Isb PGP Sports Club

President

Soumyadeep Bhattacharya is a multi-sport athlete with a rich and diverse sporting background. Primarily a badminton player, he has won multiple tournaments at the open category level in both Men's Singles and Doubles. Beyond badminton, he has represented his school and college across a range of other sports including Cricket, Football, Athletics, and Table Tennis. His passion for sports extends well beyond the field. He was a State-Level Cricket Quiz Finalist at a competition organized by the Karnataka State Cricket Association and has successfully planned and executed multiple sports events during school and college fests, drawing large footfalls.

A 2021 engineering graduate, Soumyadeep brings analytical and strategic acumen to everything he does, having spent his pre-ISB years at Fractal Analytics, where he worked on Strategy and M&A for the CXO office.

As the President of the Sports Club at ISB Hyderabad, Soumyadeep is driven by a single, unifying motto: "Sport is for Everyone." His vision is rooted in the belief that sport is not just about competition; it is a powerful medium for joy, connection, and rejuvenation. To that end, he is committed to dismantling the barriers that prevent students from engaging in sport, through beginner-friendly initiatives and a wider variety of sporting and recreational offerings, thus ensuring that every person on campus feels genuinely welcome to participate.

Vice President

Gunavanth Duremanthi has spent the better part of two decades playing competitive sport across three countries. He represented India at the U-17 Futsal World Cup, played at the U-17 and U-18 levels in the Junior I-League, and spent two years playing professional football in Germany. On returning to India, he played semi-professionally for Bombay Gymkhana in Mumbai. Beyond football, he has competed as a national-level 100m sprinter, with multiple medals at state and national meets, and has organised over 30 sporting tournaments across Hyderabad and Mumbai. 

Before ISB, Gunavanth was an Assistant Manager at Deloitte India in the Financial Risk Consulting practice, where he worked across credit risk, market risk, stress testing, and regulatory compliance for banks and financial institutions. He is a graduate in actuarial science and has cleared 10 papers from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), UK. 

At ISB, he aims to build a sporting culture that belongs to everyone on campus, where participation is as celebrated as performance, and where there are more reasons for athletes and fans alike to show up.

President

Vice President

Kritin is a BTech graduate from Delhi Technological University (DTU). He is a sportsman, yoga practitioner, long distance runner and certified scuba diver. He has run in 4 different states in India, including high-altitude Ladakh, and has 20+ timed runs to his name. He has also dived in 3 different seas in Asia.

He co-headed DTU's Sports Fest, driving university participation and corporate partnerships.

Before ISB, Kritin worked in the Analytics team at Groww, driving product adoption and enhancement through his work in the Onboarding team. While working too, he continued to share his passion for running as a Run Lead at one of Bangalore's biggest run clubs, and participate in amateur squash over the weekends.

At ISB, Kritin aims for the entire student body to leave the campus fitter and holistically healthier than when they walked in. His focus is on taking everyone back to their childhoods and making sports fun, enabling the students to develop proficiency at atleast one sport before they leave campus.