Team SA consists of industry professionals who have extensive and in-depth experience in music and sound engineering and information technology. We supply recording equipment across India to leading (and budding) musicians, recording studios, production houses, etc. "Sudeep" is not any person's name in the family of the founders, but a Hindi word meaning "pure light".
Meet our team and get to know them better (the list below is in order of 'seniority').
(late) Nikhil Mehta :
Nikhil, who completed his Master of Science in Inorganic Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Science (Elphinstone College), Mumbai as the university topper, grew up in the famous family of Sir Lallubhai Samaldas. Nikhil was attracted to electronics, audio engineering and music from a very early age.
A self-taught sound engineer, he established Sudeep Studio - one of India's first professional sound recording studio based out of a home - at his house at Lallubhai Park, Andheri (W), Mumbai in 1977. He handled innumerable recordings with (now) renowned artists before moving to Ahmedabad in the mid-1990s.
Almost until he passed away on September 2, 2021 (at the age of 86), Nikhil managed Sudeep Audio's YouTube channel: #converSAtions
Watch a video "a tribute to Nikhilbhai" here >
Sunil Mehta :
A commerce graduate from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce (Mumbai University), Sunil (nephew, but more like Nikhil's eldest son), co-founded 'Sudeep Studio'. He also worked as a sound engineer for several important recording assignments in the 1980s. He then ran the cassette and CD replication business of "Sudeep Electronics" at our Fort office in Mumbai, for several prestigious clients and institutions spread across India.
Sunil has now diversified into his own company (Universal Trading), where they supply special construction chemicals to leading builders in Mumbai, and elsewhere. Though Sunil is not involved in SudeepAudio.com's operations, his blessings encourage us to go on with the values and ethics that he and Nikhil brought to the Andheri studio.
Hetal Trivedi :
An experienced software engineer, Hetal has done the core back-end programming for the SA webstore. Hetal owns and runs a successful web-application development business for international clients - Thym Infoware - based at Ahmedabad, India.
Aditya Mehta :
After his bachelors in Statistics from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, Aditya completed his MBA (Marketing) from NMiMS, Mumbai - one of India's top Business schools. He formally setup SudeepAudio.com in 1999 as a full-time business after a short stint in the corporate sector. SA is India's FIRST online store for buying professional audio equipment.
In 2007, Aditya co-founded Philtre Labs, with Bollywood's leading music composers - Salim and Sulaiman Merchant. Philtre Labs is the world's FIRST sample library development company focussed on the "Bollywood" sound.
Aditya then penned a column "An Unequal Music" in India's leading pro audio magazine - Pro Sound Systems and also wrote for another music magazine, Sound Box - for over 3 years. Aditya has also been appointed as the Brand Ambassador (India) for IMSTA (International Music Software Trade Association), Canada, a not-for-profit organsiation formed by the world's leading music software manufacturers. IMSTA's philosophy is "buy the software you use".
Prachi Thapak :
A Statistics graduate from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, and an MBA (Marketing) from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat), Prachi joined Sudeep Audio in 2007. By then, she had over 8 years of work experience as a retail banker at ANZ Grindlays, Ahmedabad, and later with Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai.
Besides overseeing admin work, Prachi also handles the #SAvings investment services for individual clients.
Jigna Shah Oza :
A graduate of Sophia’s Design School, Mumbai, Jigna is a skilled Design Consultant at SA. With over 20 years of experience, she has won prestigious awards and made a significant impact in the corporate sector.
A hard-working designer, Jigna created the brand identity for SA in 2011. She continues to design other creatives for the company’s YouTube channel, social media platforms, brands extensions and more.
Nimish Bhatt :
Our IT in-charge, Nimish handles the website maintenance work for all our iMPRESSiONZ clients. He also looks after the SA website functionality, and keeps its updated with improved features and services.
Tushar More :
Tushar is the senior admin executive at SA. He is responsible for handling telephone enquiries, customer support and logistics.
We also consider both our vendor and dealer network in India an important arm of ours. Together, we offer our customers a vast range of products (hardware and software), and affordable home and professional studio solutions.
Regd. Office: HD-122, WeWork NESCO IT Park, Goregaon East, Mumbai 400 063. India.
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