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Srinivas is the Co-Founder at The Sports School. He is also the founding partner at o3 Capital and co-heads the investment banking division. Srinivas has more than 19 years of investment banking experience and has been instrumental in development of o3 Capital’s investment banking practice.
Prior to o3 Capital, Srinivas was with TAIB Bank – Bahrain, where he focused on setting up their investment banking practice in India. Srinivas holds an M.Com degree from Bangalore University and is a CFA from ICFAI, Hyderabad.
Dr. Chenraj Roychand is the Founder Chairman of JGI Group. A visionary leader, educationist, social entrepreneur, and angel investor, he has been promoting the educational and entrepreneurship sectors in India for more than two decades. Dr. Chenraj Roychand incepted JGI Group in 1990 with the aim of providing quality educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to the masses.
Dr. Sankar UV is the Director of The Sports School and has worked as a Sports Director in one of the leading Universities- Jain University.
He began his over 25 years long career with a stint in Sainik School in Bijapur, where he spent his formative years in an atmosphere charged with the duty, dedication, and physical perseverance.
These formative years stood with him in good stead, during his PUC (XI and XIIth Std) at KCP Science College, Bijapur, through a BA Degree at St. Joseph’s Arts and Science College, Bangalore. Always a fitness enthusiast, Dr. Sankar UV focussed his attention towards a Bachelor’s Degree followed by a Masters in Physical Education at Rama Krishna Vidyalay, Maruthi College of Physical Education, Coimbatore in the year 1991 to 1993. He acquired a Diploma in Athletics from Nethaji Subhaschandra National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), South Centre, Bangalore, in 1994.
Dr. Sankar UV joined Sri Baghwan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC) in 1995 with all the determination of a dedicated teacher and endurance of a marathon runner to set his vision of molding students in high achievers.
A simple glance at the row of accomplishments of his students is enough proof of his impact on his students. The list below is a narration of the achievements of his proteges at the National Level in sports like Cricket, Basketball, Swimming, Hockey, Badminton, Tennis, Shooting, Volleyball, to name a few. Olympians like Gagan Ullalmath, Sharath Gayekwad appears at the beginning of the endless list, followed by stars like Rehaan Poncha, Varun Aaron, Adithya Prakash, Khalin Joshi, Rakesh Manpath, Prakash Jolly, Surabhi Tipre, Karun Nayar, Shankar Patil, Abrar Kazi, H S Sharath, Aaron D’Souza, K.L.Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Poorvisha Ram, Jacquelina Rose Kunnath, Fariha Zaman, Diya, Shreya Gopal, Poorva Kiran Shetye, Trishul Chinnappa, K.V. Siddharth, Samarth Ravikumar. Other names include stars like Pankaj Advani, Robin Uthappa, Shikha Tandon, Anup Shridhar, Sheetal Gautam, Rohan Bopanna, Hari Prasad, Rohith Havaldar, Kaushal, Ravikumar, Manish Pandey, Ajay R.M., Sanjay Raj, Gautam Dhiman, Asha Nandakumar, Anit Verma, Abhishek Bakshmi, Bharath B Raj, Aswini Jayram, etc.
His belief is to impart training and mentorship of the highest standards to build confidence, while also enabling and empowering each sportsperson to achieve higher degrees of mental and physical composure. He supports and encourages athletes that want to pursue their training without letting go of their education.
With over 40 years of experience in Industrial and Project Management, Gopal Anand is known as a turnaround specialist. He is the Indian Representative of DCD London and Mutual PLC, specialized in Trade finance and Properties. He was the
Project and Regional Manager of the largest Diary Project “Operations Flood” which led India to be self-sufficient and become the world’s largest milk producer and exporter.
Anand has graduated in Bsc (Hons) Mathematics from Delhi University and received an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Mr. Mahadeva.T, is an Engineering Graduate having over 25 years of industry experience in project management of software and infrastructure development companies. During Initial stages of his career, he has worked in Software Companies in India and United States. Since, year 2000, he has been associated with ‘Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd’, in the execution of the prestigious ‘Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project’.
Presently, he is the Vice-President of the Company in-charge of acquisition, managing, development of lands and infrastructural facilities, and a key strategist for improvement of Toll Management System. He is also a Board member in many other notable Infrastructure Projects and Project Management Firms.
With over 18+ years of experience in investment banking and agri business, Priyatham leads the business diversification initiatives of Sam Agri Group while handling finance and international marketing.
Priyatham completed his graduation from BITS Pilani and his masters from IIM-B.
Mr. KR Choudary is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with strong expertise in Project Consultancy and management Consultancy. He commenced his career with his own firm M/s. KR Choudary & Co, Chartered Accountants and has a rich experience of more than 20 years.
During his career, he has handled various assignments which include statutory audits of large PSUs, statutory and internal audits of Public & Private limited companies engaged in various field from manufacturing to chit funds, as well as Management Audits. He is a specialist in project financing with several successful fund raising cases under his belt.
He is an active member of FKCCI (Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and sits on the Committee on Corporate Affairs & CSR.
Meena N is a Director at The Sports School. She also serves on the board of Inventus Financials Pvt Ltd, a boutique financial advisory firm. She is a a post graduate in commerce from Bangalore University and has over 10 years of teaching experience.
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A renowned Professor of Electronics with a passion for academic and student development and history of success in developing effective strategies to overreach curriculum goals. 21 years of teaching experience has established him as an accomplished teacher, excellent guide and effective leader. Presently, working in conjunction with professionals, paraprofessionals, management and administrative staff to enrich and maintain high reaching standards at The Sports School – a perfect place to nurture talents of sports and pursue academic goals.
Prof. A.S Venkatesan has authored a text book named “A Text Book of Electronics for II PUC.” He has designed and developed curriculum based online video classes for II PUC students in Electronics, in collaboration with makemelearn.com.
Masters in Mathematics from Annamalai University & bachelors in Education from Ranchi University, Ms.Jayapriya is pursuing MSc (Statistics) currently. She is ranked 41 nationally in Mathematics in the Teacher’s Olympiad (2018) and received the best National Mathematics teacher’s award in 2017 from Indian Didactics Association. She has acquired the Marker’s accreditation from Cambridge. She is an executive committee member for the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India. She has presented papers in the National Conferences of NCERT. She has been associated with the JGi group for the past 10 years.
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Masters in Mathematics from Annamalai University & bachelors in Education from Ranchi University, Ms.Jayapriya is pursuing MSc (Statistics) currently. She is ranked 41 nationally in Mathematics in the Teacher’s Olympiad (2018) and received the best National Mathematics teacher’s award in 2017 from Indian Didactics Association. She has acquired the Marker’s accreditation from Cambridge. She is an executive committee member for the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India. She has presented papers in the National Conferences of NCERT. She has been associated with the JGi group for the past 10 years.
Former India Number 1 – U16 & U18 girls
I am Reshma Maruri and I am doing my 2nd year BBA in The Sports School. I was ranked number 1 in the AITA Indian National rankings among the under-16 and under-18 girl’s categories. Before coming to The Sports School, I had to travel to different places for tennis training, fitness, physio, and school and this was very time-consuming. After joining the BBA course here, everything we require for competition training is easily accessible and neatly coordinated as all the facilities are made available in one place. We have world-class facilities and a well-equipped gym and also the teachers here are very supportive in helping us balance both sports and academics. I am able to perform well in both education and competition because of the well-designed sports ecosystem at TSS
R. Ananth is a veteran in Indian Domestic Cricket with a rich experience of more than three decades. He played an important role in bringing Ranji trophy back to Karnataka in the year 1995-96. He was also part of the team who went on to defend the Irani trophy in 1996-97. In 1996, he wrecked Hansie Cronje’s visiting South African team at Kochi, by taking six wickets.
Since retirement, he is a level 2 certified coach by National Cricket Academy (NCA), with a specialization in spin bowling. He regularly coached the spin department at zonal camps conducted by NCA. He has also been a selector for Karnataka State Cricket Association for the age groups U16 and U19 till 2001. Between 2001 – 2004 he was promoted to the Senior Selection committee and then in 2008 to the selection committee of Ranji team in Karnataka till 2010. During this period, cricketers like Manish Pandey, Abhimanyu Mithun, S Arvind, Stuart Binny, and Robin Uthappa made their entry into first class cricket.
He worked as Asst. Director in Karnataka State Cricket Academy from 2009 to 2014 and was responsible for setting up Zonal Cricket Academies in Karnataka and also conducted coach’s education program in zonal centres.
An ITF Level 3 coach and AITA Coaches Education Tutor, Balu has over 29 years of coaching experience, and has worked with several of India’s top players including Prajnesh Gunesawaran, Sriram Balaji, Vishnuvardhan etc. He is also the former National Doubles Champion in 1993.
Overlooking the Grassroots and Youth Development programs at Bengaluru FC Head of Coaching – FC Utrecht Academy Phase Coach and Head of Individual Player Development – Arsenal First team assistant and opponent analyst – VFL Wolfsburg Head of youth education – Willem II.
Coach Brhamastafany Dhanu Utomo, who hails from Indonesia, is a BWF Certified Level 1 Badminton Coach. He has coached various National & International Laurels. Dhanu has been a Former Coach at Badminton Association of Malaysia. He has also been a former Sparring Partner for Indian National Badminton Team. As a player, he has been finalists at various tournaments in Malaysia. Currently he is coaching at Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy and has joined The Sports School as Head Badminton Coach.
2nd PUC at The Sports School
Hi, I am Suhitha Maruri. I am currently ranked number 2 in the AITA U18 girl’s National rankings. I am pursuing my 2nd PUC at the Sports School. My ambition here is to prepare to play all the grand slams and represent India in the Olympics.
After joining, all the facilities needed like yoga, gym, physio, and training center are very accessible and nearby. This makes it very convenient for us to train consistently.
With a lot of tournaments to play, it is a challenge to balance studies and tennis. However, the teachers here are supportive and coordinate with our calendar. This helps me balance my academics equally well.
Footballer at TSS
I am studying with The Sports School since October 2020. The academics are conducted very effectively by TSS teachers. My football coaching classes conducted by highly experienced coaches from Bengaluru FC. I thank all my teachers and coaches for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this fantastic program at The Sports School and helping me get to the next level.
I have been studying with The Sports School since October 2020. The academics are conducted very effectively by TSS teachers. My football coaching classes are conducted by highly experienced coaches from Bengaluru FC. I thank all my teachers and coaches for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this fantastic program at The Sports School and helping me get to the next level.