EDUCATION ADVANTAGE

The IISM Education Advantage

The lucrative deals that a successful sports star can sign often create a new career in sports management. Career options in this booming industry have started opening up but there are hardly any specialized educational institutions offering courses specializing in sports management. IISM is the first and only one of its kind in India. Graduates from the founding batch have already been absorbed by the burgeoning sports management and marketing sector in India.
The opportunities are immense - The BCCI, for instance, is already creating a 30-member team of management professionals with a background in specialized sports management.
Recent months have witnessed a number of developments that suggest that other sports are starting to develop some serious infrastructure and disciplined management in India. This has also given rise to a new demand for professional management teams in the field of each sport.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) is also making it compulsory for all the National Football League Playing clubs to appoint a full time paid CEO to look after the Management of these clubs. Major football tournaments are held every year in the country.
Increasing number of hockey tournaments held in the country throughout the year. Every year India hosts tournaments such as All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, All India Aagha Khan Hockey Tournament, All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament, All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament, All India Gurmeet Memorial Hockey Tournament, All India Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournaments, All India K D Singh Babu Memorial Invitational Prize Money Hockey Tournament, Junior National Hockey Tournament. Each of these tournaments are built from a scratch and turned into the roaring successes by talented sports heroes who work day and night in the background.