How to Become a Sports Journalist I Journey of Sidharth Gulati I Hindustan Times I NDTV I Outlook
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Mr. Sidharth Gulati, born and
Mr. Sidharth Gulati, born and brought up in Delhi is an Engineer by profession, and a Sports Professional by choice. He has done Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management from IIM Rohtak.
He has worked as a Sports Journalist with several established media outlets including Hindustan Times, NDTV, and The Outlook Group.
He has interviewed some of the biggest names in cricket and other sports: Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Hafeez, Wasim Jaffer, David Miller, Chetan Sharma, Phil Simmons, Lalchand Rajput, Joe Dawes, Hanuma Vihari, Merwyn Fernandes, Jinder Mahal (WWE) and Big E (WWE).
He believes in working with commitment, passion and dedication.
Till mid-2014, he wasn't a conscious decision-maker of his career choices. It was all about what his family expected out of him. After just completing Engineering, his family was expecting him to take admission in MBA. He qualified CMAT and took admission in a reputed MBA college just to fulfill the wishes of his family members. After attending his MBA class for a month he felt very out of place among all the batchmates. The course curriculum didn’t excite him and he constantly questioned himself, "why am I doing this? What’s the reason behind pursuing this degree?" Plain and simple, he was down in the dumps.
Back in 2012, he discovered his passion for Sports, primarily for Cricket and Tennis. Some random discussions with a friend made him realize that he could remember match stats and facts. That same friend introduced him to Blogger and the journey of "My Experiences With Cricket" began. The mentioned blog turned out to be his luck on purpose. One fine day, he participated in a cricket discussion on a Facebook post and got lucky as one of the co-founders of Cricmatez, an associate blog of ESPNCricinfo, contacted him, and gave him his first break. He successfully worked on a few stories for a couple of other sports news websites -- SportsCosmoz and The Cricket Lounge -- too, and writing became a part of his life for a good two years.
He didn’t earn a single penny throughout that phase (as those websites didn’t have an exhaustive revenue model) but the exposure was priceless.
Cut to 2014 again. Here he was: trapped in a course (MBA) he had no purpose of completing and barely finding time to write. When he tried explaining his situation to his near and dear ones, it seemed that they were keen on advising him rather than understanding what he was feeling.
Going against his family's decision, he dropped out of MBA. It was an absolute chaos and he has no better term to describe its after-effects.
There was uncertainty but he managed to overcome it through passion, hard work, building connections and facing the camera to upskill himself.
From the end of 2014 till 2019, he had the time of his life. He worked with NDTV, Hindustan Times, The Outlook Group and SportzWiki as a Sports Correspondent. All stints combined, he focussed on original pieces, interviewed sports personalities like Virender Sehwag, David Miller, Mohammad Hafeez, Wasim Jaffer and more, managed social media accounts of sportspersons and understood the difference between online, print and TV media. Above all, he got chances to cover live games both in India and overseas. He certainly enjoyed every bit of it.
At IIM Rohtak, there was an exhaustive list of experts who had worked in the above-mentioned roles and were open to impart their skills and knowledge towards the development of the future of the aspirants and also the Sports Management course, which had begun only in 2018.
He prepared hard and got through. He joined the Post Graduate Diploma course (in Sports Management) and went on to have the most productive two years ever at an educational institution.
To sum up, he never dreamt of studying at IIM. From most people’s perspective, there was nothing about him that would’ve warranted his selection in any top college, let alone IIM, because his dropout was perceived as an evidence of failure. But life is funny and amazing too. It doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you. Probably, that’s why he is now an IIM alumnus, and a proud one!
Many many Congratulations to Mr. Sidharth Gulati for his outstanding contribution and success.
About Ashok Mishra: Ashok Mishra is an all encompassing trainer, an acclaimed life coach, a motivational speaker and a student of life above all. After gaining rich experience of working in various fields like Operations, Administration, Human Resources, Teaching, Training, Communication and having a penetrative mind, spontaneity and clarity of thoughts, he has helped many to overcome and resolve their professional and personal conflicts. His truthful yet pragmatic approach to life has inspired many to lead a happy, balanced and contented life.
Write to him at [email protected]
Connect with him at Facebook.com/AshokMishraPage
#SidharthGulati #LifeChangingTalkShow
He has worked as a Sports Journalist with several established media outlets including Hindustan Times, NDTV, and The Outlook Group.
He has interviewed some of the biggest names in cricket and other sports: Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Hafeez, Wasim Jaffer, David Miller, Chetan Sharma, Phil Simmons, Lalchand Rajput, Joe Dawes, Hanuma Vihari, Merwyn Fernandes, Jinder Mahal (WWE) and Big E (WWE).
He believes in working with commitment, passion and dedication.
Till mid-2014, he wasn't a conscious decision-maker of his career choices. It was all about what his family expected out of him. After just completing Engineering, his family was expecting him to take admission in MBA. He qualified CMAT and took admission in a reputed MBA college just to fulfill the wishes of his family members. After attending his MBA class for a month he felt very out of place among all the batchmates. The course curriculum didn’t excite him and he constantly questioned himself, "why am I doing this? What’s the reason behind pursuing this degree?" Plain and simple, he was down in the dumps.
Back in 2012, he discovered his passion for Sports, primarily for Cricket and Tennis. Some random discussions with a friend made him realize that he could remember match stats and facts. That same friend introduced him to Blogger and the journey of "My Experiences With Cricket" began. The mentioned blog turned out to be his luck on purpose. One fine day, he participated in a cricket discussion on a Facebook post and got lucky as one of the co-founders of Cricmatez, an associate blog of ESPNCricinfo, contacted him, and gave him his first break. He successfully worked on a few stories for a couple of other sports news websites -- SportsCosmoz and The Cricket Lounge -- too, and writing became a part of his life for a good two years.
He didn’t earn a single penny throughout that phase (as those websites didn’t have an exhaustive revenue model) but the exposure was priceless.
Cut to 2014 again. Here he was: trapped in a course (MBA) he had no purpose of completing and barely finding time to write. When he tried explaining his situation to his near and dear ones, it seemed that they were keen on advising him rather than understanding what he was feeling.
Going against his family's decision, he dropped out of MBA. It was an absolute chaos and he has no better term to describe its after-effects.
There was uncertainty but he managed to overcome it through passion, hard work, building connections and facing the camera to upskill himself.
From the end of 2014 till 2019, he had the time of his life. He worked with NDTV, Hindustan Times, The Outlook Group and SportzWiki as a Sports Correspondent. All stints combined, he focussed on original pieces, interviewed sports personalities like Virender Sehwag, David Miller, Mohammad Hafeez, Wasim Jaffer and more, managed social media accounts of sportspersons and understood the difference between online, print and TV media. Above all, he got chances to cover live games both in India and overseas. He certainly enjoyed every bit of it.
At IIM Rohtak, there was an exhaustive list of experts who had worked in the above-mentioned roles and were open to impart their skills and knowledge towards the development of the future of the aspirants and also the Sports Management course, which had begun only in 2018.
He prepared hard and got through. He joined the Post Graduate Diploma course (in Sports Management) and went on to have the most productive two years ever at an educational institution.
To sum up, he never dreamt of studying at IIM. From most people’s perspective, there was nothing about him that would’ve warranted his selection in any top college, let alone IIM, because his dropout was perceived as an evidence of failure. But life is funny and amazing too. It doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you. Probably, that’s why he is now an IIM alumnus, and a proud one!
Many many Congratulations to Mr. Sidharth Gulati for his outstanding contribution and success.
About Ashok Mishra: Ashok Mishra is an all encompassing trainer, an acclaimed life coach, a motivational speaker and a student of life above all. After gaining rich experience of working in various fields like Operations, Administration, Human Resources, Teaching, Training, Communication and having a penetrative mind, spontaneity and clarity of thoughts, he has helped many to overcome and resolve their professional and personal conflicts. His truthful yet pragmatic approach to life has inspired many to lead a happy, balanced and contented life.
Write to him at [email protected]
Connect with him at Facebook.com/AshokMishraPage
#SidharthGulati #LifeChangingTalkShow
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