Anil Singh
Founder & MD, Procam International

Anil Singh is the founder and Managing Director of Procam International – the company that promotes the iconic TATA Mumbai Marathon, Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, TCS World 10k Bengaluru and the Tata Steel Kolkata 25k. Anil, a national level athlete himself, has led Procam to build a proud legacy of sporting assets of an international scale and pedigree – these include The Mahindra World Open Squash, The World Body Building Championships, WWE India to name a few.

This March, Anil and Procam scored another notable achievement - seeding a global sport from India. The Nexa P1 Powerboat Indian Grand Prix of the Seas was P1’s first world championship. The best powerboat pilots in the world congregated in Mumbai’s Marine Drive to race while lakhs of citizens filled the promenade for 3 days of the race weekend to witness the birth of a new paradigm in sport.

The Nexa P1 Powerboat grand prix has been credited with some notable firsts that includes the world’s first course on water (a physical track created on water) CLOSE TO SHORE RACING in an affordable race-ready powerboat that will exponentially expand the appeal of the sport beyond those at the top of the economic pyramid. A LIVE telecast of the races augmented for the first time in India by a genuine second screen experience (gamified race in real time on every mobile smart phone). Lastly creating a global structure and format specifically designed to ensure the sport stands the test of time.

Anil's strategy is to position P1 Powerboat in the middle of the Grid is primarily designed to combat Elitism, without compromising the aspirational aspect, perception and positioning of the Sport.

Anil’s success is built on 4 factors. An evolved roadmap with clear strategy for each property, an extra-ordinary surround for the marketing dollar, supreme accountability and inclusiveness.

Karan Ahluwalia
Senior President & Country Head, Media & Entertainment, Fine Arts, Luxury & Sports Banking Group, YES BANK

Karan is a specialist knowledge banker with longstanding experience in the Indian Industry. As part of the founding team at YES BANK since 2004, he has been instrumental in setting up, developing and managing the portfolio of this highly focused banking group where he has worked on customizing comprehensive financial and banking solutions comprising of strategic advisory, fund raising, direct & structured financing to meet the specific requirements of players in the Media & Entertainment, Sports and Luxury sectors. Under Karan’s guidance and leadership, YES Bank is today the market leader for banking, finance and strategic advisory solutions in these sunrise sectors.

Within the Media & Entertainment space, Karan has developed unique solutions for a range of organizations in the broadcast, film and television content, advertising, cable and satellite and new media space. YES Bank is associated with landmark deals in this space including several Investment Banking (IPO, M&A) as well as various structured financing options for multiple Media & Entertainment enterprises in India.

Under his guidance, the Sports Banking group has also engaged in key transactions to assist sporting bodies as well as sporting leagues like the Indian Premier League, BCCI, AIFF ++ and their member associations in their respective financial and advisory requirements. Karan has been instrumental in being a financial advisor /banker to the entire Sports Ecosystem ranging from manufacturing to infra/stadia to specific sports athletes’ products and services.

In order to capitalise on the vast opportunities in India’s growing Luxury market, Karan has developed a deep rooted understanding of the requirements of this sector and has built relationships with prominent players from within the luxury retail, retail infrastructure and allied areas.

Karan is also actively involved in promoting the growth of these sectors both domestically and internationally through his roles and participation at various chambers of commerce and industry events.

He is currently part of the ASSOCHAM Luxury committee as well as the FICCI Sports Committee and also a distinguished member of the CII Media & Entertainment committee. As part of these industry forums Karan has been largely instrumental in developing whitepapers and providing strategic inputs in aiding the growth of these sunrise sectors.

An avid researcher and writer on the business of entertainment, Karan has authored several research documents in collaboration with leading industry bodies including FICCI, CII and Assocham and has been a moderator and keynote speaker on various industry specific panel discussions for the media & entertainment, sports and luxury industries.

In a career spanning close to 18 years, Karan has developed deep rooted & strong professional relationships with major industry players in the M&E, Sports and Luxury space. He brings with him over 15+ years of banking experience as well as firsthand experience in start-ups within the media, sports and luxury industry. Karan is also an HBS Exec Program Alumni on BEMS (Business of Entertainment, Media & Sports).

Prior to YES BANK, Karan was part of the founding team at Rabo India (Rabobank’s Indian subsidiary) where he has worked across the Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Marketing and Strategic Business Initiatives functions.

Om Pathak
Founder & Chairman, DPSG Society

A post graduate in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh, Mr. Pathak has been a member of Indian Administrative Services (IAS). He served in the state of Uttar Pradesh after having spent 6 years in the Indian Army and seen action in East Bengal, now known as Bangladesh. During his tenure with the IAS, Mr. Pathak chaired various ventures ranging from power distribution, dairies and milk products, urban housing, rural development, industrial development, social forestry, anti-poverty programmes, rural education to electronics, hotels and hospitality. Passionate about education, Mr. Pathak has promoted new ventures, schools thus addressing schooling and employment and livelihood related issues bringing about paradigm shift in these areas.

FOUNDER & MENTOR

Mr. Pathak is the founder and mentor of Principal’s Forum, a web collaboration for working Principals. He is also the Founder & Chairman of SelaQui International School and SelaQui Academy of Higher Education a new initiative in the field of Higher Education that includes, Engineering, Management, Law and Educational research and training .

He is also the Founder of Town Schools Education Initiatives. Town Schools has been authorized by the Government of India as a VTP, Vocational Training Provider in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand. Its first VTP in UP started to function from December 2008 .

He founded and mentored TeacherSity, a complete school services institution with focus on

IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING

TeacherSity is also India’s first private sector initiative in providing in-service professionals development opportunity to teachers teaching in CBSE and ICSE schools. 3,500 teachers from across the country were trained in a five day residential format during the year 2009. More than 100 Principals from leading CBSE schools, KendriyaVidyalayas, Sainik Schools, Army Schools and others participated in school leadership training. • Above all he is, Founder and Chairman of the DPSG Society MEMBER Mr. Pathak is also a Member of the Board of: • La Martiniere Colleges, Lucknow • Colvin College, Lucknow.

Founder & Chairman- SSPF

He conceived the School Sports Promotion Foundation, which conducted National Talent Search and Nurture tournaments in cricket and football in 2015-16, involving 1200 schools and more than 23000 boys across 20 States and 97 Districts of India. Furthermore, Mr. Pathak has been appointed on the Prime Ministers’ Olympics Task Force to submit a comprehensive plan for the next three Olympic Games -2020, 2024, 2028.