Vijay Chattha

Founder

2002 - Current

Founder / CEO

2002

Co-Founder

2020

Founder

2004

Part P-Funk, part Punjabi-Funk, Blackmahal is a San Francisco-based live music experience complete with drums, DJs, horns, hip-hop MCs, and the godfather of Punjabi-American music – Ustad Lal Singh Bhatti. Blackmahal has rocked major concerts across North America including the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Vancouver Olympics with features in Rolling Stone, Wired, The San Francisco Chronicle, and rotation on the BBC Radio 1.

Coordinator, Smithsonian Sikh Heritage Project

2001 - 2002

Worked with Smithsonian, the Sikh Heritage Foundation, and The Governments of India and Pakistan to create first long-term of exhibit of Sikh Art at the world's most visited museum complex. Go visit it at the National Museum of Natural History today!

Co-CEO

1999 - 2001

Created first counter-culture online city guide network representing 12 cities around the world and over 1,000,000 members.