Nidhi Gupta
Programme Director

Nidhi graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. She has previously worked with Tata Consultancy Services and Honeywell Technology Solutions. Her corporate experience primarily comprised of project management responsibilities. 

Nidhi has been associated with GoSports Foundation since March 2009, and has driven the effort of taking the idea of the Foundation to fruition. As the Programme Director, Nidhi blends her professional knowledge of executing projects in designing and implementing programmes to achieve the mission of the organization. She believes in the power of Sport and the invaluable lessons it offers which are essential for life in our societies.

She envisions that the Foundation will play an important role not only as a vehicle to drive India to the fore of world sporting scene, but will also help establish professional sports as a viable career option for our youth.

Nidhi may be reached at nidhi.gupta@gosports.in

Hakimuddin S. Habibulla

Hakim represented India in swimming at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He first swam for the Indian Senior team at the SAF Games when he was 14. Hakim was the National Champion in the 200m Freestyle for 4 consecutive years and held the National Record and the SAF Games Record in this event for 6 years. In 1995, he was awarded the Ekalavya Award by the State of Karnataka for his sporting achievements. He completed his Electrical and Electronics Engineering from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore and, prior to founding GoSports, was with Tata Consultancy Services Limited as an IT Analyst. Hakim is the Director and Co-Founder of GoSports India Pvt. Ltd.

Hakim may be reached at hakim@gosports.in

Joseph Ollapally

Joseph is a product of Harvard College (B.A. in Philosophy) and the European College of Liberal Arts (Berlin). While at school, he immersed himself in every sport available -- captaining the school basketball, hockey and athletic teams. He has worked in infrastructure development and education, and is part of the Management Team at Nandi Housing Pvt. Ltd. Joseph is the Director and Co-Founder of GoSports India Pvt. Ltd.

Joseph may be reached at joseph@gosports.in

Nandan Kamath

Nandan is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the University of Oxford (on a Rhodes scholarship) and the National Law School of India. He was an avid cricketer at the junior level, representing the India under-16's and captaining the Karnataka state team.

Nandan is the Director and Co-Founder of GoSports India Pvt. Ltd. He is also the co-founder of  Copyright Integrity International and has his own law firm. Previously, Nandan was an associate in the corporate and intellectual property groups of Davis Polk & Wardwell, a leading international law firm, working in California, Hong Kong and India.

Abishek Laxminarayan

Abishek Laxminarayan was a world ranked junior tennis player and a US varsity tennis athlete. He graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Computer Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

He is co-founder of Indavest Ventures LLC, a US and India based early stage Venture Management company that plays an active management role in each of its portfolio companies.  Abishek is also founder and Managing Director of Surya Infotainment Products, a Bangalore-based information aggregation company with a retail presence.  Previously, he had careers in Investment Banking (M&A) for Lehman brothers (New York), and IT Project management for Deutsche Bank (Bangalore). 

Abishek is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and is an avid traveler and wildlife enthusiast, and may be reached at abishek@gosports.in