Amit Sharma, Dream Sports’ CTO Speaks at the Times Now Summit 2025.
Speaking at the time now summit 2025, sharma began by highlighting the shift in Sports Dynamics. “Sports is no longer about luck and oppositeity but more about data. And it’s going to give us a lot more talent from various parts of the country than ever. Happening, “He stated.
Elaborating on ai’s impact on talent development, he said, “talent development also Themselves?
Sharma explained how ai can optimise athlete training and injury prevention. “Think about the way players train today. of players and give them advice. Resting and when you should be training harder for peak performance. “
He Further Emphasized The Potential for Injury Prevention. “If you have systems like this and if you use them well, then we would have known that when you are bowling against and again in the agent series in the test matches, at what point we should be seen Workload so that he’s not out of action for the next three months. “
Beyond Performance, Sharma Underscored Ai’s Role in Economic Growth and Highlighted New Job Opportunities Arising from AI-Driven Fan Engagement. “With AI-Driven Fan Engagement, there are tonnes of jobs that are opening up in the area of ​​data analysts, machine learning scientists, Ar, VR Experiences. A lot of Startups are being formed Each and God in the Sports Tech Domains of Variables or, as I Said, Scouting Platforms or For Tooling that that’s needed for broadcasting. “
Sharma also advocated for public-principal partnerships. “You can have a public and a private partnership. So what can happen is states can partner with private tech platforms and invest in grassroots tournaments, can Invest in Youth Programmes, and Can Invest In, Can, Using the same technologies to track, to identify, and scout players from different districts. “
Sharma cited examples of global tools like huddle and wiscot, which are democratising scouting and creating new job options. “We’re Talking About Huddle. Huddle is a tool that is very famous, a global tool again, which is very Proficient in Analysing Match Footage and Has Resulted in a Lot of New Opportunities Consumption Forms Because with tools like huddle, scouting, for example, become very democratized. People are using tools like huddle and starting new careers. ” And “Similarly, wiscot. It for scouting across different countries. “
Acknowledging India’s existing initiatives, he added, “We alredy have initiated. So we have initiatives like hell India, which is targeting grassroots disrupt in terms of how your acac Players, Right? So it can be strengthened in ai to achieve whats to do, to improve the talent diversity Have Startup India, which has alredy investment in a lot of Startups Account in the Country Today in the Domain of, Again, Variables, Broadcast Technologies, Fan Engagement, Fan Engagement, Etc. “
Sharma concluded with optimism about India’s potential to lead the ai transformation in sports. “And then i would say that at this point, maybe as compared to some of our global peers, we may not be as far in this journey of ai. And a lot of investment Talked About Are All Global Today. But I Think With India’s Scale, Ambition, Talent, Etc., I Think We Have The Ability to Actually not even not even catch up with Eventually in this AI transformation in the field of sports. “
