India was elated when Lovlina Borgohain, dominant from the first go, packed a punch and assured India a bronze medal by defeating Nien-Chin Chen in her boxing welterweight quarterfinal bout. She faced the reigning world no. 2 Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey at the end of her race at the Olympics and performed with great spirits. She became the third Indian boxer to finish on the podium and the first Assamese woman to play at the Olympics.
Abhishek Kulkarni is IISM alumnus from PGP in Sports & Wellness Management Batch 2019-20. Abhishek is an ardent sports lover, cricketer and qualified fitness trainer. Hailing from a family of athletes, Abhishek always wished to do something remarkable in the field of sports.
Since 11 years, IISM through persistent efforts has encouraged students to take up entrepreneurial tasks and enhance their entrepreneurship skills. Some of the IISM students have established their own venture called the Sports Doyen. The Sports Doyen is a sports media organization where students provide a platform for fans and experts to voice their opinions, either through live shows on YouTube and Facebook or through their website.
By 2025, it is estimated that 463 exabytes of data will be created each day globally, that’s the equivalent of 212,765,957 DVD’s per day, according to the World Economic Forum. Understanding of analytics will move from being a valuable skill to a somewhat mandatory one. Understanding data is a key skill for managers in the 21st century and IISM with its vision to transform the Indian sporting landscape has taken up the responsibility for providing well trained analysts to Indian sporting ecosystem.
Ms. Diksha Chillar & Mr. Ankit Nama are our students from PGP in Sports & Wellness Management Batch 2019-20. Diksha & Ankit have together founded Æthleti Circle, a Sports Management firm. With utmost passion, both alumni of IISM chose to become Sports Entrepreneurs.
In order for any sport organization or enterprise to thrive, good financial practices must be followed. Those responsible for this crucial aspect of the industry are sometimes financial experts who move into sports, while others study sport management with a particular interest in its financial aspect.
The Sports Sector is booming ever since the advent of Indian Premier League and Abhinav Bindra winning gold in Summer Olympics 2008. With more and more athletes burgeoning and emergence of multiple sporting events like Pro Kabaddi League, Indian Super League, Futsal, etc., the Sports Industry requires trained Sports Management professionals to look after the business side of sports.
Sports management encompasses business development, operations, venue management, administration of sporting associations and federations, content development, event management, and data analytics, among other areas.
Admission season is just around the corner and everyone is looking to zeroing down on a college of their choice and calibre. Students with a fulsome interest in sports and its business vertical will be gearing up to get accepted at International Institute of Sports Management, Mumbai (IISM).
The unique and thrilling industry of Sports is home to glamour, money and intense satisfaction but only the sports management students can understand the requirement and proffer their expertise
