Sports Village Foundation (Private Limited Company)

No. 147/L, 1st Floor, 10th Cross, 12th Main, 3rd Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru – 560034

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Project Brief- Talent Identification & Pathway to kids from Municipal schools in Chennai
India Khelo Football had assisted Sportz Village for a CSR project focused on Football in Municipal schools in Chennai. Whole project was executed in three stages by IKF:
Talent identification within schools: IKF had gone physically to every school and selected kids who were later trained for 45 days by Sportz Village.
Scouting via League: A league was organized among these school teams where IKF went and further scouted top 18 players
Showcase: All these 18 players were then given IKF’s platform to get showcased to multiple opportunities.
Capacity Building in Scouting
India Khelo Football had trained the trainers within school in correct methods of talent identification at grassroot level. Trainers from multiple regions were exposed to the world of scouting and were trained in identification & assessment methodologies.

Government of Mahrashtra (State Government)

District Sports Officer ,Chandrapur , Maharashtra

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Project Brief- After successful execution & impact in 2022-23 project, DM office and DSO of Naxal affected district Chandrapur invited India Khelo Football again to continue the good work of providing IKF’s platform to kids from their district.
IKF executed the project in three stages
• Mega Trials (Event) in Chandrapur: IKF conducted two-day trails in a stadium in Chandrapur where 350+ players participated and showcased their skills.
• Scouting: From this Trials, IKF scouted players who were good enough to be given a chance to showcase themselves.
• Showcase: All these players attended IKF’s National Finals and got an opportunity to showcase themselves to more than 20 Topmost Indian clubs in India.
This year 11 players got shortlisted in I League clubs for further trials.

PMR (Private Limited Company)

P.M. RELOCATIONS PVT. LTD. Plot No. 370, 1st Floor, Udyog Vihar, Phase 4, Electronic City, Gurgaon-122015

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Project Brief- India Khelo Football (NGO Partner) & Ardor Football Academy (Implementing Agency) did a project in partnership with The PMR Group to run a Grassroots Community Football Program for underprivileged boys & girls aged between 5-16 years, at Govt. Higher School, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Under this program, there are three stages: • Identification of beneficiaries: Talent was identified via trials in Odisha.
• Training: All identified talented players were inducted in an academy where they got trained to be a better player.
• Exposure: The players will take part in various District/State level tournaments to receive valuable match exposure.
The program proposes to train 60 players every year for the next 5 years.

Implementation Partner- ARDOR Academy

Tata Steel Foundation (Limited Company)

6th Floor, One Forbes No. 1, Dr. V.B. Gandhi Marg, Fort Mumbai, Mumbai 400001

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Project Brief- TATA Steel Foundation runs football program under which they train kids in football in three centers located in Jharkhand & Odisha.
IKF had joined hands with TATA Steel Foundation to identify exceptional talent from all their centers and showcase them to clubs with an objective that their players get selected in topmost Indian clubs.
This was the most exciting project as all these kids were trained by TATA and IKF was able to utilize its experience in finding exceptional talent. The whole project was conducted in two parts:
• Scouting: IKF travelled to Jamshedpur & Odisha across all centers to conducted assessment events and scout talented players.
• Showcase: Scouted players were given direct entry to IKF’s platform where they got an opportunity to get showcased to multiple clubs.
More than 2500 players were assessed by IKF across all the centers of which 28 players were identified.

PubMatic (MNC)

4th Floor, Westend Icon, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007

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Project Brief- PubMatic, a NYSE listed company based out of Pune wanted repeat creating impact for aspiring football players in Pune region via their CSR project. They joined hands with India Khelo Football to do so.
India Khelo Football identified 5 raw talented players from Pune who were trained in its partner academy in Pune named 4Lions Academy. These 5 players are being trained in 4 Lions academy under supervision of India Khelo Football. Complete expenditure of training was borne by PubMatic.

FDDI ( Footware Development Institute of India) (PSU)

A/10/A, Sector 24, Naida 201301,Gautam Buth Nager , Uttar pardesh

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Project Brief- Footwear Design and Development Institute is a government institute pioneering in Football Design & Development courses in the country.
FDDI wanted to popularize their courses among youth for which they approached IKF and came onboard as a partner for IKF’s Season 2 National Finals.
IKF promoted FDDI on-ground and on social media by creating content on ground & promoting it.

Government of Mahrashtra (State Government)

District Sports Officer ,Chandrapur , Maharshtra

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Project Brief- DM office and DSO of Naxal affected district Chandrapur had invited India Khelo Football to provide IKF’s platform to kids from their district as well. The objective was to provide opportunities to players from Chandrapur as well and make them part of the National level platform.
IKF executed the project in three stages
• Mega Trials (Event) in Chandrapur: IKF conducted two-day trails in a stadium in Chandrapur where 250+ players participated and showcased their skills.
• Scouting: From this Trials, IKF scouted players who were good enough to be given a chance to showcase themselves.
• Showcase: All these players attended IKF’s National Finals and got an opportunity to showcase themselves to more than 10 Topmost Indian clubs in India.
One of the players later got into Minerva Academy – India’s premier residential academy.

PubMatic (MNC)

4th Floor, Westend Icon, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra 411007

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Project Brief- PubMatic a NYSE listed company based out of Pune wanted to create impact for aspiring football players in Pune region via their CSR project. They joined hands with India Khelo Football to do so.
India Khelo Football identified 10 raw talented players from Pune who were trained in its partner academy in Pune named 4Lions Academy. These 10 players were trained in 4 Lions academy under supervision of India Khelo Football. Complete expenditure of training was borne by PubMatic.
One of the players within 3 months of this program was selected in I League clubs Srinidhi Deccan FC.

Implementation Partner- 4 Lions Academy

ECGC (PSU)

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Project Brief- ECGC is a PSU which wanted to support Indian grassroots football in a meaningful manner. India Khelo Football joined hands with ECGC to go to more cities & villages across India to hunt talent and later showcase them to opportunities.
ECGC utilized marketing funds and came onboard as a sponsor for multiple events in Season 1 of IKF’s Pan India Talent Hunt.