Life at IISM - August 2021
                     Life @ IISM
AUGUST EDITION
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INDIAN HOCKEY HEROES @IISM
IISM was elated as the Indian Hockey heroes graced our campus recently. Manpreet Singh- Captain of 
the Indian Hockey team along with Harmanpreet Singh & Lalit Kumar visited us. These heroes were 
hosted by Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni, Founder Director- IISM. 
Their presence exhilarated the campus. IISM students got a golden opportunity to interact one-on-
one with these young players. We discussed about Indian Sports and the comeback of hockey in India 
with the team's splendid performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. These boys brought India a medal 
from the Olympics aer 4 decades, making history and inspiring the future generaon at large.
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Indians celebrated the 2020 Tokyo Olympics no less than a fesval from 23rd July to 8th August 2021. 
Aer all, we had waited an addional year for this quadrennial event. India had sent a total of 116 
athletes to the Olympics and we're proud that they produced an unforgeable show for the audience 
at large. India has finished 48th in the medal tally finishing significantly higher, the best in 40 years.
All of us should take a moment to appreciate all the athletes who represented our tricolor at the 
biggest sporng event. It is fair to menon that India had representaons in sports like fencing and 
equestrian for the first me and not to forget that fencer Bhavani Devi and Fouaad Mirza did their 
absolute best and compelled Indians to watch sports that they never had. Adi Ashok, the super 
golfer ranked 200 in the world beat top golfers and came very close to winning a medal for our naon, 
but to no avail, we are proud of her splendid shots. Our women's hockey team wrote themselves to 
history by defeang Australia to reach first-ever semifinals. Although the brave women couldn't bring 
home medals, they won billions of hearts with their determinaon. Dhanalakshmi Sekhar one of the 
members of the Indian mixed relay team of 4x400m, was informed only upon arrival from Tokyo that 
her sister had passed away so that she could focus on the Olympics. A total of 116 athletes at the 
Olympics from India and 116 inspiraonal stories to talk about. 
India brough home seven medals from the Olympics- 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. Here are 
our shiniest stars who contributed majorly in enlightening hopes and uning the country in these 
tesng me under the pandemic. 
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India was elated Lovlina Borgohain, dominant from the first go, packed a punch and assured India a 
bronze medal by defeang 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. 
Lovlina was born on 2nd October 1997 and hails from Golaghat district of Assam. When she was a 
child, her father brought her a paper cung featuring an arcle on the legendary Mumammad Ali 
which drew Lovlina's interest in the sport. As a child, Lovlina followed the footsteps of her elder 
sisters and began with kickboxing but later shied to boxing full-me. Her talent was discovered by a 
renowned coach Padum Boro when the Sports Authority of India held trails at her school. Lovlina 
comes from a humble background and her father struggled financially to support her dreams.
It was in 2014 that Lovlina began making a name for herself at a global plaorm. She won a bronze at 
the Junior Woman World Golden Glove of Vojvodina Boxing Tournament in Serbia in 2017. She rose to 
fame by winning a bronze at the 2017 Asian Championship held in Vietnam. Lovlina has won two 
bronzes at the World Championships, one in the year 2018 and the other in 2019. 
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India was elated with joy when we saw PV Sindhu win a bronze medal in badminton at the 2020 Tokyo 
Olympics. This wonder girl created history by becoming the only Indian woman to win two Olympic 
medals and the fourth athlete to win mulple medals in the women's singles badminton category. 
We were all roong for her and were confident that she'd come back with a medal from the esteemed 
sporng event. 
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is rightly said to be the flag-bearer of the sport- badminton in India. PV 
became a household name when she won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ever since the 
victory, she became one of the shiniest stars in the world of sports in India. PV became the first-ever 
Indian to win a gold at the BWF World Championships in 2019. She began with scripng noteworthy 
accomplishments from a young age and her journey to glory in a brief me frame is worth discussing. 
PV was born on 5 July 1995 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Both her parents were naonal-level 
volleyball players and her father is an Arjuna Awardee who was a member of the team that had won a 
bronze at the Seoul Asian Games in 1986. Hailing from a family of sportspersons, PV drew towards 
sports from a young age and was inspired from the success of Pullela Gopichand. She was just 8 when 
badminton caught PV's fancy. 
Pusarla entered the internaonal circuit when she was 14. She secured a spot for herself into the top 
20 of the BWF world ranking at the age of 17 in the year 2012. PV is the second woman shuler in the 
world to win more than 4 medals at the world championships. Breaking the barriers, she made 
herself to the Forbes list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018 and 2019. PV currently stands as 
World no. 7 honored with Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. 
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FOUNDATION WEEK 2021-22 
for future Sports Management professionals from IISM
Our Founder Director Addressing The Future Sports Management Professionals
The previous week marked the beginning of a new journey for our students of Bachelor's Degree in 
Sports Management, Master's Degree in Sports Management and PGP Batch 2021-22. On day one of 
the Foundaon Week 2021-22, IISM acquainted them with the world of sports through interacons 
and learning.
Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni, Founder Director IISM, addressed the students and encouraged them to pursue 
their dreams with dedicaon. Mr. Kulkarni quoted a saying of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, “FAIL” First 
Aempt In Learning”. He stated that the students should make aempts to fly high and face all the 
challenges with courage. With words of encouragement, Mr. Kulkarni wished the best to the future 
Sports Management professionals from IISM. 
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FOUNDATION WEEK 2021-22 
for future Sports Management professionals from IISM
IISM invited Ms. Adi Sunil Tatkare, Minister of Maharashtra State for Sports and Youth Affairs, as 
the Chief Guest of the Foundaon Week programme. Ms Adi shared insights on the workings & 
structure of the Sports Federaon in the state. 
Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni, Founder Director IISM, addressed the students and encouraged them to pursue 
their dreams with dedicaon. Ms. Rasika Kulkarni, Co-Founder & MD- IISM, touched upon the vision 
and mission of our instute and apprised that the students should be ready to break the barriers.
Mr. Amit Gupte, Chief Operang- IISM, introduced the students with team IISM and guided them 
with diverse processes at IISM. Mr. Amitava Pal, Associate Dean- IISM, apprised about the rapidly 
growing sports industry and how the sector will connue to flourish. 
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OUR ERUDITE SPEAKERS: 
Mr. AMOLE GUPTE, Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Mr. HIREN PANDIT, former CEO- SE TransStadia Limited
Mr. PUSHPENDRA GARG, Former Enterprise Class Sailing World Champion, Asian Games Bronze 
Medalist 1990 & 1994, Arjuna & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee
Mr. SHISHIR HATTANGADI, CEO of Baroda Cricket Associaon
Mr. NAVIN FERNANDES, Execuve Vice President - Twenty First Century Media (TCM Sports)
Mr. KIRAN NOOJIBAIL, Co-Founder and Head of Esports at Newgen Gaming Private Limited
Mr. RITWIK  BHATTACHARYA, Indian Squash Legend and Founder, Head Coach- Squash Temple 
and Real Training Academy
Mr. CHARU SHARMA, Co-Founder- Pro Kabaddi League 
Mr. RAMESH KUMAR, Store Leader at Decathlon Sports Limited 
Mr. YUVRAJ WALMIKI, Indian hockey player, recipient of Shiv Chatrapa Award
Alumni interacon: Varun Singh-Co-Founder, RaC Rides , Rohit Verma- Former Sports Manager at 
Andhra Cricket Associaon, Bhushan Malani and Anurag Patwardhan  
Exisng student interacon: Kaustubh, Saurav, Sanchit, Amogh, Srush, Parth 
The sessions were well moderated by IISM students: Saurav Vats, Shru Yawalkar, Ronak Kedia, 
Sanchit Desai, Amay Verma, Srush Bharambe, Parth Rathor, Amogh Bodas, Kaustubh Bhogle, 
Omkar Acharya, Khushi Deshmukh. 
Thank you to all our speakers for sharing their invaluable insights with our students in an 
important juncture of their lives. 
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RISING SPORTS STARS OF INDIA
IISM students breathe sports and are staunch sports enthusiasts. Our students come from 
various fields of expertise as well as are active sports players from club, state, national and 
international level. Here are some of our students who are no less but rising stars of India. 
N oel Chikodi
Hockey Player
Dhruv Kanade
·F ootball Player
Shraddha Chopra
Badminton Player
You can read about journey of our students on IISM's social media platforms. More stories to come.
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LIFE AT IISM
Curated by: 
Mr. Amit Gupte, COO
Mr. Karan Mange, Sr Manager- Marketing
Mr. Sandeep Dalvi, Assistant Manager- Design
Ms. Tista Nautiyal, Executive- Content 
International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)  
Ground Floor, Smartworks, Fleet House, 
Gamdevi, Marol, Andheri East, 
Maharashtra 400059, Maharashtra, India.
Email: [email protected] | Website : www.iismworld.com 
T.:+91 8976018871/72 
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