The South Asians in Sports community boasts some of the industry’s best and brightest talent. Click the picture or name of one of our featured members to read their interviews, and join the SAIS community here to instantly get connected with them.
Vijay Setlur: Marketing Instructor and Sport Marketing Lead, Schulich School of Business-York University and Instructor – Professional Football Development, Concacaf
Ajay Sharma: Head Coach Women’s Basketball, Humber College (CCAA)
Sheil Kapadia: ESPN Seahawks Beat Reporter
Ami Parekh: Former Figure Skating Athlete (Professional Skaters Association, International Skating Union, Ice Skating Association of India, US Figure Skating)
Neeta Sreekanth: ESPN Monday Night Football and NFL Social Media
Rajeev Ram: Global Sponsorship & Strategy Manager at Leverage Agency
Pavitra (Belli) Chandra: Founder and CEO of B7 Sports
Neil Thakur: Regional Representative/US Tennis Association
Harsh Mankad: Founder of Tenicity, a player development and performance management platform
Shikha Tandon: Science Program Lead at United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Payal Doshi: NBA Canada Social Media Manager
Rashi Kakkar: Brand consultant, Freelance sports writer and Co-Founder, The Sports Business Networking Group
Payal Patel: Public Relations – Chicago Chapter of the Navy Pier and NFL Players Association
Hemal Jhaveri: Editor, USA TODAY’s For The Win
Akshay Khanna: Vice President of Strategy, Philadelphia 76ers & New Jersey Devils/Prudential Center
Harpreet Pandher: Analyst/Colour Commentator on Hockey Night in Canada and Punjabi edition on Omni TV
Shaun Jayachandran: Founder and President of Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy (www.crossover-india.org)
Iciri Rai: Global Sponsorship & Strategy Manager at Leverage Agency
Sanjay Kirplani: National Recruiting Analyst at The Bleacher Report
Other featured SAIS members:
Aditi Kinkhabwala: ESPN Sports Reporter
Megha Parikh: Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer, Jacksonville Jaguars
Aneesh Ahuja: Adidas head of NBA partnerships
Priya Narasimhan: YinzCam CEO
Dev Sethi: Instagram Head of Sports
Paraag Marathe: President of 49ers Enterprises and EVP of Football Operations
Sean Desai: Chicago Bears Football Coach
Devi Mahadevia: Facebook Sports Director
Atul Khosla: Chief Corporate Development and Brand Officer of the Buccaneers
Deepen Parikh: Courtside Ventures Partner, NYVC Sports Co-Founder
