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We are a team of sports fanatics working towards transforming the way the sport is organised, played, analysed and experienced. With over a decade of deep domain expertise and competence in consulting, technology and analytics across disciplines, we have mastered the art of binding the distinct technologies in the world of sports, which has resulted in creating epic results for our clients around the globe.

SPORTSMECHANICS philosophy of transforming the Sports Eco-System will be tangibly felt as we operate at the 'Passion Frequency' and not at the 'Business Frequency'

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We design, build, and implement top notch solutions with agile advisory services, supreme advanced analytics, and robust technology platform that helps sports bodies, athletes, teams, brands, broadcasters and media achieve better outcomes and finally deliver the best in class experience for the fans through the stakeholders in the value chain.

Our techno-domain experts design every solution considering the dimension 'SPORTS' as the key framework to build unified SEE (Sports Experience Ecosystem) platform for Envisioners = Sports Bodies, Enablers = Brands, Broadcasters & Media, Exhibitors = Athletes, and Experiencers = Fans to help them build the essential competencies

sStatistical Analysis Competence
pPerformance Efficiency Maximization
oOperational Efficiency Maximization
rRevenue Competence
tTechnology Competence
sSecurity Competence

Why partner with the best

With over 10+ years of expertise in delivering robust solutions that is prudently designed to increase the operational and performance efficiency whilst reducing the operational cost. And, most importantly create new revenue streams by amplifying brand management, and fan engagement through mobile, social and digital initiatives.

Enterprise Management
Performance Management
Brand Management
Enabling FAN Engagement

Strategy

SportsMechanics will design the roadmap to assist enterprise leverage the best tools to achieve the set objectives, recognise the audience, and create new revenue streams.

Pathway for high performance

Consulting Play

Platform

SportsMechanics platform is an inherent part of sports and the development of sports. The platform will support sporting bodies enhance productivity whilst reducing operational cost.

Assuring seamless experience across channels

Technology Play

Content

SportsMechanics domain experts are frontrunners in producing rich content for every stakeholder in the eco-system - assuring high performance engagement at all (enterprise, sports personnel, and fan) levels.

Fabric of sport

Experience

SportsMechanics will deliver supreme experience with a local and international flavor to drive loyalty, revenue, and higher lifetime value for all the stakeholders in the eco-system.

Valuation

Data Analytics Play

Analytics as a service

We have pioneered cutting edge data analytics to augment sports performance and entertainment experience.

InterpretStrength and weakness, conditions, performance trends.
PredictScores, chance of winning, performance and opponent strategy.
DecideTeam composition, auction and selection strategy, schedule and workload.
DriveFan sentiment, fan engagement, online traffic and social media following.

Products | Solutions

ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
BRAND MANAGEMENT
enabling FAN Engagement

Critically acclaimed Next-Gen sports enterprise digital integrated solution

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The leading sporting bodies and teams in the world choose SportsMechanics’ robust integrated platform to drive process and sub-process efficiencies!

Design and manage player profiling and allocation of match officials
Efficiently plan, schedule and manage tournaments round the year
Digitise scoring/performance analysis of match data – capturing all aspects of the game
Real time live scores with alerts delivered seamlessly on a digital and mobile platform
Instantly convert scattered match data into insights
Ability to archive game data in an organised manner
Match officials evaluation and tracking system

Discover how we can revolutionize your enterprise system

T20 Lite Scoring App
Enterprise Governance Platform
Competition Management System
Sports Cloud

The non-negotiables for creating and sustaining a successful high performance entity

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SportsMechanics is unique in its comprehensive performance management assurance, and is widely acknowledged for its deep understanding of the domain which results in a holistic delivery around technical, tactical, strategic and cognitive aspects of the team and its stakeholders.

We assist elite teams make critical decisions both on and off the field by deploying

Talent identification and scouting platform
Real time dashboard and game changing insights for stakeholder in the system
Most comprehensive Athlete Management System to capture, observe, analyse and report player performance, workload, injury management, wellbeing and conditioning
In app tracking and instant feedback platform – improve coordination and communication between every stakeholder involved in the system
Secure exchange of valuable insights

Discover how to achieve success without compromising on efficiency and quality

Athlete Management System
Over the Rope Decision Support System
Sports Mentor
DEEP POINT Analytics Platform
Team Performance App

Designed to build a global strategy, create global opportunities and assure early results

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A comprehensive outcome based brand management solution that helps leading brands score with sports

Strategically positioning the brand image and message to generate “time share = acceptance”, and ‘mind share = branding” to compel share of wallet = $$ Sponsors”.
We assist leading brands develop roadmap for both online and offline engagement with quantifiable data
ROO/ROI analysis for marketing components like media management, sponsor management, digital & social media management and e-commerce management
Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution to help brands manage and share their communication data at every stage of their journey

You are assured to stay ahead of the curve – Ask us how…

Digital Asset Management
Brand Analytics
Content Management Services
Customer Experience

Data is the fabric of fan engagement

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In this day and age, there is a more efficient way of leveraging your online and offline properties to own your fan. That’s where we come in!

Deliver supreme experience with a local and international flavour to drive fan loyalty and brand advocacy
NextGen infographics to fuel fan banter
Automated content feeds for the digital, mobile and social properties
An intelligent social listening and analytics engine to launch personalised campaigns to integrate sponsors
Generate higher lifetime value for all the stakeholders
Harnessing the contemporary channels with the structured, semi structured and unstructured data to revolutionise the way fans connect with the sport and/or a brand at the stadium, mobile, social and digital

Leading international sporting franchisees, bodies, brands, broadcasters and media rely on our expertise – Ask us why…

Insta Play
Insta Tweet/Post
Fan Analytics
Content Management Services

Management team

S. RamakrishnanCEO SportsMechanics Ramky is the founder of SportsMechanics and a pioneer in introducing Sports analytics in India. With his rich domain experience, Ramky has conceptualized and implemented Enterprise and Analytics platforms across various sports.
- Passionate about sports and technology, resulting in path breaking and first of its kind technology, and scientific sports solutions in Cricket, Hockey, Tennis, Squash, Boxing and various other sports
- First performance analyst with the Indian Cricket Team (2003-2007) and worked with top coaches in the world
- Pioneer in introducing Video Analysis and Cricket Analytics solutions into Indian sport as early as year 2000
- Worked with some of the top academies in the world and has analysed about 10,000 cricketers
Desikan NarasimhanTechnology Head Desikan is a Technology specialist with extensive industry experience. He has worked with Global Consulting firms, successfully delivering projects to customers across the globe. Desikan brings in deep expertise in effective software development, applying state of the art techniques and tools, covering all areas of software development such as Technology, Process and Delivery methods.
- Delivery leader with 20+ years of Industry experience in designing and implementing innovative solutions, aligned to business goals, resulting in tangible customer outcomes.
- Hands-on Architect with proven ability to translate business needs into effective technology solutions and drive implementation.
- Proven competency in Big Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing and Cloud based delivery models.
- Extensive experience on Technical leadership roles with Global consulting firms
- Global work experience at Customer locations in Singapore, Australia, United States, Europe and Middle East
CKM Dhananjai (DJ)VP & Founding Member Over 12 years of rich experience in Sports Technology Domain, Performance Analysis, Strategy and High Performance Management. Performed multiple roles in SportsMechanics ranging from Business Strategy, S&M, Operations and product development.

Over 7 years of direct association with the Indian Cricket Team donning the "Strategist" hat - considered as the "India's most successful Analyst"
- 12 years of involvement as part of the strategic and leadership group of Mumbai Indians Franchise
- With a key focus on Strategy and Research, DJ has worked and consulted for the top minds in international cricket involving more than 100 International players, and over 50 international coaches across teams
- With a strong cricketing and business management background DJ has been able to bring his skills ranging from strong domain expertise, technology understanding, team building, leadership, strategic planning and change management into elite sports teams, athletes and organisations
Dr. G.S. VidyashankarHonorary Advisor Dr. Vidya is a Management Consultant specializing in areas of Business Analytics, Business-IT Alignment, business process improvement and technology strategy & management. He also is a visiting faculty at Department of Management Studies at IIT, Madras for MBA students
- 26 years of experience spans across industries viz. Education, Sports, Banking and Information Technology
- Head of Business Intelligence and Data warehousing Centre for Banking & Finance Domain in a Global Indian IT Major Firm
- Successful implementations include Customer Relationship Management Solutions, Enterprise Data warehouse Solutions, Enterprise Information Systems, Analytical Models, ICT-based Education Systems for Fortune 500 firms in India, USA and UK
- Holds Bachelor's Degree in Production and Industrial Engineering (NIT, Allahabad), Master's Degree in Industrial and Management Engineering (University of Iowa, Iowa City), Master's Degree in International Business (University of Omaha, Nebrasaka) and Ph.D. in Educational Development and Administration (IIT Madras)
M.S. SundararajanAdvisor Sundararajan is a seasoned Banking and Financial expert with over 35 years of experience in Indian nationalised banks.
- Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Bank from 2007-2010
- Was a nominee of Union Bank of India on the Board of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd for nearly two years. Mr. Sundara Rajan was posted as an Executive Director of Indian Bank in April 2006 and he was Director on the Boards of M/s. Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd., M/s IndBank Housing Ltd., and M/s Indfund Management Ltd
- Was a Director in United India Insurance Company Ltd
- Received Golden peacock National Training Award for the year 2009 presented at a special awards function at London during the 10th International conference on Corporate Governance
- Currently serving as Board Director in more than 15 companies
- Holds Post Graduate in Economics from the University of Madras and an Associate of Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers
Dr. L. Prakash SaiAdvisor Dr. Sai is a Professor of Strategy with Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. Dr. Sai has wide experience in conducting consulting assignments in the broad areas of Technology Strategy Formulation, Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies, Organizational Restructuring, Corporate Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Activity Based Costing, and Industrial Engineering.
- Serving as Director in the boards of niche consulting services’ firms and mentoring businesses in the incubation stage
- As Director (Strategic Planning), TCS North America operations (US$ 1.5 Bn operations) and responsibilities included budget planning & forecasting, evaluating strategic plans, and competitive intelligence. Involved in the implementation of the business excellence initiative, customer relationship management and balanced scorecard
- Handled projects germane to global IT outsourcing, business process improvement and activity based costing for Fortune 500 firms in the USA
- Conducted corporate training programs on strategic planning; leadership development; negotiation skills; sales planning & business development and business excellence
- Holds B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech (Industrial Engineering) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Ph.D. in Technology Management from IIT Madras

S. RamakrishnanChief Executive Officer
Desikan NarasimhanTechnology Head
CKM Dhananjai (DJ)Vice President & Founding Member
Dr. G.S. VidyashankarHonorary Advisor
MS SundararajanAdvisor
Dr. L. Prakash SaiAdvisor

S. RamakrishnanCEO SportsMechanics Ramky is the founder of SportsMechanics and a pioneer in introducing Sports analytics in India. With his rich domain experience, Ramky has conceptualized and implemented Enterprise and Analytics platforms across various sports.

Passionate about sports and technology, resulting in path breaking and first of its kind technology, and scientific sports solutions in Cricket, Hockey, Tennis, Squash, Boxing and various other sports
First performance analyst with the Indian Cricket Team (2003-2007) and worked with top coaches in the world
Pioneer in introducing Video Analysis and Cricket Analytics solutions into Indian sport as early as year 2000
Worked with some of the top academies in the world and has analysed about 10,000 cricketers

Desikan NarasimhanTechnology Head Desikan is a Technology specialist with extensive industry experience. He has worked with Global Consulting firms, successfully delivering projects to customers across the globe. Desikan brings in deep expertise in effective software development, applying state of the art techniques and tools, covering all areas of software development such as Technology, Process and Delivery methods.

Delivery leader with 20+ years of Industry experience in designing and implementing innovative solutions, aligned to business goals, resulting in tangible customer outcomes.
Hands-on Architect with proven ability to translate business needs into effective technology solutions and drive implementation.
Proven competency in Big Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing and Cloud based delivery models.
Extensive experience on Technical leadership roles with Global consulting firms
Global work experience at Customer locations in Singapore, Australia, United States, Europe and Middle East

CKM Dhananjai (DJ)VP & Founding Member Over 12 years of rich experience in Sports Technology Domain, Performance Analysis, Strategy and High Performance Management. Performed multiple roles in SportsMechanics ranging from Business Strategy, S&M, Operations and product development.

Over 7 years of direct association with the Indian Cricket Team donning the "Strategist" hat - considered as the "India's most successful Analyst"

12 years of involvement as part of the strategic and leadership group of Mumbai Indians Franchise
With a key focus on Strategy and Research, DJ has worked and consulted for the top minds in international cricket involving more than 100 International players, and over 50 international coaches across teams
With a strong cricketing and business management background DJ has been able to bring his skills ranging from strong domain expertise, technology understanding, team building, leadership, strategic planning and change management into elite sports teams, athletes and organisations

Dr. G.S. VidyashankarHonorary Advisor Dr. Vidya is a Management Consultant specializing in areas of Business Analytics, Business-IT Alignment, business process improvement and technology strategy & management. He also is a visiting faculty at Department of Management Studies at IIT, Madras for MBA students

26 years of experience spans across industries viz. Education, Sports, Banking and Information Technology
Head of Business Intelligence and Data warehousing Centre for Banking & Finance Domain in a Global Indian IT Major Firm
Successful implementations include Customer Relationship Management Solutions, Enterprise Data warehouse Solutions, Enterprise Information Systems, Analytical Models, ICT-based Education Systems for Fortune 500 firms in India, USA and UK
Holds Bachelor's Degree in Production and Industrial Engineering (NIT, Allahabad), Master's Degree in Industrial and Management Engineering (University of Iowa, Iowa City), Master's Degree in International Business (University of Omaha, Nebrasaka) and Ph.D. in Educational Development and Administration (IIT Madras)

M.S. SundararajanAdvisor Sundararajan is a seasoned Banking and Financial expert with over 35 years of experience in Indian nationalised banks.

Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Bank from 2007-2010
Was a nominee of Union Bank of India on the Board of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd for nearly two years. Mr. Sundara Rajan was posted as an Executive Director of Indian Bank in April 2006 and he was Director on the Boards of M/s. Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd., M/s IndBank Housing Ltd., and M/s Indfund Management Ltd
Was a Director in United India Insurance Company Ltd
Received Golden peacock National Training Award for the year 2009 presented at a special awards function at London during the 10th International conference on Corporate Governance
Currently serving as Board Director in more than 15 companies
Holds Post Graduate in Economics from the University of Madras and an Associate of Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers

Dr. L. Prakash SaiAdvisor Dr. Sai is a Professor of Strategy with Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. Dr. Sai has wide experience in conducting consulting assignments in the broad areas of Technology Strategy Formulation, Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies, Organizational Restructuring, Corporate Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Activity Based Costing, and Industrial Engineering.

Serving as Director in the boards of niche consulting services’ firms and mentoring businesses in the incubation stage
As Director (Strategic Planning), TCS North America operations (US$ 1.5 Bn operations) and responsibilities included budget planning & forecasting, evaluating strategic plans, and competitive intelligence. Involved in the implementation of the business excellence initiative, customer relationship management and balanced scorecard
Handled projects germane to global IT outsourcing, business process improvement and activity based costing for Fortune 500 firms in the USA
Conducted corporate training programs on strategic planning; leadership development; negotiation skills; sales planning & business development and business excellence
Holds B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech (Industrial Engineering) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Ph.D. in Technology Management from IIT Madras

leadership team

G VenkateshFounding Member &
Head - Operations
VimaleshwaranAssistant Manager
Vinod KumarOperations Manager
S B PatilProject Manager

Moments to Cherish

Our clients are our brand ambassadors

The trust we have earned by building lasting relationships with our clients have helped us expand our reach, and proudly seen as a strategic partner for our clients' technology, operations, performance and business initiatives.

SportsMechanics has produced outstanding batting and bowling capsules which have been used extensively and will no doubt give the Associate players a great understanding of what is required for consistent success at the top level. They must have a great range of vision from which to select as all the relevant matches we asked for were delivered.

Rod MarshDirector of Coaching ICC Global Cricket Academy
Thank you so much for the speed at which you have given me the reports. It is really important to our game preparation, and your help has been invaluable to me. Thanks you so much I know your back end team has worked
very hard to do this job and I am indebted to them.

Michael NobbsFormer Indian Men's Hockey Team
I would like to thank SportsMechanics for everything they have done for the NorthEast United Franchise during the ISL competition. As head coach, I have been very very impressed not only with their system and their performance but also with the wondeful services provided by their analyst to the team. They have been absolutely excellent with their professionalism in supporting us with the necessary statistical information for the North East United F.C during the inaugural edition of the ISL. I would strongly recommend Sports Mechanics to all football entities to use their cutting edge services.

Ricki HerbertHead Coach-NorthEast United &
Former national Coach of NewZealand National Football Team-2010 WorldCup
SporsMechanics have been doing a really good job for Indian Boxing. I have been associated with SportsMechanics for many years now. They analyze the individual boxers movements with so much accuracy. The technical, tactical and combination movements are very well analyzed and evaluated. I am very thankful to SportsMechanics for doing a wonderful job for Indian Boxing.

G.S. SandhuChief Coach -Indian Boxing Team
Squash Rackets Federation of India has been using Athlete Tracking Programme supplied by SportsMechanics for the past 3 years. This has helped me and my coaches immensely in keeping a track of the players progress.

Major ManiamCoaching Director World Squash Federation & Squash Rackets Federation of India
SportsMechanics helped our team with live video feedback during practice sessions and also after the practice for us to review the day's work. This makes our practice sessions more objective, efficient and well organized.

G.E.SridharanHead Coach - Indian Senior Men Volleyball team
SportsMechanics has made our approach more structured and purposeful. We thank the Sports Authority of India for providing us with advanced support systems such as performance analytics from SportsMechanics. We hope that their good work continues even post the London Olympics.

N. RameshCoach - 400m Indian Women Team
I am able to benefit immensely from the input given by SportsMechanics. I can clearly see that their precise feedback has helped my coach in giving me better guidance

Achanta Sharath KamalOlympian and Arjuna Awardee - Table Tennis
The services provided by SportsMechanics has been very critical for me as they have helped me correct my technique and enhance my skill on a day to day basis.

Renjith MaheshwaryOlympian - Triple Jump

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