16 December 2015, New Delhi: BW Businessworld, India’s Leading Business Media Company organised a high level sports industry conclave on India Sports Congress 2015 on 9th December at The Grand, New Delhi, with Star Sports as Presenting Partner, Yes Bank as Banking Partner, Micromax as Communication Partner, TMT Law Practice as Sports Law Partner and Da Milano as Gift Partner.
The conclave was covered by Cricket Today, Sports Plus & Body Life as Media Partners while Sportskeeda, Cricketnmore.com & CNMSports.com enthusiastically partnered as online media partners. The event was also covered in Business Standard on the day of the event.
The objective was to explore business of sports in India, challenges and opportunities for corporate across emerging sports business segments, policies enabling sports business reforms & investments, development of infrastructure, scalability of business models of franchises across sports leagues, usage of data & technology in the sports performance monitoring and brands’ perspectives on association with sports events to achieve ‘Brand ROI’.
Indian sports which are critical for the growth of Indian sports industry.
Business. Technology. Excellence. The unique and sought after agenda of business of sports in India was very well received by one and all. The unique colloquium saw representations from various national sports federations and sports business segments making for a platform for government officials and industry leaders to deliberate upon and show Indian sports way forward to drive inspiration and achieve excellence in the world of sports.
Five quality discussions on business of sports in India, along with the presence of eighteen dynamic speakers and over hundred attendees apparently showed that the sports fraternity, industry and government together are keen to build a sporting India.
The one of it’s kind conference on ‘Business of Sports in India’ saw representations of dynamic speakers includiing Adille Sumariwalla, President, Athletics Federation of India; Abhishek Matoria, President, Amateur Indian Boxing Federation; Karan Ahluwalia, Senior Vice President & Country Head, Sports Banking Group, Yes Bank; Kaushik Moitra, Partner, TMT Law Practice; Shubhajit Sen, CMO, Micromax; Anupam Vasudev, CMO, Aircel; Anand S Krishnan, Managing Partner, Fidelis World; Joy Bhattacharjya, Project Director, Under-17 FIFA World Cup & Advisor, Kolkata Knight Riders; Hemant Dua, CEO, Delhi Daredevils, Indian Premier League; Sandip Tarkas, CEO, Bengal Warriors, Pro-Kabaddi League; Mustafa Ghouse, COO, Bengaluru FC, I-League amongst many others.
The day was attended by 100+ dignitaries from across the spectrum of Indian Sports Fraternity and associated businesses within.