India is where my journey began. Melbourne is where I have studied, worked and built. Sport connects those parts of my life, and it is one reason I care about bringing people together across the Australia–India sports community.

I built SIM_Playmakers for people who want to think, learn and innovate in sport. For me, a community begins with good conversations and grows when people have something useful to contribute.

Start with people who care about the same work

Founders, club operators, analysts and curious people can approach the same problem from different directions. Someone understands the day-to-day work. Someone has technical experience. Someone else can ask a question that changes how the group sees the problem.

I want those perspectives in the same conversation. A shared interest in sport gives us a starting point, while the different experiences make the discussion useful.

My own journey crosses those worlds

I grew up with cricket in India, studied business at Navrachana University and moved into Business Analytics at Deakin University in Melbourne. Working in cricket analysis, club multimedia and sports digital media gave me more ways to understand the industry.

Today I lead sales and business development at Sports Insight Media and work with our team in India. That experience makes collaboration across places a practical part of my work.

Conversations can open the next question

In August 2026, I shared a moment from the Austrade South Asia Export Strategy roundtable with ASTN, focused on sportstech and the Australia–India relationship. Being in that conversation was another reason to keep thinking about the connections between the two countries.

I do not see a single conversation as a finished outcome. It can introduce a perspective, help someone understand another environment or show where there is more to learn. What happens afterwards matters.

What I want SIM_Playmakers to make possible

I want people to share useful ideas, ask better questions and understand the work someone else is doing. A club problem can become a discussion. A discussion can become a small experiment. An experiment can teach us what to try next.

The community should make it easier to meet people who care about that process. Technology is one part of the conversation, alongside communication, culture and the realities of running sport.

Keep the relationship at the centre

My strongest skill is communication. I like making a complicated idea easier to understand and giving the other person room to explain their experience. That is also how I want to build this community.

A useful introduction has context. A useful discussion respects people's attention. A useful follow-up makes the next step clear. Those are small habits, but they are part of how relationships grow.

Who the invitation is for

If you work in sport, build technology for sport or want to understand where the industry is going, there is a conversation to be had. You do not need to have a complete answer before joining it.

I am still learning and building too. SIM_Playmakers is part of that journey, with people and practical questions at its centre.

Meet SIM_Playmakers. The roundtable moment is on my Instagram.