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Anurag Rao (born 20 August 1978) Anurag Rao is a serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Canvas Talent, Co­Founder & CEO of Farout Media and Brand Custodian of the MARD (Men Against Rape and Discrimination) Initiative. A Musician himself and an A&R Specialist, his career spans over 20 Years in the Music and Live Entertainment Industry, where he has created highly visible and engaging Intellectual Properties including Farhan Live, Ayushmann Bhava demonstrating the Artist Centric Business Models that are the form factors of the New Music Industry in making.

Rao’s initial years were spent with MTV where he was appointed as the 1st A & R and programming head. He was pivotal to the inception of MTV Immies, MTV Asia Awards, Style Awards and Pioneered multiple internationally acclaimed on­air Intellectual Properties and brokered talent deals with key talent from Music and Bollywood in India. Some of the names Rao's worked with include Colonial Cousins (first Indian artist to win the MTV VMA's), AR Rahman, Aishwarya Rai, Pussycat Dolls, Hoobastank, Alanis Morissette in addition to working with International Artists like Joe Satriani, Trilok Gurtu, Baz Luhrmann, AKON, Pussycat Dolls.