breakfast Show of City 101.6 FM and is slated to go on air in February 2017. Auditions for the show will be held at Manipal University, Academic City on 23^rd and 24^th November from 10am onwards.

Through a course of seven weeks, a set of selected boys and girls will be put through seven real life business challenges and tasks to evaluate them as a team and as individuals. The tasks will test the student’s ability to deal with stress, decision making skills, marketing abilities, creative thinking, team spirit, time management and provide instant solutions to problems faced in the real business world. Each episode will be judged by a senior professional from that field of business.

Speaking about the show, Sachin Gokhale, Senior VP and Cluster Business Head – Middle East, Africa and APAC: “At IndiaCast, we have always endeavoured to make our channels and content locally relevant to our audiences and be able to voice their aspirations and interests. Checkmate is one such initiative. We realised that there aren’t many TV channels which create content actively involving students and testing their calibre for the corporate world. This show is aimed specifically at our young audiences who are currently in a very important phase of their lives as they evolve from being students to responsible professionals. The show aims to find the smartest young talent and offering them a great launch pad to be able to start their career with one of the most reputed local employers”.