The SAIS Mentorship Program helps connect South Asian sports business professionals across the U.S. and Canada. Over the course of 4 weeks, mentees have the opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s leading South Asian executives making waves in sports. 

📆 This year’s program runs from April 22 - May 17. 


Spring 2024 Mentorship Program

Meet other South Asians working in sports analytics via a 50 minute virtual networking event. 

South Asians in Sports Analytics

Meet other South Asians in sports coaching via a 50-minute virtual event. 

South Asian Coaches Meetup

Join use for a networking happy hour, sponsored by Tulsea Sports Marketing.  Get to know your fellow south asians in sports.

Fall Happy Hour

Join Samir Bhatia as he moderates a discussion with Serena Budhwani, Sumathi Thiyagarajan, and Siddharth Raman about the international sports industry.

International Insights, Zoom Discussion

Join SAIS for a virtual speed networking session. 

SAIS Speed Networking

Join Neha Uberoi and Iwao Fusillo as they moderate a discussion between several athletes, including Rajeev Ram, Rinku Singh, and Sonia Raman.  Topics for discussion include how to lead more south asians to enter sports, personal doubts about being an athlete, and using the south asian identity as an advantage in athletics.

Diwali Panel Discussion

Join us as moderators Ashmere Prasad and Vik Chokshi speak with Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai.

Fireside Chat with Sean Desai

Join us as Ashmere Persad of SAIS has a chat with Amrit Gill, host of Hockey Night Punjabi on instagram live.

Interview with Amrit Gill on IG Live

Join our panel discussion on growing the game of hockey within the South Asian community.  Our moderator is Randip Janda who will host a discussion between Moe Hasham of Hockey4Youth Foundation, Harkie Singh from NHLPA, and Amrit Gill from Hockey Night in Canada.

Growing the Game: Exploring Career Paths On & Off The Ice

Join us as we speak with Aneesh Surender Madani about his career, from aspiring to be a sports reporter, working on sports partnerships at Twitter, and now working at the IOC.

Fireside Chat with Aneesh Surender Madani

Join Jyoti Agarwal from Columbia University as she moderates a panel on social media and sports with Dev Sethi from Instagram and Anmol Malhotra from Snap.

How Social Media Is Impacting Sports Culture

Come, meet and network with your fellow South Asians in sports over lite bites and happy hour cash bar.

Member Meetup

Join our moderator Adi Joseph of USA Today for a panel discussion about the intersection between sports and technology.  Panelists include Priya Narsimhan of Yinzcam, Akshay Khanna from the 76ers, Devi Mahadevia from Facebook, Deepen Parikh from Courtside Ventures, Manny Annekal from The Next Level, and Ammad Sheikh from South Asian Sports Network.

Sports & Technology

A panel discussion and networking event with sports leaders in Chicago, including panelists from the Chicago Bulls, NFL, The Athletic, and more.

Chicago's Sports Leaders

Rohan Nadkarni moderates a discussion about the future of sports.

SAIS Events