India Sports Forge
Northeast × Bengaluru Edition
An open innovation playground where the Northeast’s lived sporting experience meets Bengaluru’s technical, creative and entrepreneurial capabilities — building India’s sports ecosystem on the road to the Olympics 2036 and beyond.
India Sports Forge
An Innovation Playground for the Future of Indian Sport
“Preparing for the Olympics 2036 and Beyond” — a shared, experimental environment where participants move from experience to problem, opportunity, experiment and created value.
Two ecosystems. One playground.
Neither is sufficient on its own. Together, they create the possibility of seeing problems differently and developing solutions grounded in actual need.
The Northeast
Knowledge of the field
- A deep pool of young sporting talent
- Lived understanding of training, coaching & facilities
- First-hand insight into access, sponsorship & pathways
Bengaluru
The ability to build & scale
- A concentration of technology, AI, data & analytics talent
- Design, marketing and entrepreneurship capability
- Experience turning ideas into ventures
From experience to value
Collaboration is the foundation; experimentation is the method. The process deliberately avoids starting with predetermined technology solutions.
Experience
Athletes and sporting communities bring lived challenges from training to competition.
Problem
Real barriers are surfaced — in coaching, facilities, equipment, access and pathways.
Opportunity
Innovators reframe lived experience into tangible, addressable opportunities.
Experiment
Cross-disciplinary teams prototype, test and iterate in an open playground.
Value
The most promising ideas continue beyond the Forge with mentors and industry partners.
The participants
- Athletes & coaches
- Technologists & data talent
- Designers
- Management & business students
- Marketers & entrepreneurs
- Young sports professionals