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Kanha Jodhpurkar / Event Production
Field Marketing & Event Production — San Francisco

I run events end to end, from the first vendor call to the final breakdown.

I'm Kanha Jodhpurkar. I plan, host, and execute in-person experiences where the logistics are tight, the vendors and partners walk away genuinely happy, and the room actually feels something — then I stay for the breakdown. A few of the events I've been on the ground for are below, with receipts — and I keep field notes on the 50+ I've attended.

The operational backbone — the part I actually enjoy
  • Run-of-shows & timelines
  • Vendor & catering coordination
  • Venue sourcing & rentals
  • Budgets, invoices & contracts
  • On-site setup & registration
  • Breakdown & load-out
350+
Largest event hosted
50+
SF events in a month
Dozens
Vendors & partners run
On the ground at

Venues, hosts, and partners I've produced, worked, or volunteered with — not logos I'm borrowing, but places I've actually been on site.

Startup VillageVillage Hacks
ASUVillage Hacks
Frontier TowerPitchTank SF
a16zSF circuit
CursorSF circuit
Akshaya PatraFundraiser
Share Our StrengthAnti-hunger
Luma50+ events

Selected Events

/ 3 on record
PASS NO. 001
VenueArizona State University
Scale300+ builders · 24 hours
Year2026
Host & Organizer

Village Hacks @ ASU

Village Hacks @ ASU

Hosted and organized Village Hacks at Arizona State University in partnership with Startup Village — a 24-hour hackathon that put 300+ builders in one room to solve real, startup-backed problems and present directly to founders, operators, and investors.

Co-hosted with Yuuvraaj Jain and stood up in about two weeks: locked in sponsors and partners — Clean, Silicon Oasis, LvlUp Ventures, GitHired, Hult International Business School, Lovable, ElevenLabs, and more — sourced the room, and ran the event end to end. On the line for builders: $2,000+ in cash, platform credits, internship interviews, VC pitch sessions, paid startup roles, and a path to up to $1M in funding.

PASS NO. 002
VenueFrontier Tower, San Francisco
Scale350+ attendees
Year2025
Host & Producer

PitchTank SF

PitchTank SF

Hosted and produced a 350+ person pitch event end to end — run-of-show, speaker flow, venue staging, and live execution on the night.

Sourced and set the room at Frontier Tower, sequenced pitches and judges, kept the night on time, and stayed for the full breakdown after the last guest left.

PASS NO. 003
VenueNagpur, India
ScaleLarge-scale fundraiser · dozens of vendors
Year2024
Planning Committee

Share Our Strength — Anti-Hunger Fundraiser

Share Our Strength — Anti-Hunger Fundraiser

Named planning-committee member for large-scale anti-hunger fundraising events with Akshaya Patra — coordinating dozens of vendors and staff, working directly with high-net-worth donors and C-suite execs, with real boots on the ground.

One event hosted Grammy winner Shankar Mahadevan's first public appearance after his 2024 win — scoped and executed on a tight timeline.

Approach

“I've loved the whole arc of an event since I was a kid — the part where the vendors, the partners, and the room all walk away genuinely happy. I'm not afraid of the 2am load-out.”

Kanha Jodhpurkar

In high school I opened and closed the local theater for the 2am Avengers: Infinity War premiere — an early signal that I'll happily do the unglamorous, end-to-end work. That hasn't changed.

  • I do the unglamorous parts — setup, breakdown, and the 2am load-out.
  • Vendors, partners, and donors walk away genuinely happy. That's the whole job.
  • Run-of-show rigor, carried over from a product-delivery background.
  • I'm here to grow in event & community marketing — not pass through it.
Background — the operational rigor I bring to events
  • ProductAI Product Owner at Deloitte — Google's Rapid Innovation “Genie” project.
  • Public sectorIT PMO on a DoD contract · active Secret clearance.
  • CertifiedCSPO (Product Owner) & CSM (ScrumMaster).
  • BuiltCo-founded HeartMetrics — 1st place, ASU Love AI & Business Challenge.
  • ContentRuns CERTIFIED CRACKED — interview & meme reels; event promotion across social.