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This 132nd episode of Sportsy #LetsTalkSports features Kunal Thakkur, former Tennis Player, a successful coach and now a founder of Tennis Premier League.   

Kunal, beyond his playing days, dedicated his time to the cause of coaching tennis since the last 18 years. Kunal is an eminent name who mentors and runs multiple tennis academies in Mumbai, which currently trains over 1,000 students. His professional expertise coupled with his passion & dedication to the sport & his connection in the global tennis fraternity gives this league its credibility.  

In 2018, Kunal along with his business partner Mrunal founded Tennis Premier League with a backing from AITA, MSLTA and Leander Paes and in 2022, launching their 4th season in Pune.  

Kunal spoke to us about his journey and how known celebrities such as Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, Rakulpreet Singh, Divya Khosla, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonali Bendre and Goran Ivanisevic have supported TPL to become what he envisioned back in 2018.  

#LetsTalkSports with TPL Founder Kunal Thakkar

This 131st episode of Sportsy is the 13th of our new series #LetsTalkSportsTech with Sid Deshmukh. This #TechThursday episode features Marco Savino, Founder and CEO, Iterpro.  

Iterpro Football Intelligence is a revolutionary football team management platform that connects people, integrates data from every football club’s department, turns them into actionable insights, and supports professional clubs and federations in making better decisions, faster.  

Iterpro, a GSIC powered by Microsoft member, is proud to be partner of choice with AC Milan among various other professional clubs across the world.  

#LetsTalkSportsTech with Iterpro CEO Marco Savino

This 130th episode of LetsTalkSports with Sid Deshmukh features  sports marketing ninja, an entrepreneur & venture investor and acts as a Digital Transformation Catalyst in organizations to drive sustainable change and impact, Managing Director CXM Group, Dentsu Singapore Prantik Mazumdar.  

Avid cricketer from Pune started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade building & scaling up one of the best and most awarded independent digital marketing services firm in South East Asia region.  In February 2019, he had a successful exit when Happy Marketer was sold to an American digital enterprise called Merkle, which is part of dentsu International, the largest Japanese advertising conglomerate.   

Prantik has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Marketers in the World.  

#LetsTalkSports with Prantik Mazumdar

This 129th episode of Sportsy is the 12th of our new series #LetsTalkSportsTech with Sid Deshmukh. This #TechThursday episode features Ariffin Kawaja, Co-founder and CEO at StretchSkin Technologies, Next generation wearable for physical rehab, active gaming and fitness & wellness  

StretchSkin is a smart physical rehabilitation solutions using soft sensors technology for the patients. They have developed an affordable smart soft sensors solution using flexible and stretchable sensors for human motion capture using an AI- driven rehab platform with games for personalised rehabilitation.  

StretchSkin, a QST member, is providing futuristic solution for rehab for elderly physically active as well as in-active as well as for pro athletes.   

#LetsTalkSportsTech with StretchSkin CEO Ariffin Kawaja

On Sportsy's 2nd anniversary, we bring to you this very very special episode.  This 128th episode features a Kargil war survivor, 100% disabled, India's first amputee marathon runner, 1st Blade Runner of India and 1st disabled Solo Skydiver of Asia, Major DP Singh.   

Major DP Singh, a true solider, a fighter, a survivor, a writer of “GRIT - The Major Story” inspirational, Acclaimed, Admired, Applauded, INDIA’S FIRST BLADE RUNNER, spoke about his fight with the enemy at Kargil and post injury his enemy within.   

GRIT - The Major Story, is a true definition of Aspiration, Inspiration and Motivation.  

#LetsAIMSports with India's 1st Blade Runner Major DP Singh

This 126th episode of LetsAIMSports with Sid Deshmukh features World's 1st ambidextrous wrist spinner, Utkarsh Dwivedi.   

Utkarsh is an ambidextrous bowler & was a reserve player for Mumbai Indians for 2015. He is well known as the world’s first ambidextrous wrist spinner. He is well known in India, but hasn’t got a chance to play for the state yet. He has exceptional skills and talent. Even after facing a lot of problems, he overcame all of them and is following the path of his dreams. .   

#LetsAIMSports with world’s 1st ambidextrous wrist spinner, Utkarsh Dwivedi

This 125th episode of Sportsy is the 11th of our new series #LetsTalkSportsTech with Sid Deshmukh. This #TechThursday episode features Lazaros Penteridis, Co-founder and CEO at ComeTogether, blockchain based ticketing and fraud management platform.  

ComeTogether is giving control of the entire ticket lifecycle to event organizers, with the power of blockchain. The problem is events business is being cannibalised by ticket scalpers and fraud. These resellers are mostly professional and using ticket bots. Later they sell the tickets at highly inflated prices.  

ComeTogether combats ticket fraud and scalping.   

ComeTogether, a QST member, is providing futuristic NFT solution backed by blockchain.   

#LetsTalkSportsTech with ComeTogether CEO Lazaros

This 124th episode of Sportsy LetsAIMSports with Sid Deshmukh features Jt MD of Procam International, a pioneer in sports management in India founder in 1989 and the one who made India Run with prestigious @Tata Mumbai Marathon, Vivek Singh.   

Vivek Singh and his brother Anil Singh revolutionised of India's running culture with Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon in 2004 which is now called Tata Mumbai Marathon.   

Vivek spoke about crazy journey of Procam from 1989 till now and how they established and continue to run Procam on foundation of transparency, integrity and always challenge the status quo.   

Vivek spoke to us about how they visualised and revolutsonarized "Running in India".   

#LetsAIMSports with the man who Made India Run, Vivek Singh

This 123rd episode of Sportsy is the 10th of our new series #LetsTalkSportsTech with Sid Deshmukh. This #TechThursday episode features Madan Raj Rajgopal, Founder and CEO of Netherland based, AI powered video analysis platform for Cricket, Ludimos.  

Ludimos is Enabling data-driven & personalised coaching and help manage your coaching activities in ONE central platform  

Ludimos is the world’s first AI powered video analysis platform for cricketers. Their mission is to enable data-driven and personalised cricket coaching at scale by providing smart tools powered by AI that delivers actionable insights automatically and instantly from cricket training videos.  

Ludimos is already active in 10+ countries, used by 4 national associations and 1 domestic franchise in South Africa and IPL team RCB  

#LetsTalkSportsTech with Ludimos CEO Madan

This 122nd episode of Sportsy LetsAIMSports with Sid Deshmukh features Shibani Gharat, Anchor and Senior Producer with CNBC TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, an ACSM Certified Marathon Trainer & ACSM Certified Sports Nutritionist.   

Shibani spoke to us her journey from Taekwondo to being a successful TV journalist handing high stress corporate environment with CNBC TV18 Storyboard, Tech Guru, Brand Bazaar, Lessons in Marketing Excellence and much more.   

Shibani also spoke about 23 full marathons and 27 ultra marathons since her 1st full Mumbai Marathon in 2013.   

Shibani spoke about how endurance sport is not a luxury but a necessity in today's high stress corporate world.  

#LetsAIMSports with Shibani Gharat