Dream Sports Foundation

We aim to support and develop the Indian sports ecosystem by addressing crucial gaps through high-impact sports and tech interventions.

IMPACT CREATED

250+

MEDALS

7000+

GRASSROOTS BENEFICIARIES

200+

Athletes supported

Our flagship Long-Term Athlete
Development program

SUCCESS STORIES

Jyothi Surekha

Archery

Won a record-haul of 3 Gold medals at the Asian Games 2022 in Compound Archery events. Brought home India’s first ever Gold in 92 years at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Women’s Team event. Has won over 50 international medals for the country.

Nethra Kumanan

Sailing

The first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics. She won a Bronze medal at the Hempel World Cup Series in 2021, bringing home the first ever Sailing World Cup medal for India.

Pranavi Urs

Golf

The young golfer was No 1 in the Order of Merit of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2022 and part of the Asian Games 2022 contingent.

Sreeja Akula

Table Tennis

She is the reigning National Champion who was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2022. Sreeja won Gold in Mixed Doubles Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2022

Advait Page

Swimming

Holds National Record of fastest timings in the 800m, 1500m Freestyle and the 400m Individual Medley event. Qualified for the CWG 2022 finals

Sathish Kumar

Badminton

Sathish Kumar Karunakaran is a Badminton athlete who has won multiple BWF International Series titles. He specialises in Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles event. Sathish has a career best World Ranking of No. 49 in Men’s Singles.

MEDAL TALLY

268 MEDALS WON

International

National

Gold

123

Silver

Bronze

-As of January 2024

Partnering with Legend
of Indian Sports

A grassroot boxing development program with Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation that aims to develop, nurture and mentor 35 young boxers.

A football development program with Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools that is nurturing 50 young footballers from the North-East.

Developing grassroot cricket in Mumbai with the Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation and providing a platform to 100+ young cricketers to showcase their talent.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

Long Term Athlete Development

Scalable Grassroot Interventions

Competitions and Leagues

Government Partnerships

OUR PAST WORK

Varied range of Dream Sports Foundation initiatives from years gone by

Back On Track

An 18 month long initiative to provide financial aid for training, equipment and nutrition to athletes, professionals and associated stakeholders during the Covid pandemic. The program helped more than 5,000 beneficiaries across 24 sports.

Stars of Tomorrow

A 3 year training program for 17 athletes in squash, sailing, tennis, golf, compound archery, sport climbing and swimming. These athletes won over 100 medals.

One Dream, One Lakshya

Supported 7 athletes with the aim of making a mark at the Paris Olympics 2024.

State Partnerships

We collaborate with various State Governments to plug in the gaps in sports development, especially in the form of competitions and tournaments that help in talent identification and enhancing performance of athletes.