Kalengada Bhemaiah Chinapa better known as Nikhil Chinapa and VJ Nikhil (born in Bangalore, India on 6 June 1973) is an Indian radio jockey and video jockey and is a popular presenter on MTV India for more than a decade. He is now the Festival Director of Asia's premier music festival - Sunburn Festival in Goa.
Background
Nikhil Chinapa was born in Bangalore and has also lived in Agra, where he studied in St. George's College, Agra. His father, an Indian Army Paratrooper, was then transferred to Secunderabad where he studied in Faust and for a few months in Begumpet's Hyderabad Public School. He then went on to study at St. Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore. He later applied to study architecture at Manipal School of Architecture & Planning,Manipal Karnataka, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Chinapa is married to DJ Pearl.
Career
Chinapa and his company called Submerge Music are known for having been instrumental in bringing the most prominent DJs to India such as the likes of Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, Deniz Koyu, Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto. He has a massive fan following among EDM enthusiasts on Twitter and is credited by and large to be a pioneer for EDM in India. His firm Submerge promotes upcoming DJs and events at various clubs in the metro cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. His name is now synonymous for contemporary dance music events across the country.