Safe spaces a must for girls to participate in sports

Beyond the Playground: Addressing Challenges for Women in Sports

On the eve of the Women’s Day, Here is a deep dive in the challenges face by women involved in sports and how to address them.

Sportz Village returns to action with EPL: Providing a multi-sport talent pathway to school children

With EduSports Partner League (EPL), an intra-school league and multi-brand partnerships with Bril and Plaeto, discover how Sportz Village is fuelling the passion for sports among school children with PathwayZ- a sports excellence platform to identify and nurture sporting talent in schools from grassroot to elite.

Sportz Village Survey: School children showcase poor fitness levels across India

The 12th Annual Health Survey by Sportz Village, through its award-winning EduSports in- school Physical Education & Sports program has revealed poor fitness levels in most school children across India.

A Manifesto for Producing System-generated Champions

PathwayZ is a visionary initiative conceived by Sportz Village, that focuses on schools as a medium to broaden India’s sporting talent, reimagining the journey of student-athletes and guiding them from school sports to elite representation.

EW Interview: Krish Iyengar, Group Head Marketing, Sportz Village

How did Sportz Village Schools manage to keep children engaged during the lockdown following the COVID pandemic?

Sportz Village Underlines the Importance of Physical Activity During these Trying Times

With no end in sight to the school shutdowns, it is even more necessary than before to focus on the overall well-being and health of children. The children are under increasing pressure to outperform their peer’s due to shrinking opportunities and rising competition.

Sportz Village Underlines the Importance of Physical Activity During these Trying Times

With no end in sight to the school shutdowns, it is even more necessary than before to focus on the overall well-being and health of children. The children are under increasing pressure to outperform their peer’s due to shrinking opportunities and rising competition.

Sportz Village Underlines the Importance of Physical Activity During these Trying Times

With no end in sight to the school shutdowns, it is even more necessary than before to focus on the overall well-being and health of children. The children are under increasing pressure to outperform their peer’s due to shrinking opportunities and rising competition.

Sportz Village Underlines the Importance of Physical Activity During these Trying Times

With no end in sight to the school shutdowns, it is even more necessary than before to focus on the overall well-being and health of children. The children are under increasing pressure to outperform their peer’s due to shrinking opportunities and rising competition.

Sportz Village Underlines the Importance of Physical Activity During these Trying Times

With no end in sight to the school shutdowns, it is even more necessary than before to focus on the overall well-being and health of children. The children are under increasing pressure to outperform their peer’s due to shrinking opportunities and rising competition.

Amidst COVID-19 lockdown, ‘Play At Home’ to engage children

With schools being shut in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Sportz Village Schools, India’s sports education organisation, has launched a ‘Play At Home’ program.

Sportz Village launches ‘Play At Home’ program during the COVID-19 quarantine

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is dominating headlines and has drastically changed our daily lives. Keeping the children engaged and away from devices is the primary concern for parents, especially during this time of the national lockdown.

‘Play at Home’ programme for children

In an effort to divert kids’ attention from mobiles and tabs to physical activities during the lockdown, Sportz Village Schools, a sports education organisation, has launched the ‘Play at Home’ programme.

From a marketing executive at Wipro to becoming a serial entrepreneur, story of EduSports’ Saumil Majmudar

Having spent almost three years as a marketing executive at Wipro, Saumil Majmudar stepped into the world of entrepreneurship in the year 1998 with Learn@Home, which was a personalized computer training business. Three years later, he founded another venture called QSupport in June 1999.

School children lagging in health, fitness parameters: EduSports study

The current generation of school children in India, regardless of age group or gender, look to be heading towards an unhealthy future with health and fitness levels lagging, reveals EduSports’ 5th Annual School Health and Fitness Study 2014.

EduSports – Providing holistic education to children though the magic of sports !

Remember your childhood days ? Going to school, coming home and then going out to play at the nearest playground used to be our daily routine when we were growing up. ‘Outdoor play’ formed a significant part of our formative years and helped us remain fit, interact with children our own age, taught us sharing, caring, the spirit of games and the list of benefits goes on ! However, with urban and semi urban planning these days, play spaces for our children are reducing dramatically. The availability of addictive television shows and computer games and the unavailability of playground is posing a serious threat to the health and fitness of children today.

EduSports: where child’s play is a serious business

What makes a person armed with degrees to die for, especially from IIT and IIM, train schoolchildren in sports? “If you are well educated, you create a safety net for yourself. So, why not use it to make a bigger leap,” say Saumil Majmudar, co-founder and CEO, EduSports.

Initiative to change the landscape of Physical Education in India

Saumil Majmudar, Co-founder and CEO, EduSports has been extensively working on improving the Physical Education and Sports scenario in the present education system in the country. He believes that sports education is an integral part of every child’s holistic development and upbringing. He shares his vision for EduSports and Sports education in India

If you believe in your idea with sheer bull headedness, it will go lucky – Saumil Majmudar, EduSports

Saumil Majmudar ‘s friend casually remarked that his 6 year old son was not engaging in enough physical activity, was getting hooked to TV & computers. He also observed that there were hardly any healthy, social avenues for his son to mingle with children outside of the school. Clearly, parents wanted children to play and stay fit and healthy but there were not enough opportunities for children to have a fun experience around sports. EduSports was founded in 2009 with a vision to ‘Make Sports an Integral Part of every Child’s Education and Upbringing’.

38% kids in Maharashtra unfit, finds study

Fitness level of children in the country is alarmingly low, irrespective of age group, gender and region or city type, revealed a nationwide survey. The 2013 EduSports Annual School Health and Fitness survey studied 77,669 children aged between seven and 17 years in 68 cities and 17 states. The results pointed to unhealthy Body Mass Index (BMI) scores and lack of fitness among the survey’s participants.

A startup to help India’s young minds

Launched in 2009, India’s first school sports and PE Company EduSports is going strong. The company recently raised R.s 65 Crores from Gaja Capital. This startup looks to bring about a change in the way sports or physical education is perceived – that it is not meant only for competitive children playing for trophies but to be inclusive, and improve the child’s general fitness levels.

EduSports to tap 1,000 schools in the next four years

School sports enterprise EduSports will expand its reach from about 330 schools to around 1,000 schools in the next four years, said a top official of the company.

EduSports – the way forward

In the days when playgrounds are virtually disappearing and in a situation where students find it difficult to take out time for physical fitness, the school-centric model of physical education is the way out, says Saumil Majmudar, co-founder & MD of EduSports.

EduSports comes up with ‘do it on your own’ model

Bengaluru-based provider of sports curriculum and training company EduSports has come up with a ‘do it on your own’ model to help schools teach students the fundamentals of sports education.

5 Startups To Watch

Saumil Majumdar has a history of creating businesses much before the market for them has evolved. For a while it looked as though the same was the case with EduSports, his idea of providing outsourced recreational activities to schools and parents.

Bangalore leads the way with school sports startups

In order to develop sports activities in Bengaluru and around the country, more and more sports management companies are engaging directly with schools.

Fitness of children worrisome: EduSports study

The study found unhealthy BMI scores and an ‘alarming’ lack of fitness in 7-17 year olds. The body mass index (BMI) and fitness levels of children in India, in the age group of 7–17 years, are far from satisfactory, a nationwide study has found.

One in 4 school kids in metros obese: Survey

One in four school children in Indian metros is overweight, so is one in six in non-metro cities. Around 20% of children show signs of obesity.

Indian moms are awkward around fat kids

After Internet users unleashed a venomous attack against a US-based fashion magazine staffer, who wrote about the diet she put her 7-year-old daughter on, Anuradha Varma finds out how comfortable Indian mothers are when handling overweight kids.

School sports gets a professional touch

Twelve-year-old Riyan Aggarwal, a student of Vasal Education Society-run Ivy World School in Jalandhar, looks forward to his daily soccer practice in school.

Beyond the classroom

The performance of a student is governed by factors such as parents’ cooperation and teachers’ educational background, too. As the world changes, learning from books alone may not be sufficient to build a career or for a creative pursuit in the course of one’s life.

EduSports expects to add 80 schools

Bangalore-based EduSports Pvt Ltd, which provides sports curriculum and training to schools on an oursourcing model, expects to sign up 75-80 new schools this year, including 15 from Andhra Pradesh. It now runs the sports programme in 150 schools, including nearly 20 in the state.

SV Edusports: The school that educates kids to play

We just wanted kids to play.” This was the simple premise with which Saumil Majmudar set up SV Edusports in 2009 with Meer Waqiruddin Khaleeq, Parminder Gill and Jyoti Majmudar

Survey shows alarming levels of obesity among Indian children

‘Health & Lifestyle’ is a weekly column on how lifestyles impact on health and wellness. Here is yet another survey with sobering conclusions about the state of health of the nation: Obesity is setting in earlier than the adolescence phase for Indian children.

Sports + innovation = Booming business venture

In early 2009, when a leading school in Tamil Nadu conducted a survey on the fitness standards of its students, the results were alarming. The obesity levels in the children were found to be very high, and their overall physical condition was a matter of concern.

Sports: Startups to have a field day

Once, sport was solely about blood, sweat, grit and honour. Sportspersons personified the loftiest ideals of life. Sport had conventional connotations—representing the country, winning for national pride, spirit of the game, patriotism and the works. Emotions rode high, even if the money wasn’t there.