Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad saw another honour come to its campus when IMT-G student Niraj Satnalika captured top spot in his category in an article writing competition sponsored by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry sports committee. The IMT-G MBA student, class of 2011-2013, was presented with an award of merit at the FICCI Global Sports Summit TURF 2011 held Oct. 20-21 in New Delhi.
Applying his academic abilities to the field of sports netted Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad’s Niraj Satnalika a certificate of merit at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry third Global Sports Summit “TURF 2011.”
His article entitled Sports – The New Emerging Career was selected among the five best in a competition by the FICCI Sports Committee aimed at getting Indian youth to share their vision on sports business development in India.
In a bid to increase awareness and knowledge of the sports sector, along with encouraging people to explore areas of entrepreneurship in sports, the FICCI sponsored the contest, calling for articles on one of seven topics: Public private partnership in sports; sports and entertainment: a formula for mass appeal; sports as a full-time career; creating profitable sports properties; making sports a state asset; leaguization of sports in India and a draft sports (development) bill.
In his winning article on careers in sports, Satnalika wrote sports “is emerging as one of the most lucrative options in India in today’s world.”
He said: “Looking at the tremendous success in the recent Commonwealth Games conducted in the national capital and other major international sporting events including some of the unconventional games like wrestling, lawn tennis badminton and shooting has made sports one of the chosen career options in India.”
Throughout his article he highlighted the wide range of sports-related career options available in such areas as sports media, team administration, engineering of sports facilities and equipment, sports medicine, law and retail and wholesale operations.
As a result of his winning effort, he was invited to the FICCI’s sports award ceremony and TURF 2011, where his certificate of merit was presented by shotgun marksman Rojan Sodhi, who recently successfully defended his World Cup Final title, capping a successful year which saw him win two World Cup medals, qualify for the Olympics and claim World No. 1 ranking.
Satnalika’s paper was featured during TURF 2011 and will be published in FICCI Sports Digest, a quarterly e-newsletter circulated throughout the ranks of Indian industry and the sports community and will also be featured in www.indiansports.in (FICCI’s partner for TURF 2011.)
The sports summit was a two-day event, held October 20-21 at the FICCI Federation House in New Delhi, and featured presentations, speeches and panel discussions on topics ranging from public-private partnership in developing a sports infrastructure to making sports a state asset.