The Person Behind It

One person. One very big idea.

CultureJeevan is built by a single founder who understands creative professionals from the inside — because he is one. No VC funding. No team of 20. Just a clear problem, a working solution, and the conviction to build it.

Alongside CultureJeevan, he runs Cosmo India Prakashan — a publishing house with 40+ years of legacy. Two very different worlds. One consistent belief: good infrastructure changes everything.

By the Numbers

Solo

Every line of code. Every decision. One person.

3+

Cities at launch — Lucknow, Kanpur, NCR

₹0

Raised from investors. Bootstrapped by conviction.

The Founder

Engineer. Writer. Builder.

DS

Dhawal Shukla

Founder & CEO

↳ Kanpur, UP· Electronics Engineer· Poet & Author· Public Speaker
Background

At the crossroads of technology and literature.

Born in Kanpur, Dhawal is an electronics engineer by discipline and a writer by instinct — with essays and poetry published in Amar Ujala and a book on Amazon.

He runs Cosmo India Prakashan alongside CultureJeevan — not as a distraction, but as proof that he has lived inside the creative economy long enough to know exactly what it needs.

Two Worlds. One Vision.

A publisher. A platform. Both built to last.

Building Now

CultureJeevan

India's creative booking platform. Verified professionals, advance-secured payments, OTP-confirmed arrivals. The infrastructure creative India deserves — starting Lucknow, Kanpur & NCR.

What We Stand For

01

Build in the open.

No pretence of a team that doesn't exist. One founder, one mission, honest about where things stand.

02

Fix infrastructure, not people.

The creative class isn't broken. The system they operate in is. CultureJeevan fixes the system.

03

Earn trust through work.

No manufactured credibility. Every badge, every review, every feature — earned through real action.

Lucknow · Kanpur · NCR

Phasna Nahi,
Udna Hai.

Listings are live. Browse the talent in your city now — and be ready the moment booking opens.