Management & Faculty

Gaurav has over 20 years of rich work experience across various sectors and industries such as Hospitality, Real Estate, Retailing, IT, Financial Services, Education and Sports. He was the Founder and CEO of ex-ISL Franchise and is a board member in many companies. With a strong background in finance, corporate strategy and general management, Gaurav has been an integral part of the group's success. During his career he has also been a part of numerous start-ups and has worked on many youth initiatives. Mr. Modwel was also the CEO for ex-ISL Franchise F.C Pune City and is currently the Chairman of India On Track.

Gaurav Modwel
Chancellor

Vivek is the Founder and CEO of India On Track and a pioneer within the Indian sports industry. He completed his MBA from Cornell University and went on to work with Deloitte in their Consulting division in New York City. In 2008, he shifted back to India to serve as COO of Commune Sports & Entertainment before founding India On Track in 2013 which has quickly become one of India's leading sports management firms. Vivek has successfully helped pave the way for top global sports organizations such as LaLiga, Arsenal FC and Major League Baseball establish themselves within India.

Vivek Sethia
CEO, India On Track

Neel has 18 years of experience in the development and commercialization of football in North America, Asia & Europe. He was the CEO of DSK Shivajians FC and the Liverpool FC International Academy. Neel also served as the Business Director for Libero Sports where he was responsible for guiding and advising Indian football stakeholders with their investments and facilitating strategic partnerships to further the industry. In addition, he created commercially viable avenues for international football entities to enter the Indian market and has successfully helped football giants Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC and FC Bayern Munich build their brands in India. Prior to moving to India, Mr. Shah spent 7 years with New York based Major League Soccer serving as the league's Director of Fan Development.

Neel Shah
Program Director

Prof Bhattacharjee has over 35 years of diverse experiences working in Banking, Marketing and Education. He is an experienced educator and has held senior positions with the Global Leadership Center, Wadhawan Holdings, Fazlani Altius Business School, Reliance and now is the Director for the Centre of Executive Education at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies(NMIMS).

Chittaranjan Bhattacharjee
Education & Academic Programs

Sukhvinder has over 15 years of experience in the industry. He worked with Nike India to establish their football brand and then moved on to the AIFF where as he completely revamped the Federation's marketing department. In 2011 he set up the operations of Libero Sports in India and was responsible for building the company's primary verticals- consulting, player representation and sponsorship placement. He has served as CEO for ISL Franchise - FC Goa for 2 seasons and was previously leading Vedanta Resources football project as the initiative's Chief Executive Officer. He has now founded his own sports management agency – Singh Sports Ventures.

Sukhvinder Singh
Senior Advisor

Will is a passionate sports management professional with over 14 years of experience across a range of dynamic thought leaders in the sports business world: STATS, Epsilon, Boston Celtics, UMass Amherst's #1 ranked Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management. He is currently the Director of the McCormack Center for Sport Research and Education (MCSRE) and a Faculty Lecturer, Sport Management at the Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst.

Will Norton
Senior Advisor

Joy is a Sports and Media industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in senior positions with leading organizations including the History Channel, National Geographic, ESPN, Kolkata Knight Riders and FIFA. While serving as the Project Director for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Joy made the country proud as the tournament achieved the highest attendance in the history of the competition with 1,347,133 spectators. He was previously heading up the RuPay Pro Volleyball League as its Chief Executive Officer and is currently an Expert on Cricbuzz.

Joy Bhattacharjya
GISB Faculty, Mentor and Advisor

Pinky has over 18 years of varied experience across Consulting, Retail, Marketing, Client Servicing and Business Development. In 2010, she became an independent consultant for the Indian football industry and provided consultancy services for a number of prominent Indian organizations including: Tata Steel, Libero Sports, Salgaocar FC, Dempo SC, Fateh Hyderabad, DSK Shivajians and the Rajasthan Football Association. She was previously serving as COO of development through football NGO - Slum Soccer, and is now running her own management consultant services.

Pinky Gandhi
Senior Advisor

Sumit is an alumnus of the University of Oxford and currently works as an 'Officer on Special Duty for Special Projects' with the Sports & Youth Services Department, Govt. of Odisha. He has been deeply involved in the endeavours of the Govt. of Odisha towards building an impactful sports profile of the State resulting in Bhubaneswar being heralded as the 'Sports Capital of India'. He's also been part of other impactful work in the domain of Sports and business.

Sumit Pandey

Career Mentor

Reuben Borah
Head – Marketing and Industry Relations

Nimisha Tailor
Head – Finance

Maher Ranina
Senior Coordinator - Marketing & Industry Relations

Dweevesh Shetty
Admin and Operations Coordinator

Joy is a Sports and Media industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in senior positions with leading organizations including the History Channel, National Geographic, ESPN, Kolkata Knight Riders and FIFA. While serving as the Project Director for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Joy made the country proud as the tournament achieved the highest attendance in the history of the competition with 1,347,133 spectators. He is currently heading up India’s Pro Volleyball League as its Chief Executive Officer.

Joy Bhattacharjya

Vice President
BaseLine Ventures
Former Team Director, Kolkata Knight Riders and Tournament Director FIFA-U17 (LOC) 2017

Sunil Gulati is the former President of the United States Soccer Federation(USSF) from 2006 to 2018. In April 19, 2013, he was elected to a four-year term on the FIFA Council. In March 2014, he was unanimously re-elected to a record third four-year term as USSF president; having been elected initially in 2006 and re-elected again in 2010. Gulati is also a senior lecturer in the economics department of Columbia University. He is the former president of Kraft Soccer for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. He conducts a module on the US Soccer Federation and the governing and functioning of FIFA at GISB.

Sunil Gulati

FIFA Council Member
Senior Lecturer of Economics, Columbia University
Former US Soccer Federation President

Mr. McKelvey’s research lies at the nexus of sport marketing, sponsorship and intellectual property law. A noted international authority on ambush marketing, he teaches Sport Law and Sport Sales Promotion at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Prior to joining the UMass faculty in 2002, McKelvey worked for 15 years in the sport marketing industry in New York City, including 6 years in MLB’s Corporate Sponsorship department and 9 years with sport sponsorship consulting agencies. He holds a B.A. from Amherst College, M.S. in Sport Management from UMass Amherst, and a J.D. from Seton Hall School of Law.

Steve McKelvey, J.D.

McCormack Sport Management Department Chair
Graduate Program Director, Sport Law Professor

Bradley applies techniques from machine learning to problems in sport consumer behavior and sport analytics. His recent research focuses on the intersection of consumer loyalty, brand building, digital sport management, and emerging technologies. Baker teaches sports analytics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is also a cofounder of D5ai, a start-up that conducts research on novel approaches in deep learning and artificial intelligence, leading to a portfolio of issued and pending patents.

Dr. Bradley J. Baker

PhD Assistant Professor
Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management,University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Dr. Delia is a widely-published author in premier sport management journals. Her research interests include branding, consumer behaviour, qualitative methods, and sponsorship. She teaches Sport Consumer Behaviour, Applied Market Research, and Sport Marketing in the McCormack Department; prior to teaching Dr. Delia worked as a market research analyst for the Madison Square Garden Company and various New York research firms. She holds a PhD in Sport Management from Florida State University, as well as an MBA (Management) and B.S. (Marketing) from SUNY New Paltz.

Dr. Liz Delia

Assistant Professor
McCormack Department of Sport Management, UMass Amherst

Ravi currently heads the Nielsen Sports & Entertainment business in South Asia. He is a seasoned international marketer with a wealth of experience across the sports, media, brands and analytics landscape. In a career spanning over 15 years, Ravi has worked with high profile clients across both Asia & Europe including league and rights holders UEFA, Liverpool FC, Mastercard, Barclays and Hero to name a few.

Ravi Chavan

Managing Director (South Asia)
Nielsen Sports & Entertainment

Anju is the first Indian woman to be on the AFC panel is a representation of the possibilities that Women’s Football in India has. Her passion for football has covered a journey from the hinterland of our country to the National Federation. Anju has been an elite player, Coach, Instructor, Administrator and inspiration to all the stakeholders of the Game.

Anju Turambekar

Technical Director at Dempo Sports Club
AFC Grassroots Panel Member

Efraim has been a practicing Lawyer in Sport law for more than 25 years. In his capacity as CAS Arbitrator since 2005 he was appointed until now in more than 300 cases dealing with a large variety of different topics and fields of the sport activity, including such of high public interest. He was also a member of the CAS Ad Hock Committee at the Olympic Games in London 2012 and the CAS Anti-Doping Ad Hoc Committee at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee of UEFA. Within his activities in sport law in Israel he also and served as the General Counsel for the Israel Football Association. In the last 12 years he also expanded his academic practice, teaching Sport Law either as a guest professor or member of faculty in many universities and academic institutions worldwide.

Efraim Barak

Founder and Senior Partner
Sport Law & Consultancy

With more than 16 years’ experience across Sports Strategy planning, Broadcasting, Sponsorship, Development of Leagues/Sports IP and Events, Tenzing has led integrated Sports programs with national and local relevance. As the CEO of Ultimate Kho Kho, he is currently developing India’s first professional Kho Kho league to be launched in early 2020. In 2017 as the Sports Advisory - Segment Leader, Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Tenzing worked alongside multiple sports leagues, governing bodies, sports rights holders, investors to help them unlock their revenue growth potential and capitalize on new opportunities.

Tenzing Niyogi

Chief Executive Officer
Ultimate Kho Kho League

With over 15 years of experience in public relations, corporate brand communications and media planning, Neha founded WordsWork in 2009. She has spearheaded successful communications campaigns for brands ranging from lifestyle, corporate, public diplomacy to sports. Prior to setting up WordsWork, she was the Communications Director for several corporate initiatives of the Spice Energy Group of companies which included management of communications & media tie- ups for leading race driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Neha Mathur Rastogi

Founder & CEO
WordsWork

Hicham is an expert in Sports Development and Football Management. A graduate from FIFA Masters in Sports Humanities, Management and Law, Hicham’s experience spans over 15 years in multiple leadership positions at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Malaysia and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Egypt. He also led the Morocco Bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2026 as the Chief Executive Officer. He is currently the co-founder and managing director of Spark, a firm working together with world class experts to deliver solutions in Sports and Event management, Communication and Sports Advocacy.

Hicham El Amrani

Co-Founder & Managing Director
Spark Sports Advisory

Currently the CEO of the Delhi Daredevils, Hemant is an accomplished professional with over 18 years of Sports and Media industry experience. He has a strong background in Rights Management, Sales and Events and an excellent record in launching and establishing new properties and turning around of sick projects. Prior to joining Delhi Daredevils as CEO in 2012, Hemant served as the Asia Director for Octagon, a leading global Sports Management agency.

Hemant Dua

Former CEO
Delhi Daredevils

With a master's degree in Sports & Media Law from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Saurabh heads the Consulting and Partnerships vertical at India On Track. Key responsibilities of the team include market strategy development for international rights holders, commercial structuring of properties, deal negotiation, creation of new IP, partner development and project management. During his time at IOT, Saurabh has led and delivered marquee projects for domestic and international accounts for the company including LaLiga, the Premier League, the UK Govt., Dream11 and Apollo Tyres. Saurabh was previously involved in setting up the Caribbean Premier League in 2013 and has worked with the Western Australian Sports Federation in Perth on projects dealing with alcohol sponsorship and dispute resolution in WA sport. Saurabh is also a guest sports writer for The Quint.

Saurabh Mehta

Head - Consulting
India on Track

Sukhvinder has over 15 years of experience in the industry. He worked with Nike India to establish their football brand and then moved on to the AIFF where as he completely revamped the Federation’s marketing department. In 2011 he set up the operations of Libero Sports in India and was responsible for building the company’s primary verticals consulting, player representation and sponsorship placement. He has served as CEO of FC Goa for 2 season and is now leading Vedanta Resources football project as the initiative’s Chief Executive.

Sukhvinder Singh

Founder & Director
Singh Sports Ventures
Former CEO, FC Goa

Ashish is a sports industry veteran holding the position of CEO for both Chennaiyin FC and now the Delhi Dynamos. In 2015 as CEO of Chennaiyin FC, he guided his club to a championship season taking home the coveted ISL trophy in the league’s second season. Prior to joining the Indian Super League, Ashish co-founded Dynamic Sports Pvt. Ltd a company which organizes endurance events in unique locations and has overseen the creation of the Ladakh Marathon and Nasik Spirit Run at the Sula Vineyards.

Ashish Shah

Founder
Dynamic Sports
Former CEO, Chennaiyin FC, Delhi Dynamos and Odisha FC

Gaurav Sundararaman is a cricket fanatic. He holds degrees in computer science and business administration and has used his skills and strengths from these fields to carve an unique niche in the cricket world. He spent four years helping international teams (countries and franchises) use advanced analytics to create a winning edge. Among his highlights was playing a small but significant part of the WorldT20 winning West Indies team in 2016 and co-authoring a paper at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference at Boston. Over the last 3 years he has worked with the magicians at ESPN Cricinfo to provide compelling and intelligent insight into how teams and players really win.

Gaurav Sundararaman

Senior Data Analyst
ESPN

Shaun is a qualified lawyer and has worked at various top tier law firms in Australia and India. Running his own advisory practice, Shaun has advised numerous organizations assisting them with their entry and expansion into India and also advises a number of clients in the field of sports law. He currently serves as Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School where he teaches Sports Law & Governance and Tort Law.

Shaun Star

Jindal Global Law School

Anish Dayal practices as an Advocate and Counsel primarily at the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court since 1995. He has his own commercial and corporate legal practice and specializes in areas of Media, Entertainment and Sports Law. He has advised and structured sports-media properties including leagues in cricket, football, cycling, badminton, volleyball, cue sports, boxing and has been a part of legal cases involving World Cup Cricket, Wimbledon, French Open, ICC Cricket, Rajasthan Royals, IMG-Reliance among others.

Anish Dayal

Advocate
Supreme Court of India

Gaurav is a Sports Media pioneer with over 25 years of experience in the field. He has held senior positions with IMG Owned TWI, ESPN, Zee Sports and has launched his own production house called Sportzworkz. The company has done more than 3000 hours of live programming in Cricket, Snooker, Boxing, Tennis, Mixed Martial Arts, Golf and Sepak Takraw. Major properties include the Pakistan-Sri Lanka cricket series, the I-League, the AFC Cup, the ATP Chennai Open, the Sri Lanka Premier League and the inaugural Hockey India.

Gaurav Bahal

Founder
Sportzworkz

Before joining Elon in 2014, David worked at ESPN for seven years in both the Research and Analytics and International Ad Sales departments, collaborating closely with ESPN offices in Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He is the author of the book The Guidebook Experiment and the Kindle Single Greetings from Myanmar and has published research in Newspaper Research Journal, Asian Journal of Communication, and Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. He's also the author of a chapter in the forthcoming book, ESPN and the Changing Sports Media Landscape.

David Bockino

Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management
Elon University, USA

Geoff runs his own marketing and communications consultancy business, with a focus primarily on sport. Previously Head of Marketing and Communications (Irish FA) he was responsible for public relations, commercial programs, brand development and communication to fans. Geoff works with the likes of FIFA, UEFA, AFC, FIBA, and other global sports organizations in a wide range of areas from strategic planning, marketing, and communications, digital, fans engagement, public affairs and knowledge sharing/exchange programs. In addition, Geoff consults with several sports' tech companies in the CRM, eSports, wearable and fans engagement space. Geoff is a part-time lecturer in marketing at Queen's University Belfast and is Chair of Netball Northern Ireland. Finally, Geoff is a member of the board at Tourism Northern Ireland.

Geoff Wilson

Sports Strategist
Geoff Wilson Consultancy

Pinky has over 18 years of varied experience across Consulting, Retail, Marketing, Client Servicing and Business Development. In 2010, she became an independent consultant for the Indian football industry and provided consultancy services for a number of prominent Indian organizations including: AFC, Tata Steel, Libero Sports, Salgaocar FC, Dempo SC, Fateh Hyderabad, DSK Shivajians and the Rajasthan Football Association.

Pinky Gandhi

Independent Sports Consultant

Vidushpat is an advocate registered with the Delhi Bar Council. He is an experienced sports lawyer and advises on issues pertaining to betting and gambling laws, league formulation and rights structuring, government policies, TV and broadcast rights, sponsorship and merchandizing contracts, tendering procedure, anti-doping, ticketing , venue hire and brand protection. He co-founded Krida Legal in 2010, a full service Law firm with the objective of bringing a practical yet sound approach to legal practice

Vidushpat Singhania

Managing Partner
Krida Legal

A sports management professional who has led organizations, Nikhil was formerly Director at Shillong Lajong FC where amongst other projects he was instrumental in the inception of the Guwahati franchise of the Indian Super League. He has over 11 years of work experience and has spent considerable amount of time in traditional business industries such as FMCG, Retail & Media before moving to sports management 7 years ago. Nikhil has now set up his own sports consultancy venture called Zlait Sports Management.

Nikhil Sharma

Founder & CEO
Zlait Sports Management

Professor Bhattarcharjee has over 35 years of diverse experiences working in Banking, Marketing and Education. He is an experienced educator and has held senior positions with the Global Leadership Center, Wadhavan Holdings, Fazlani Altius Business School, Reliance and now is the Director for the Centre of Executive Education at Narsee Monjee Institute of Managmeent Studies.

Chittaranjan Bhattacharjee

Director of Executive Education
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

In her career spanning over two decades, Rashim has played many roles, all taking her closer to her love for sport. From reporting, producing and anchoring sports news on Television, to in 2012, co-founding India On Track (IOT), a company that brings sports to the grassroots through training and aiding the best sports organisations and brands in connecting in the most effective way with the fans. In her current role as the CMO, Rashim has worked with some of the leading leagues and brands to advise on their marketing strategy and execution plans for India.

Rashim Sharma

Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder
India On Track

Gautam is a legal attorney at Krida Legal with a considerable experience of Sports, Gaming and Anti-Doping laws. He has represented leading sportsmen, government authorities and private organisations in this domain of law.He started his legal professional career with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Amity Law School, New Delhi. Gautam currently advises clients on development and implementation of sports leagues, online gaming platforms, laws relating to gambling, betting etc. He regularly appears before the Courts in India, National Anti-Doping Agency Tribunal (NADA), Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) & All India Football Federation (AIFF) Players Status Committee and Disciplinary Committee.

Gautam Karhadkar

Senior Associate
Krida Legal

Amrut is the Founder of GameChanger Law Advisors. In a career that has spanned almost 15 years, he previously worked with some of India’s most reputed law firms, before founding GLA in October 2011. As a sports lawyer, he has played a lead role in the legal and commercial structuring of several sports leagues in India. He has also represented clients in landmark sport-related litigation, player representation transactions, broadcast rights negotiations and in licensing & merchandising rights transactions.

Amrut Joshi

Founder & CEO
GameChanger Law Advisors

Nicole's research focuses on diversity and inclusion in sport organizations. Within this line of work, she examines the antecedents of workplace or team inclusion and the subsequent performance benefits of creating such environments. In addition, she explores ways to empower sport employees and athletes to become effective change agents for social justice within sport. She is a North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) research fellow, and her work has been published in her field's top journals and presented at a number of prestigious academic and practitioner conferences. Dr. Melton earned her Ph.D., MS, and BBA from Texas A&M University, and has held previous academic positions at Seattle University and Texas Tech University. In her life before academia, she was a professional golfer and then worked as a consumer test analyst for NIKE GOLF. As a professor, she maintains her connection to the sport industry by consulting with various sport organizations (e.g., ESPN, US Soccer) on how to make sport more accessible and inclusive for diverse populations.

Dr. Nicole Melton

PhD Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor
Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Avantika Malhautra is a practicing Psychologist based in Mumbai. She works with individuals and groups using the Psychodynamic approach and Humanistic perspective to counselling and psychotherapy complimented by visual art and movement therapy. She has gained work experience within the Indian cultural context while working with adults and children over the last 5 years across Delhi, Bangalore, Mysore, Pune and now Mumbai.

Avantika Malhautra

Founder & CEO
Soul Canvas

After working with Ernst & Young, Tilak decided to follow his passion for the microphone and take it up full-time. Since taking this leap of faith Tilak has worked with leading organizations such as Times of India, RBI, Star TV, the Aditya Birla Group & Phillip Capital. Within sport, Tilak has tied up with Manchester United and will serve as MC for all United events in India from 2019 onwards. Tilak is also a lecturer and has offered soft skills training to students across the country since 2013.

Tilak Shah

Professional Anchor

Tejas is a Leadership, Transformation Coach and a Serial Entrepreneur with intense curiosity and zeal to learn, imbibe and execute Peak Performance Strategies. His learnings from various behavioural sciences like Performance Coaching, Neuro-Linguist Programming, Experiential Learning and Creative Movement Therapy form the core for his coaching and consulting services.

Tejas Toro

Founder & CEO
Light Head

Currently the Founder and CEO of SparUp Sports Technology, a performance analytics startup, Nikhil has significant experience as an athlete and a management professional across India and USA. Prior to founding his company, Nikhil has worked with several Fortune 500 companies and startups in Sports, Healthcare, Information Technology, Financial Services, Consumer Electronics, Education, Media and Entertainment sectors. Nikhil is also actively involved in the CII - Making India Play initiative to promote sports at the grassroot level. A former national level badminton player, Nikhil currently enjoys participating in endurance sports such as boxing, mountaineering and triathlon.

Nikhil Punde

Founder and CEO
SparUp Sports Technology

Arup Soans is an expert in business strategy, sports marketing and new media. Apart from being a Sports Business Consultant to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and All India Football Federation (AIFF), Arup was the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup India 2017 Head of Marketing, managing a team of 45 people. The 17th edition of the tournament ended up being the highest ever attended FIFA youth competition. Armed with twelve plus years of professional experience, Arup has worked at New York based Major League Soccer and Perform Sports Media. Arup is the first Indian to hold a master’s degree in sports business from New York University.

Arup Soans

CEO
Kite Talks
Former Head of Marketing, FIFA-U17 (LOC) 2017

Sonam is a sports management & marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in sports marketing, brand marketing and organizing large scale sports events. Currently she is a brand and digital manager at Castrol where she combines her vast experience in sports management and passion for brands to drive value for Castrol’s bike brands. Prior to joining Castrol, Sonam has successfully spearheaded operations at ICL events and the World Series Hockey. She brings in marketing experience from her stint with Castrol's sponsorship team where she was leveraging the sponsorship at ICC events (2012-2015) along with working on two of Castrol’s bike brands.

Sonam Bajaj

Senior Manager - Content Acquisition
Sony Pictures Networks India

Toshan is the co-founder and director at Meraki Sports & Entertainment, a sport marketing and sponsorship management company. Toshan leads the strategy and the brand vertical at Meraki working with brands and constructing their sport marketing strategy and working with teams, franchises and sport events to enhance their saliency. Prior to founding Meraki, Toshan worked at Procam International where he worked in client acquisition and servicing for 2 years. Toshan graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA (Hons) in Business & Management.

Toshan T. Patil

Co-Founder & Director
Meraki Sports

Siddharth is a Commerce graduate from Sri Ram College, Delhi. In 2011,he founded LEH LEH Sports after a successful stint as an International Business Development Manager at Electrolux in Sydney, Australia. His venture was one of the top prize winners at the Economic Times ‘Power of Ideas’ in 2012. The company has evolved and its three business verticals today are Employee Engagement Programs, Sports Venues Monetization and the original PaynPlay Sports. LEH LEH Sports has offices in the Delhi NCR, Bombay and Bangalore.

Siddharth Pandey

Founder
LEH LEH Sports

Iti Rawat is a Retail Experience Enhancer, Motivational speaker, Entrepreneur and influencer. She has 15 years of varied experience across industry but mainly in Retail. After working in corporate for over a decade in MNCs like Apple, Nike and Arvind Brands, she started her own venture called Thinkhall Training and Consultancy LLP which is helping Indian retail industry to better its consumer experience. She also leads a not for profit organisation called WEFT Women Entrepreneur Foundation firm which helps Women Entrepreneurs to grow their business.

Iti Rawat

Director and Co Founder
Thinkhall Training and Consultancy

Aman is a business journalist-turned sports professional with an active interest in developing professional youth development structures in sport and the educational aspects of the Olympic movement. After a successful reporting career at Reuters, he switched industries to follow his passion to help Indian athletes achieve their sporting potentials. Aman currently leads all communication initiatives for JSW Sports' Olympic Program, which supports close to 40 elite Indian athletes, and the Inspire Institute of Sport- the country's first privately funded High Performance Training Centre. Before joining JSW Sports, he completed a Sport & Olympic Studies program at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and has worked with agencies including Dentsu Sports Asia, events including the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, Premier Futsal and with franchise teams in football and kabaddi leagues.

Aman Shah

Head, Olympic Program Partnerships & Communications
JSW Sports

Sushant currently heads the Data Science department at SportsKPI. He has worked as a researcher in the fields of Speech Processing and Finance before venturing into Sports. With SportsKPI, he was part of leagues like PKL, ISL and I-League, and also with the AIFF. As part of Speech Processing Lab, he has a research paper published in the International Speech Synthesis Conference.

Sushant Rao

Data Scientist
SportsKPI

Naveen is the Founder of SportsKPI, an organization which strives to improve the performance of sports teams through end to end solutions using technology, math and the knowledge of the sport. Having 10 years of corporate IT Experience, he followed his passion to integrate Sports with Technology in order to improve performance of Sports team.

Naveen Ningaiah

Founder and CEO
SportsKPI

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in Design Education Management and Product Design in technology industry. Believes in value creation by Strategy and detailed Execution. He has been leading high impact initiatives in new age Education ecosystem and ever-changing Technology space. Multi-Cultural experience having travelled to 15 countries, worked in the United States - with Fortune companies GE Aircraft Engines and P&G. Exposure to multiple business domains at leadership positions, has the ability to understand the critical success factors to run a business, creating execution excellence and being 2 steps ahead for the stakeholder expectations!

Ninad Panse

CEO
Design Derivatives

Business development and operations professional with background in Sports, Tech and Finance with experience in developing markets in Asia-Pac, EU and Africa. Brings an extensive network of global connections as well detailed understanding of business and technology especially in sports and gaming sectors. MBA from top-tier Business School with 8+ years of experience in consulting, tech startup operations and investment banking domains

Piyush Choudhary

Director of Sales, Indian Subcontinent
Sportradar

Yashraj currently manages various projects under India On Tracks Consulting vertical, working with Clubs, League, Federations amongst other entities to deliver a varied range of projects and initiatives. Having spent majority of his career in international markets, Yashraj hold a Bachelors degree in Sports Management from EU Barcelona and a MSc in Sports Management from Columbia University, New York. Prior to returning to India he worked with City Football Group in New York, managing corporate partnerships for New York City FC and helping to grow the Manchester City brand in the Americas.

Yashraj Kshetry

Project Manager, Consulting
India on Track

Arnold heads the training and development programmes at India On Track. His team covers various sports and multiple geographies, which has over the years expanded into a specialised development cell. He comes with immense experience at transforming brand insight into saleable IPs and has a thorough understanding of the brand activation market in India. Having previously worked at Submerge Entertainment in the music industry he has also successfully led and delivered large scale events and experiences.

Arnold Wilson

Head, Training and Development Programmes
India on Track

Megha’s work centres around self-leadership, the practice of understanding and leading oneself in order to thrive. She has worked primarily with social change leaders and students to enable them to connect with themselves and live their potential. She draws from a diverse set of experiences across the globe, of working in finance, philanthropy and the development sector, as well as training as a coach and facilitator for personal transformation.

Megha Modi

Leadership and Personal Development Coach

A seasoned business leader with 16+ yrs of progressive experience in leveraging solution consulting & program management to Fortune 1000 clients, in the FMCG, Hi-Tech, Sports & Media vertical. Experienced with tech-startups across Sports, Healthcare, Hospitality & Media verticals. Have assisted over 80 technology startups with go-to-market strategy & thriving operational efficiency.

Siddharth Deshmukh

Managing Partner and Head of Brand Consulting & Business Strategies
Arimaya Ventures

Sumit is an alumnus of the University of Oxford and currently works as an ‘Officer on Special Duty for Special Projects’ with the Sports & Youth Services Department, Govt. of Odisha. He has been deeply involved in the endeavours of the Govt. of Odisha towards building an impactful sports profile of the State resulting in Bhubaneswar being heralded as the ‘Sports Capital of India’. He’s also been part of other impactful work in the domain of Sports and business.

Sumit Pandey

Officer - Special Projects
Government of Odisha: Sports Department

Aahna is actively involved in the day-to-day affairs of the business of sports. Apart from working on matters in various High Courts across the country and the National Anti-Doping Tribunal, she regularly advises clients on matters relating to league formulation, transfer of players, selection disputes, arbitration, intellectual property rights, media and broadcasting rights, sponsorship and merchandising agreements, fantasy sports and contract law. She has been instrumental in setting up some of the major franchise-based leagues in India and serves as a visiting faculty at several institutions of repute.

Aahna Mehrotra

Founder and Principal Lawyer
AM Sports Law and Management Co

Tanoy is the driving force behind Spectra Cube, a Digital Business Consultancy and Solutions Firm. He is responsible for creating and maintaining a vision with innovation for the company & its clients. Originally from an Engineering background, his passion for Digital Marketing ensured he had his first three clients, which included an MNC and an international client, in his final year of college itself. He also holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing: Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics, from Columbia Business School.

Tanoy Banerji

Managing Partner of Spectra Cube
Lead Tutor at Mercatus Institute

Radhika holds a Masters in International Business from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France, along with a Post-Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing: Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics from Columbia Business School, as well as a Diploma in Business French (DFA B2). She has an uncanny talent of launching Brands and making them grow by getting the engines running and steering them in the right direction.

Radhika Bhole

Chief Content Officer at Spectra Cube
Managing Partner at Mercatus Institute

Before joining the McCormack Department, Professor Albert worked for several years as an economic consultant specializing in economic impact analysis. As a lecturer at UMass since 2017, he focuses on designing and teaching courses in sport economics, sport finance, and sport marketing research. His interests center on the intersection of economics, sociology, and marketing. More specifically, he teaches about the economic history of sports leagues, the shifting sports business model, the monopolistic nature of American closed sports leagues, and the peculiar characteristics of sports fanaticism. He holds a B.S. in Management from Penn State University, as well as an MBA and MS in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts.

Brett Albert

Faculty Lecturer
UMass Amherst's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management

Prashant has carved out a successful career in the Entertainment & Media Industry spanning over 15 years . Prashant has worked with major Broadcasters and Media Houses like News Corporation, NDTV, Turner Broadcasting, Reliance Media Works, Castle Media Asia & Encompass Digital Media. He is also an Ex Mentor/Advisor to Many Sports Businesses - Give for Sports Foundation, India Sports Jobs, The player Agency, International sports ticketing & Nation of Sport. In addition, Prashant is currently changing the Broadcasting & Technology Ecosystem in India through cutting edge innovation at Star Sports. He holds a Double Major in International Sports Business and Sponsorship and Marketing from Johan Cruyff Institute, Barcelona and a Football Grassroots certification from FAS and is also a Manchester United Shareholder.

Prashant Khanna

Head – Technology and Operations
Star Sports

Stephen is an authority on the topic of digital transformation for the business of sports. He created a course dedicated to this topic for the industry with alumni including participants from sports biggest properties including FIFA, IOC, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC. He is advisory board member of Sport and Entertainment Alliance in Technology (SEAT) Conference, USA, and his industry analysis has been published on ZDNet’s Conversations on CRM site. His company, SB1sport, is based in Qatar providing advisory and knowledge solutions across the industry.

Stephen Bourke

Founder & CEO
SB1 Sport

Satchidanand is a sportsman, experiential teaching expert, Information Technology consultant and creative writer. Leveraging over two decades of IT experience so as to translate the importance of process and structure to the field of sport in India, he has been actively involved in the field of teaching. Having successfully introduced his movie based teaching concept, he has been able to articulate his objective at the Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences and MIT World Peace University in Pune and believes that this will effect Indian sport, positively. As a consultant and social media head with White Copper Entertainment and with an experience of over a decade of creative writing for the state cricket association, he has produced many creative strategies for India cricket and Indian Premier League games.

Satchidanand Joshi

Sports Education
Consultant

An accomplished media professional and a devotee at the altar of Federer, Tendulkar and Kohli, Siddharth excels at combining his passion for sport with a keen ability to drive business value. With past stints at the DDB Mudra Group, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Force India, he has been at the forefront of some exciting initiatives, including being part of core teams that set up India's first Formula 1 Driver Academy and also launched Premier Futsal in India. As Chief Business Officer at Sportz Interactive, Siddharth oversees a number of business units and is responsible for identifying new opportunities to expand the company's footprint across sports and geographies.

Siddharth Raman

Chief Business Officer,
Sportz Interactive

Business owner by day and esports fanatic by night Lokesh Suji aka dAwesomeNinja (that's his ingame name), is an esports Evangelist, Hustler and a Telecom Veteran with 18+ yrs. of corporate experience with companies like Huawei, Tata Communications, Airtel, Reliance. He is a known name when it comes to Indian Esports. Over the years been part of esports, and across different formats and categories of games, he found that the vertical in India is unstructured & Unexplored, which needed to be developed along professional lines – much in the same way that other forms of sports are being developed in the country (be it Cricket, Football or now Kabaddi). His aspiration is to ensure that the category of esports is created and managed in much the same way as it is in countries like the United States, European Union, South Korea and China.

Lokesh Suji

Director - Esports Federation of India
VP-South Asia (Asian Esports Federation)
Chief Gamer & Co-Founder - Ustreak

Aritra has a decade of experience in consulting - building new products and scaling existing ones. He has worked both as an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur, consulting over 50 brands across 10 different industries in his career so far. He has also had stints as an educator under the Mumbai University. His current stint finds him helming Marwah Sports.

Aritra Chatterjee

Head
Marwah Sports

Hrishikesh Shende

Director - Special Sports
Adidas - Emerging Markets