iLEAD in association with German Football Academy
hosted its first ever Football Conclave. Present at the conclave was the who’s
who of football fraternity with interactions, deliberations, discussions and
the intent to take relevant steps and make India a global footballing nation.
German Football Academy (GFA), an initiative of Germinati Sports Pvt Ltd, focuses
on the introduction and development of Football from grassroots to the
professional level.
The panelists were
Mathias Nowak, an outstanding technical and creative football trainer who has
worked with FC Bayern Munchen Women’s U17 & Senior’s Team and guided them
to victory at German Bundesliga Championship; Peter Wenninger who is currently
the Youth Head Trainer at FC Bayern Munich and a pioneer in hosting workshops
worldwide for training and development of Football, Shaji Prabhakaran who has
managed domestic and international projects like FIFA World Cup and Ratan
Postwala, Partner and Co-Founder, People’s Trust and Krish Roy, the co-founder
of German Football Academy. Mr Cherojit
Goswami, the legend from the world of advertising and the Vice President of
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide was the moderator for the event.
iLEAD chairman Mr
Pradip Chopra addressed the audience with examples of visionaries from history
who accomplished their life goals and the importance of focusing on one great
life goal. Resonating with views Shaji
Prabhakaran spoke about the importance of action over words and how children
are brought up in the Indian society, the huge population India with an unfortunate
amount of sports sensations and lack of infrastructure.
The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup is 17th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international
men's youth football championship contested by the U17 national teams of
the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be hosted by India between
6th and 28th of October 2017. In that note everyone in the audience was
given a task to find out and support the players representing India on social
media and garner more and more interest among everyone. Krish Roy spoke about
the origins of Germinati Sports, his meeting with Mathias, creation of a
sporting eco system. Ratan Postwala, Partner and Co-Founder,
People’s Trust deals with performance management and sports management and
spoke about Role, Respect, Recognition and Remuneration of every personnel
associated with a sporting establishment and how the sports infrastructure in
the country should take lessons from the successful corporate houses in
performance and people management. To the amazement of the crowd Jamshid
Nassiri a retired Iranian football player
who is now a coach was present in the audience. He was called to the stage to
give insightful views. Mathias Nowak spoke about the importance of training,
mental awareness and the importance of being a team player. He refused judgmental
comments on the Football scene in the city based on his short visit but spoke
highly about the energy and enthusiasm
of the young crowd. Peter Wenninger gave his insights on the importance of hard
work and the correct mindset. Some more inputs at the session which the
audience took note of were the importance of self-assessment and having a Plan
B for career in case sports does not work out, need for more playgrounds and safe environments.
With
valuable advice to the crowd, the dignitaries with great praises for the campus
and the new iLEAD Sports Complex concluded the conclave with great hopes and
plans for collaborations.
About iLEAD:
Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development
(iLEAD) is one of the premier Media and Management School of Kolkata having
world class infrastructure excellent teaching and non teaching
staff and is using latest educated technologies and is affiliated to West
Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) and is located in the heart of the City.
To know more about iLEADone can visit : www.ilead.net.in.
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