Advisory Board
Advisory Board
The Pit-Stop Crew
Saumil Majumdar
Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director of SportzVillage
Saumil’s love for sports was seen right from his student days when he represented IIT Bombay in football. He was also selected for the Maharashtra Badminton team. From then on, he gained entrepreneurial experience via several modes and finally founded SportzVillage in 2003 - India’s leading grassroots sports organization that has helped more than a million people experience the magic of sports. Saumil has represented EduSports on India’s leading Social Activism Platform on Television – Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate Sports episode – where EduSports was chosen as the sustainable & scalable model of getting children to play. He has also received the CII Emerging Entrepreneur Award and has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Leaders influencing Education” - by Education World.
Arun K Nanu
Founder & Chairman, SEPT Football Nursery
Arun is a strong advocate of “Sports for All” and his strong belief is reflected in the conception of SEPT – India’s largest football nursery network with 55 centres across the 14 districts of Kerala. Having helped over 2000 kids via this endeavor, Arun is a core committee member in the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs in the Govt of Kerala. He is also a critical resource in the sports partnership between Govt of Kerala and Govt of Victoria (Australia). Prior to this, Arun completed his post-graduation in Sports Management and was a National Football referee.
P Venkatramana
Principal Architect and Managing Partner, M/s Murty & Manyam
Renowned everywhere, Mr Venkatramana has literally shaped the architectural space in our country. In addition to having eminent buildings like Symbiosis University campuses, branches of State Bank of India, Sports Authority of India in Andhra Pradesh and many more projects to his credit, he is a member of the Council of Architecture (COA) and Associate of the Indian Institute of Architects. He is responsible for conceiving, designing and planning major projects of prestigious institutions like Tata Housing development, projects of national importance to Chief Construction Engineer at the Ministry of Defence, University of Hyderabad and so on. Having come up with sustainable and green solutions and published articles to that effect and for his contributions to the field of architecture, Mr Venkataramana has won several accolades for his outstanding work.