Sports & Esports Management Course in Mumbai, India

CP Thomas

Programme in Charge

Thomas is a senior professional with over 30 years of experience in the business of sports, esports, media, communication, and publishing industries. He started his professional career as a sportswriter for Indian Express and then moved on to business journalism with The Economic Times, Dow Jones, Outlook, and India Today groups. In the communication industry, he was the media strategist in Roger Pereira Burson-Marstellar for high-profile national and international brands and then went on to head corporate communication in Reliance Infocomm. In his entrepreneurial journey, he co-founded the communication consultancy Zzebra, which in a short period became a national brand and was acquired by a leading advertising group. Thomas also co-founded 42, a book publishing and distribution company, SportzPower, a B2B sports business media company, ConnectIn Esports, an athlete and content management company, and The Fan Garage (TFG), a brand focused on building a community of sports fans. Thomas comes with deep knowledge about the sports and esports industries and businesses, and a wide network of professional contacts, which, along with his mentorship skills will provide the foundation for students to derive the desired value from this program and become successful professionals and leaders in the sports and esports industries.

Sukriti Sachar

Faculty

An event professional with 11-year industry expertise, Sukriti has created a niche in the presentation design space. She’s worked with some of the best brands, empowered their teams, and given a visual direction to their ideas and goals. Her experience is enhanced with knowledge of on-ground realities.
She has conducted her dynamic PowerPoint workshops ‘SculPPT with Sukriti’ for esteemed advertising, event, and marketing organizations along with teaching students at the Whistling Woods International School of Event Management, Pearl Academy, Sushant School of Design.

She is also the PowerPoint Expert Faculty on Swayam Central, an initiative by the Ministry of HRD.

Bhavesh Kapadia

Visiting Faculty

Bhavesh Kapadia has worked with prominent brands such as Accenture, TATA Interactive System (TIS/MPS), Lionbridge, Technologies Inc, Hurix Technologies, Arena Multimedia (Aptech). He has 11 years of experience in educational multimedia production and 4 years of experience in HTML5, Java Script, CSS 3, Articulate Storyline 360. He has extensive knowledge of computers, internet technology and exploring new technology. He has over 20,000 hours of training experience for 30+ different institute centres and has also been a part-time faculty and visiting faculty for 5 years for various reputed institutes.

Gaurav Mehta

Visiting Faculty

Gaurav is the co-founder of Quidich innovation Labs, a leading Sports Broadcast & Filming Solutions company catering to both the Indian and international markets. Gaurav works with some of the major sports properties, including the Indian Premier League (IPL). A professional racer for Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH, Gaurav was a competitive racer in the Volkswagen Polo Cup, and trained with Andrew Jordan, the British Touring Car Champion.

Rakesh Rajendran

Visiting Faculty

Mr. Rakesh Ranjan has over 43 years of working experience in Hindi Cinema and has worked with leading Producers & Directors in over 170 Features. Some of the stalwarts that he has worked with include names like Sunil Dutt, Subash Ghai, Ramesh Sippy, Saawan Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt, Prakash Jha, Raj Santoshi, Sunny Deol, David Dhawan, Dharmendra, Abbas Mustan, Ajay Devgan, Vikram Bhatt, Mani Ratnam, Aziz Mirza, N Chandra, Anees Bazmee, Simmi Garewal, Rohit Shetty, Prabhudeva and many more. He has worked in projects like Souten, Naam, Sadak, Ghaayal, Andaaz Apna Apna, Ghatak, Mrityudand, Damini, Barsat, Paredes, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Taal, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Yaadein, Ashoka, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Aitraaz, Main Hoorn Na, Guru, Race, A Wednesday, Dillagi, Aks, Black & White, Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani, Paan Singh Tomar, Raavan, Golmaal, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Singham, Chennai Express, Satyagrah, Phata Poster Nikla Hero, Singham Returns, Action Jackson, Jai Gangajal, Golmaal Again, Simmba, etc. He has received a number of accolades and recognition for his work which include 4 Filmfare, 2 Screen, 1 Zee, and 1 IIFA. AUDEUS, a recording division of Mukta Arts was designed by him, bringing digital audio post-production into the Hindi Motion Picture Industry. He also designed DHWANI, a recording division of Prakash Jha Production.