Mumbai, 14^th May 2015: Click Digital Studios India Pvt. Ltd., (CDS) leading short form video from India is looking to turbocharge their growth trajectory. Amit Agrawal, ex-YouTube India Head joined CDS’ Advisory Board as of last month. The company is working towards major expansion in coming months with a plan to launch 10 new channels in a year.

At CDS, Amit will lend his understanding of the business, market and industry of online videos space to CDS’ portfolio of YouTube channels. He will apply his deep domain experience to guide this expansion plan.

Commenting on this development, Sudhir Bagul, Chief Strategy Officer, Click Digital Studios says, “We are extremely excited to have Amit on board. His extensive experience in the field of digital video content will lend able guidance and help us channel the growth of our portfolio in the most desirable way.”

Amit Agrawal adds, “I am completely blown away by the CDS performance in last 12 months. They have really been on a blitzkrieg on mobile platforms and Shudh Desi Endings in one of the best channels to come from India. At India Goes Global, we are always looking to help turbocharge such startups and CDS’ understanding of what works on short form is really impressive.”

CDS’ current portfolio comprises marquee channels such as Shudh Desi Endings, Shudh Desi Raps, CDS India and 70 others ranging in the genres of Bollywood and Hollywood Gossip, Music, Animation, Food, Fitness, Technology, Kids Education, Devotional Music. All together the portfolio has 1.5 million subscribers and has generated 1.5 billion views.     

About Click Digital Studios: Click Digital Studios manages end-to-end production of shows for 70 channels on YouTube that garner monthly viewership of 100 million with a subscriber base of 1.5 million. It also produced a Gujarati standup comedy show “Hirjee Ni Marjee” for Viacom 18’s ETV Gujarati, the first season of 72 episodes of which ran successful. CDS’ sister concern Monopoly Pictures has produced a Gujarati film “Happy Family Pvt. Ltd” (2013).

About Amit Agrawal:  Amit Agrawal is an entrepreneur in residence, startup mentor and advisor. Previously Amit launched YouTube’s India content business and built the ecosystem. A veteran in online video industry, he also held several leadership positions for YouTube in Asia. Post his Google stint, Amit has launched India Goes Global which works to evangelize growth and online video in the Indian startup ecosystem and helps startups in India and globally. He has met 300+ startups for 1 to 1 mentoring session in last 6 months alone and spoken at conferences to help the industry across continents. He is also on his way to launch a stealth mode startup in consumer tech space.