Catch 'Em Young & Go for Goal: The largest Under 21 youth tournament nationwide - the Reliance Foundation Development League, says Development league - with teams across 9 regions in India from ISL, I-League division Ist & 2nd division and even Independent Academies nominated is striving to build a robust pipeline of the future cohort of champions who can match the best in class. Simultaneously, for the last 2 years, the Next Generation Cup has been conceived in partnership with English Premier League to expose our domestic talent with peers who are poised to break out in England or South Africa or any other playing nation that are ranked far higher than us. Host Arijit Barman gets you this two-part special with Director of Football at Premier League Neil Saunders, India’s captain Sunil Chhetri & Reliance Foundation’s Siddharth Shanker on why developing young talent goes hand in hand with long-term success. Also on the show was a young player from Everton, James Collins, Head Coach of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chencho Dorji, Head Coach of the young and upcoming Sudeva Delhi – the first Bhutanese coach leading any club in the history of the I-League and many more in this power-packed show. Credits: aranFE

Office teams that once produced the best playing talent and packed grounds that once saw nail-biting games lie bare and quiet. AIFF wants to start a home-and-away league for public sector enterprises. But sustaining it will be easier said than a kick-off. Host Arijit Barman speaks to Shaji Prabhakaran, AIFF’s Secretary-General, Jitu Chetry, Manager of Oil India Ltd’s football team and a Former East Bengal Goalkeeper, Dhronacharya Award Winner and legendary Air India Coach Bimal Ghosh, Bibek Bhowmick, Former ONGC Coach and a host of current PSU team officials from Central Railways, Bank of Baroda, and Income Tax Department among others to understand if this can work in 2023 when football lovers are glued to international tournaments more than local counterparts. For long politicians or babus who had nothing to do with football ran the sport and ran into the ground. Reviving the game among PSUs is one great step in taking football to the grassroots, to broaden its base. The present generation of fans does not recollect an ITI being joint-winners of the first Federation Cup and Air India, regularly causing upsets playing in packed capacities. We have had too many flash-in-the-pan efforts. We can ill afford such misadventures in 2023 when even smaller Asian countries like Vietnam, Bahrain and Jordan are ahead of us in FIFA Rankings.Credits: Kisku Dada 1, I-League Official, Indian Football Edits 2.0, Wild FIlms India, Indian Football

The chief executive of Sports at Viacom 18 Media, Anil Jayaraj. fields bouncers, googlies and even an occasional doosra from host Arijit Barman as the battle for eyeballs gets played both on and off the field this season. It’s the first time the media rights are split between Viacom18 and Disney holding the digital and television rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both sides are bowling beamers at each other, claiming superior viewership numbers and each asserting conflicting claims of superiority of their respective platforms. Recently, Viacom 18 even said over 2 crore concurrent viewers watched a game! But after bidding Rs 50 crore per match, adding up to a total Rs 20,500 crore for the next 5 seasons (2023-27) will there be any money left to be made, especially when streaming is free at least for now? To explain the high stakes game, Jayaraj pads up for the power play.

Aditya Ghosh has worn several hats over a storied, and still continuing career - lawyer turned aviation entrepreneur, a restaurateur, an investor, a motivational speaker, an art collector, a dad, and then some. From explaining industry dynamics to solving startup challenges and doling out mentorship advice, this conversation on ET Startup School covers it all.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar a former telecom tycoon from the early 2000s turned politician who is well aware of the fractious relationship between the state and private enterprises, is now, as a minister, trying to play referee in another equally high-stakes match involving a sector that is perceived to be a problem child to many and therefore has often been at loggerheads with the taxman, regulators, politicians and the policymakers – online gaming. Last week he tried to bring in some semblance of sanity by notifying new online gaming rules through amendments to the IT Act… Industry calls it pathbreaking yet states like Tamil Nadu opted for an outright ban within a day of the Centre's notification. Yet in this ongoing chaos, the real illegal sites still run amok, despite an all-out crackdown. Jay Sayta, Gaming & Technology Lawyer, Sarah Ramanauskas, Partner, Gaming Integrity, and Trivikraman Thampy, Founder-CEO, Games24x7 join host Arijit Barman to download the changing game scape while retired Madras High Court judge K. Chandru argues why a ban is not a bane.

On part 2 we explore the potential solutions to this dilemma as our panel gets creative in recommending different methods of bridging the gap between what fans want and what they are currently experiencing. We speak with a crack panel of experts - G Srinivasan, someone who has worked across all aspects of the sports universe, Sudhir Shukla, a marketing and brand management guru, Hrishikesh Shende, formerly of Adidas and Rakesh Patel, founder of the Bharat Army as we break down the different types of Indian fans and ask the question - why are leagues and teams struggling to optimise fan monetisation and what are the challenges in a diverse socio-economic country like India.

Course correction is a term that traces its origins to sailing. This episode may help you navigate your startup ship out of troubled waters. Your teacher is Mayank Kumar, Co-Founder & MD, upGrad. Money is tight. Investors are scarce. Runways have shortened. What do you need to do to keep your business afloat? Listen on and find out.

On part 1 of this special two part episode we introduce our guest co-host Shiv Burman from our knowledge partners Burman Sports as we speak to some of the sharpest minds of the sports industry - G Srinivasan, someone who has worked across all aspects of the sports universe, Sudhir Shukla, a marketing and brand management guru, Hrishikesh Shinde, formerly of Adidas and Rakesh Patel, founder of Bharat Army as we break down the different types of Indian fans and ask the question - why are leagues and teams struggling to optimise fan monetisation and what are the challenges in a diverse socio-economic country like India.

Should work be “like a family”? How do you manage office politics? Can you train for and enforce gender sensitivity? When is HR really needed, and what should their ideal role be? Fractal’s Srikanth Velamakanni breaks down what company culture really is and shares insights on fostering a workplace environment that drives long-term success.

You’re firing at all cylinders, but the results just don’t match. How do you assess and solve risks? Is there a troubleshooting playbook? Any frameworks to help you isolate and address concerns? Can funding help? Or should you just pack up? Learn what to do from Shivakumar Ganesan (Co-Founder & CEO, Exotel) as he shares his personal journey of bouncing back from failure.

Is there a science to naming your brand? What about choosing or designing your brand’s assets, such as a logo, jingle, colours or packaging? Should you sign on a celebrity or an influencer? Which platform should you advertise on, and is all marketing just performance marketing? Too many questions? Clear your confusion as your teacher, Shashank Mehta (Founder & CEO, The Whole Truth Foods) breaks down the art and science of building a brand.

Today’s class at ET Startup School is called Topline Growth or Unit Economics, what should I chase? Your teacher is Sandeep Deshmukh, the Co-Founder and CEO of ElasticRun, and a quintessential small town boy who’s made it big. Sandeep Deshmukh is here to answer that all important question - topline growth or bottomline profits – what should an entrepreneur chase?

Everyone needs a great team. Which means, everyone needs brilliant team-mates. So, how can you find, hire and pay the right people to join me? Listen in to your teacher, Upasana Taku, the Co-founder and Chairperson of MobiKwik to find out. Mobikwik has over a 120 million registered users, turned profitable in 2021 and closed the year 2022 with a revenue of 540 crore rupees. From ESOPs to controlling attrition, retention and even firing people, it's all here.

Is there really a subtle art of spending money and spending it well? Or is it all a calculated science? Should you buy? Should you rent? Should you splurge on a fancy logo or a brand ambassador? What about employee compensation? Listen in to today’s class at ET Startup School to clear your doubts. Your teacher for this class is Varun Alagh, Co-Founder and CEO of Honasa Consumer, the parent company of MamaEarth.

Welcome to today's class titled, 'When and How should I talk to a VC?' Your teacher is Karthik Reddy, Co-Founder of Blume. Karthik co-founded Blume with Sanjay Nath in 2011. Since then, Blume has invested in over 100 companies, both B2B and B2C. So if you’re confused about "anything VC", here’s Karthik Reddy to the rescue.

"India hosts its first ever first-ever Formula E-Prix, the electric equivalent of a Formula 1 race kicked off in Hyderabad on Feb 11th before it tours off to Cape Town and Brazil. In this episode host, Arijit Barman travels to Hyderabad, the 30th pitstop for Formula E as he goes BTS on how motor racing is putting sustainability on the fast track. Featuring single-seater, electrically powered Formula E cars with batteries charged by solar farms in the state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and then fed to the grid, the event featured teams such as Maserati MSG Racing, Tag Heuer Porsche, Neom McLaren, Avalanche Andretti, DS Penske, ABT Cupra, NIO 333 and Envision Racing as well as Mahindra Formula E and Jaguar TCS from the Tata Group. Credits: ABB Formula E, NEOM and Mahindra Racing, We spoke to:Leading teams: NEOM McLaren, Mahindra Formula E and Tag Heaur Porsche Ian James - Team Principal of the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team and Managing Director of NEOM McLaren Electric Racing;Florian Modlinger - Director Factory Motorsport Formula E at TAG Heuer Porsche Frederic Bertrand, CEO & Team Principal - Mahindra Racing Event organizers and promotors:Dilbagh Gill, CEO - Ace Nxt Gen; Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty - Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director - Greenko Group; Mahesh Kolli - Founder, President & Joint Managing Director - Greenko Group"

So, you have a decent startup idea, some seed money, and a few team members. What is the first thing you need to know about your target market? How do you assess competition? Can you partner with the incumbents, or are you exploring a virgin market? Hear insights from your professor, Rohan Bhargava, Co-Founder, CashKaro.com to answer those questions and more.

Fifteen years ago, at the inaugural season of IPL, eight franchises were bought for around $724 million. In 2023, five teams for season 1 of Women's Premier League ( WPL) were bought for a cumulative $572 million. It took 26 years for the US women's basketball team to fetch a $1 billion valuation. So if you thought cricket was a gentleman's game you must have been living under a rock. Top corporates Reliance, Adani, JSW, Diageo or brands like Puma and Mastercard have sensed an untapped potential in a cohort that represents the country's 49%. Hosts Arijit Barman & Karan Ravishankar ask Rajesh V. Menon, VP & Head, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Shreya Sachdev, Head of Marketing at Puma & Manasi Narasimhan, Vice President & Head, Marketing South Asia at Mastercard the path to monetisation and beyond.

This week, learn all about Product-Market Fit on ET Startup School. How can your product fit into the market, where is it supposed to be, and how can you grow your business because of it? Shilpa Sharma, Co-Founder of Jaypore is your guide, professor and expert on this journey.

"On this episode Karan Ravishankar travels to Odisha as he gets all the scoop from the stadiums as we break down everything it takes to host a World Cup. He speaks to supporters, players, organizers and sponsors including Thierry Weil, CEO of the FIH, Mr. R Vineel Krishna, Commissioner cum Secretary, Sports & Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha and Chanakya Chaudhary, VP of Corporate Services for Tata Steel to highlight where we are as a nation when it comes to the state of hockey - the numbers, the response, the future outlook. Is the sport of hockey primed to make a comeback? Credits: International Hockey Federation, Curly Tales

It's time to talk legalese on ET Startup School. Your professor, Ganesh Prasad, Partner at Khaitan & Co. has helped companies establish a business in India by navigating the legal channels and identifying the best way forward. Listen in to understand the legal implications related to starting up.

On this episode we speak to Abhinav Bindra, India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medallist as he breaks down the impact of Sport in our society with hosts Karan Ravishankar and Uday Jhala. Are we too obsessed with chasing medals or should we be looking at the larger impact sport can have on shaping our lives?

How does bootstrapping work? Where does the money come from? What exactly is blitzscaping? And how can you sustain a bootstrapped businesses? From managing cash flows to keeping the venture capitalists away, learn from the one and only Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha on this week's episode of ET Startup School.

Asia's biggest marathon, the Tata Mumbai Marathon with 55,000 runners, 7 different categories captured the spirit of Mumbai. The running revolution comes with a price tag. In this episode ET's Arijit Barman talks to Vivek Singh, Joint Managing Director of Procam International, the man who has been jointly running the show with his brother Anil since the inception of the race in 2003-04. Today Procam is behind all the major marathons in India -- including New Delhi, Bangalore & Kolkata. Vivek shares what goes behind the scenes and what it costs to organise such mega events. Also in the episode, Mathew Cyriac, Executive Chairman Florintree & former co-head, Blackstone India, on why has backed Procam, the only external investor thus far to do so and Neil Chakravarti, Director at Initium Productions and Strategic Advisor to Procam -- the man behind the broadcasting of Mumbai marathon who talks about the logistics and the scope of making a participation sport a game changer in India, through monetisation across linear TV and in the metaverse. It's a relay of the cost of running on the Business of Sports.

This week, the ET Startup School focuses on the big five-letter word, MONEY. Should you use your savings? Should you borrow from friends or family? When do you need a VC? Who or what is an angel investor? Make sense of all these questions and understand terms such as Pre-Seed, Seed, Pre-Series A, Series A, Venture Debt and more with your expert, Preeta Sukhtankar, Founder CEO of The Label Life, a D2C clothing, decor and accessory brand.

The biggest sporting stories of the year gone by and the stage that is set for 2023, it’s game on!In this episode The Economic Times explores-:- Explosion of e-sports in India, from competitive gaming to e-sports there is a new league of players and fans in town.- Qatar Football World Cup deep dive – the tech take the game to new highs- Golf Wars: PGA vs LIV Golf drama continues, what does the drama between - American-based tour and Saudia Arabia backed LIV puts question marks on the future of golf.- Women sports take centre stage from IPL to weight lifting, shooting to racesHosts Uday Jhala and Karan Ravishankar speak to sports buff Indrajit Hazra, Editor Views, Economic Times. & Joy Bhattacharjya, CEO of the Prime Volleyball League as well as the director general of the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sport

On this episode, we speak with Justin Geale, Tournament Director of Major League Cricket and the former Director of Operations for the IPL and Jeet Banerjee, MD at Gameplan Sports as well as the man who controlled the IPL auction paddle for a number of years for KKR. Our hosts Karan Ravishankar and Uday Jhala are invited in for a unique masterclass as we receive an education in what goes on behind the scenes at an IPL auction - how it works, what the strategies are, the mind games employed and the intense boiler room pressure situation of auction day....

On this episode we speak to Tom Byer, former AFC Technical Advisor and credited with transforming Japan’s football development structure and Akshay Tandon, President of FC Goa and one of the youngest administrators in world sport. Our host Arijit Barman hosts a lively debate on the globalisation of the beautiful game as our panel dissects the flashpoints and storylines from the World Cup so far. Credits: FIFA, Viacom18 Sports & Jio Cinema

Host Uday Jhala speaks to Mustafa Ghouse, about how JSW Sports helps Neeraj Chopra, Sakshi Malik or Avinash Sable, what they all share in common is that they were scouted & trained at their Institute.

It is game on for Pro Kabbadi League 2022. Anupam Goswami - League Commissioner, Vivo Pro Kabaddi League discusses the game plan of success that has made PKL wildly popular. From the brainchild of Charu Sharma to the broadcast brilliance of Star is PKL ready for a global explosion? Host Karan Ravishankar in a candid chat with Anupam Goswami on what it is to grow a fanbase for a new homegrown Indian sport.

In today's episode, our host Karan Ravishankar is joined by the co-founder & CEO of Fancode, Yannick Colaco, who is a sports media stalwart with over 20 years of experience in the industry, having led brands like Nimbus Sport, NBA India and now Fancode. The Dream Sports Ventures backed OTT platform was founded in 2019 and has seen a meteoric rise in its adoption by sports fans in India since. We dig deep to understand changing trends in the world of sports media and broadcast. How does a company like Fancode, compete in an industry dominated by deep-pocketed goliaths like Star, Sony and the Reliance-backed Viacom18. Ad-free experiences or multi-stream broadcasts, what does the future of sports streaming look like? Yannick is driving this dimensional shift with Fancode, challenging the status quo, one ball at a time. We also discuss the processes surrounding the IPL media rights auction, the world's second most valuable sports property.

This week, we speak with Nikhil Bardia, head of Sponsorship Sales and Talent at RISE Worldwide. Our host Karan Ravishankar has a frank conversation about the changing commercial face of the sports industry, how brands interact with franchises and how these deals are cracked, with a view from the inside. We further go into Nikhil’s experience building the talent management vertical at RISE Worldwide. The roster includes power hitters Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah amongst other big sporting names.

As FIFA kicks off the World Cup in Qatar, host Uday Jhala talks to Neel Shah, former director of fan development for the MLS and author of the book Awakening the Blue Tigers: India’s Quest for Football’s Holy Grail. We tackle the perennial question of when Team India will be able to qualify for the Football World Cup. He breaks down the step by step process required to overhaul a system in order for us to achieve our goals. Do we have what it takes? Credit: FIFA

On the first episode of The Business of Sports, we discuss all things cricket with the legendary South African former player and coach Gary Kirsten. A household name in India, Gary Kirsten delivered the Indian Cricket Team to the promised land in 2011, winning the ODI World Cup after 28 years under his stewardship. Our host Uday Jhala goes in depth with Gary Kirsten about the evolution and future of cricket since the introduction of the T20 format, the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2022 being held in Australia, his coaching career, methods & best practices. They also talk about his new coaching venture CoachED and his experience coaching cricketing minnows - the Netherlands at the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.

In this episode, serial entrepreneur Satyen Kothari (Founder & CEO, Cube Wealth) will chart out the steps required to move forward with your budding idea. Aspects such as, assessing an idea, developing a business model, and pivoting will be covered along with several others. It’s a class you don’t want to miss.

A step-by-step guide to building your startup and helping it succeed. Host Suresh Venkat quizzes entrepreneurs to put together a 12-step program for beginners. From the basics of "What should I do with my idea?" to " How do I figure out Product-Market fit?" and expanding to " How do I prioritize spending?", ET Startup School gets you the answers from founders who have cracked it and lessons from the actions that failed. So, get your notepad out, it’s time for school!