We spoke to Neel Shah - Head of Sports Education and New Business, India on Track and former Head of Liverpool Football Academies in India, about the way forward for football in India. The chat covered a host of topics from soccer schools and academies in the Indian context, to his stint at the MLS and sports business in the subcontinent.  You don't want to miss this episode of the #KreedaTalks podcast.

We spoke with Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran - President, Football Delhi about governance in sports with a special focus on football. We chatted about the current scenario of the Indian ecosystem and delved into how a sustainable model can be created for private investors to come into the ecosystem, amongst a host of other topics ranging from the Indian National Football Team to grassroots football in the country.

In conversation with Kartik Menda, FC Goa's Head of First Team Operations, about Football in lockdown. From football clubs and leagues in India to the business of sports, scouting, and recruiting, as well as a fun little bit about tackling, we've covered it all.  

Come, dive into the Indian Football ecosystem with us.

We sat down with Eelco Schattorie, the legendary Dutch manager, for an intriguing chat around the sports ecosystem. We covered a whole lot of Indian football along the way, and he was kind enough to give us a tactical break down of some plays too.

We had a chat with Ryan Roy Shah, the CEO of Megapro Football Academy, where we speak about the Indian Grassroots scene & Football Coaching.   Hosted by: Hriday Sharma

We sat down with Ajay Menon - founder, Forza India Academy. We spoke about what it means to be an entrepreneur, the difficulties of being an entrepreneur in the sporting ecosystem in India, the importance of always trying to stay ahead of the curve amongst other things.

We chat with Ananya Sachdev, founder of Mabrij. Ananya currently is with the strategy team at Rakuten, Tokyo. We speak about the global sports business and what the Indian ecosystem can learn/not learn from it.

We chatted with Nimish Raut (India head - Fnatic) and Karan Khairajani (cofounder - FireScore Interactive) to speak about the esports and gaming industry in India and the world. The chat includes quite a lot of interesting tidbits about how the industry functions, what goes into becoming an e-athlete, what Indian publishers and investors need to be doing amongst other things.

We sat down with Prashant J Singh from Ultra Sports India. Prashant has been associated with the grassroots footballing scene in India for 9 years. Apart from running successful businesses in football grassroots, he is also a football coach - working as a lead instructor with AIFF and having served as the former technical director of Football Delhi. We spoke about the importance of patience in this ecosystem, strengthening the base of the pyramid, and how to actually quantify success in this space.