Rajan Thambehalli

Executive Committee Member responsible in matters related to sponsorship, publicity, online communication strategy (YouTube, Facebook), re-branding of the organisation, development and marketing of cricket in Switzerland.

Assisted on a historical research paper on African football by gathering research data from FIFA Documentation Centre, Zürich.

Assessing companies prior to seeking approvals from banks; Developing project reports on international companies based on sales revenues, balance sheets, procurement, exports and manufacturing processes.

Structure and Content Management, Education and Youth Development based content for Beginner level Tennis and Football programme, Initiative of Gillette for India audience. Preparing the content to suit the audience to take up sport, educate and play the sport. (www.gillettereturntosports.com)

Researcher on Olympic Athletes and Para-athletes for Games News Services for London Olympics & Paralympics 2012.

Venue management at Jaipur, India; liaison between international stakeholders; delivery planning; co-ordination between central sponsors, home team and media broadcast; on site supervising the availability of the players, equipment and umpires; presentation of the awards; enforcing anti-doping policies; data management, reporting and venue photography.

Creation of online reporting system with MS-Access, setting policies and procedures for issue management and event contingency, preparation of progress reports in coordination with 14 directorates, operational planning for the main operations centre (MOC), Knowledge management documentation, Monitoring of the 14 Directorates through Main Operations Centre (MOC), Post event reporting.

E-coaching content (Silverlight platform) for Youth Development – Core skills, developing coaching documents and structuring the programme for beginner, intermediate and advanced level for table tennis athletes.

Venue management at Kochi, India and Indore, India; liaison between international stakeholders; delivery planning; co-ordination between central sponsors, home teams and media broadcast; on site supervising the availability of the players, equipment and umpires; presentation of the awards; enforcing anti-doping policies; data management, reporting and venue photography.

Setting up the Nussli project office in India, Bid tenders; Supervising the setup of temporary grand stands; Managing the sub-contractors and ground staff; regulating transport permissions and accreditations; delivery planning and site execution; Liaison between stakeholders for seven venues; Managing logistics for import and export of equipment and invoicing; Data management and reporting.

Analysis of different surfaces in Tennis – Synthetic and Natural, Measurement of slip resistance (friction) on different types of surfaces, Testing two slip measuring devices on various surfaces, Data Recording in the form of readings and videos and making a comparative performance study of the two devices, Recommendations to devise a test method to calculate slip resistance.

Content Editor for the Formula One History, Articles featuring race tracks, racing incidents and race drivers.

Responsible for the Technical Development, Powder Coatings for Information Technology (IT) and Furniture Industry in India; Cost Analysis of Products and Raw Materials, Client Services, Business development and new product development – IT and Furniture Industry; Global Projects in collaboration with the US, Europe, Australia and Asia research groups researching on the IT and Furniture markets.

Sports Technology Sports Management Sports Law Sports Sociology Sports Medicine