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Niranjan Raju

Passionate About Creating Impact Through Sport
Bangalore,Karnataka

Summary

DIRECTOR – STRATEGY AND COLLABORATIONS

Highly focused individual with 12+ years of experience working with International not for profits to community based organisations. Presently, running my own sports company - established in 2016 by a passionate set of sports enthusiasts and also work with India's largest Tech for Good (CSR and Volunteering) company.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder and Director

Goal Football School
Bangalore
03.2017 - Current
  • Driving business operations to achieve annual objectives.
  • On-boarding new talent and new training centres.
  • Enhance organizations reach and brand.
  • Build efficient and scalable training delivery solutions.
  • Build collaborations with relevant stakeholders and international organisations for knowledge exchange.
  • Research and enable Head Coaches to build best-in-practice training methodologies.

Manager - Customer Success and Experience Team

Goodera
06.2018 - Current

Driving business operations to achieve annual objectives; developing strong business relationships with strategic accounts

Implementing strategies for acquiring additional business from existing accounts; building productive, professional relationships with personnel in key accounts to achieve customer satisfaction and retention.

Developing technology-based solutions for enhancing functional efficiency and achieving business excellence; managing risks and planning for contingencies to ensure minimal effect on deliverables.

Managing customer support process; identifying & implementing changes if expectation does not match the highest standards.

Managing a team of smart highly focused individuals and driving them to achieve organizational OKR’s.

Manager

Smile Foundation
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2016 - 04.2018
  • P and L management for the events division.
  • Formulated, executed & developed CRM (Cause Related Marketing) concepts for potential product based companies.
  • Explored the market and identified the potential donors / sponsors for procuring sponsorships.
  • Ran Play for a Cause(Football Fund-Raiser) which was replicated across other regions by a Fortune 500 Client.
  • Implemented customized Volunteer / Employee Engagement (EE) activities.
  • Helped introduce CSR funded sports programmes to 3 NGO’s in partnership with PUMA, Intel and Just for kicks.
  • Vendor on-boarding and management for fundraising events.

Lead- Sports Education and Volunteer Engagement

Surabhi Foundation Trust
Bangalore, Karnataka
10.2015 - 11.2016

Raised CSR funds for the sports enablement program ·

Presented proposals for volunteer engagement and funding

Conducted Program Delivery team meetings for efficient delivery of the program

Formulated & introduced sports and nutrition measurement metrics for all the 5 shelter homes – 280 children

Ran a sports fund-raiser play for a cause with Intel – enabling enhanced sporting facility for 5 shelter homes.

Successfully engaged 350 + kids on the occasion of AFC GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL DAY

Successfully on-boarded and ran volunteer led sports training programs Raised funds and ran Makkala Habba(inter-school sports program) – a children’s sports festival for government school children · Designed innovative engaging programs which resulted in increase in volunteers participation

Established highly motivated & well co-ordinated program delivery team which resulted in decrease in programme delivery cost

Head - Research Operations.

Centre for Policy Research, Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius
08.2010 - 06.2015

Supervised Research Team, formulation of marketing strategies, quantity & quality of leads captured, project management, customer retention & employee engagement policies and so on.

Enhanced company’s revenues within the conferencing segment.

Reduced operational costs in Credit Control dept by shifting it to Mauritius from UK.

Assisted in setting up the ‘’Electoral Event’’ held in Mauritius in 2013.

Market Research Analyst

International Institute for Data Research
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • International Institute for Data Research, Bangalore.
  • Led various lead generation campaigns for UK public policy conferences.
  • Part of the start-up management team at Mauritius 2008-07 - 2010-08.

Education

Masters - Sports Management

FIFA, Pillai Institute of Management Studies

Skills

Strategic planning and execution

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Affiliations

Member of "Save Our Tigers" campaign and Wildlife Institute of India

Actively participated in 2010 Tiger Census at Mudhumalai Tiger Reserve

Ran a sports fund-raiser play for a cause with Intel – enabling enhanced sporting facility for 5 shelter homes.

Successfully engaged 350 + kids on the occasion of AFC GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL DAY

Timeline

Manager - Customer Success and Experience Team

Goodera
06.2018 - Current

Founder and Director

Goal Football School
03.2017 - Current

Manager

Smile Foundation
01.2016 - 04.2018

Lead- Sports Education and Volunteer Engagement

Surabhi Foundation Trust
10.2015 - 11.2016

Head - Research Operations.

Centre for Policy Research, Mauritius
08.2010 - 06.2015

Market Research Analyst

International Institute for Data Research
01.2008 - 01.2010

Masters - Sports Management

FIFA, Pillai Institute of Management Studies
Niranjan RajuPassionate About Creating Impact Through Sport