MOU signed between University of Mysore and Giggr Tech to promote athletic development.
In what could be considered a historic move for athletes in India, University of Mysore has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to initiate a unique experiment with Giggr
Technologies Private Limited to promote Athletic Development, Sports Science Management
and Sports Development catalyzed by Digital Technologies.
In a simple ceremony graced by the presence of the Vice Chancellor Shri. G Hemantha
Kumar, the MOU was signed by Prof. R Shivappa, Registrar, University of Mysore and
Subbu Iyer, CEO, Giggr Technologies Private Limited. Dr. P Krishnaiah, Director of Physical
Education, University of Mysore who initiated this at the University was also present along
with Siddharth Patel, Co-Founder & COO, Giggr Technologies and C Krishnan Coimbatore,
the ecosystem developer for Giggr Technologies in Mysore.
Giggr’s Technology Platform will facilitate the Pursuit of Excellence across 29 Sports
Disciplines for both the athletes and the University; digitizing all the processes from Creation
of Data to Connection with a global ecosystem, Curating & Contextualizing the Connections
to Personalized and Preferentiated Needs and Wants, setting the participants to collaborate.
The Aspirations of Athletes and the University Physical Education department will be
recorded to create a set of Measurable Expectations & Milestones leading to their fulfillment.
Investments into Devices, IOT, Wearables, Sensors and Scanners will be made to enable
seamless recording of data and realtime event management with a dedicated Unified
Messaging that is encrypted end to end. The platform will be orchestrated by a unique
algorithm developed by Giggr .
University in their journey with On Demand Content / Education, Training, Practice and
Performance with Real Time Learning. The unique feature of this platform is its ability to not
limit the scope to just playing sports but rather developing an entire ecosystem for each sport
including Sports Events and Fan Management. It allows those who succeed and in playing
sports across Grassroots, Professional / Elite and Amateur Levels as well as those who don’t
succeed in competing in sports to pursue alternate careers in the area their passions lie with a
built in Valuation based Blockchain that enables their Endorsements, Promotions, Branding
and Earnings.
This will be the first such experiment and will showcase to the world the future of
possibilities that sports brings emerging from the periphery to mainstream. This will also
mark a significant step in the growth of sports at grassroots level. Not just popular sports such
as Cricket, Football, Badminton, Diving & Swimming and Tennis but also lesser known
sports such as Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Ball Badminton among others.