The rise of sports in the past couple of years has prompted several entrepreneurs to develop their idea and execute it with perfection, which assists in creating a sustainable sporting ecosystem.
JUNOON is an initiative launched by IISM, Mumbai where students plan various sports and business competitions which encourages learning from peers, teamwork, agility, and critical thinking.
The courses offered by the institute are curated under the guidance from the experts of the sports fraternity and are in collaboration with the University of Mumbai and Garware Institute of Career Education & Development (GICED).
Two momentous events in the history in Indian sport occurred in September 2007. On the 24th of that month, the Indian cricket team beat Pakistan in the final of the inaugural T20 World Cup, and the country fell in love with the game’s shortest format.
After the covid-19 restrictions, it was said that the Indian sports industry will be growing at an estimated CAGR of 9.6% between 2021-2024. The revenue expected to be generated during this period was about $150 billion.
The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, was the 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women’s national teams in the Asian Football Federation (AFC). India was the host for this tournament. This was the second time that India hosted this competition, the first time being in 1979.
Harinder Pal Sandhu is a professional squash player who plays for India. He has achieved a career-high world ranking no. 47 back in September 2018 currently he stands at no. 115. He was a part of the Indian team, who won the Gold Medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon. He is a very humble and gentle human being. MSM-2 student Prashant Tayde speaks to Sandhu in a candid chat.
Sports Management is a new-age career option for sports lovers that gives them opportunities to look after the business, management, and entrepreneurship side of sports. The study of Sports Management enables professionals to work across numerous verticals in Sports Industry like Sports Marketing, Media, PR, Sports Law, Sports Operations, Sports Event Management, and much more.
In a bid to acknowledge IISM's industrious efforts, the institute was conferred with the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for Development For Sports by the Government of India. On the occasion of National Sports Day 2020, IISM was given this honor by the Hon. President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji, in a virtual ceremony.
Globalization, the integrated internationalization of markets and organizations, has changed the way we do business. Jobs, knowledge, and capital are now able to move across borders with far greater speed and far less friction than was possible only a decade ago.
