Great Sports Infra, South Asia´s leading provider of turnkey solutions, is revolutionising sports infrastructure.
Great Sports Infra (GSI) began in 2004 with the vision to introduce innovative sports infrastructure technologies across South Asia that will change the dynamics and economics of sports.
Sports Infrastructure in India is still in dire need for upgrading. GSI has been constantly working towards bringing in new technologies in the form of innovative products and its services. The products of international standards are built to cater to the needs of the new generation. GSI was the first to introduce artificial grass in India and has come a long way since then.
The product portfolio spans artificial grass for landscaping and sports, interlocking modular tiles, synthetic acrylic surfaces, turf protection tiles, synthetic athletic tracks, subsurface aeration technology, modular galleries and air-supported domes. These products are approved by international sports bodies like FIFA, FIBA, ITF, IHF, IAAF, etc., and are designed and manufactured by world-leaders in their respective domains.
Earlier, sports facilities were not in the reach of people. These facilities also entailed huge investments in terms of construction. GSI, through its efforts and initiatives, envisions taking sports to the people by enabling its reach to every corner of the country with the creation of multisport and multipurpose facilities that are economically viable.
Multisport facilities are highly beneficial for an economy like India. They save on construction costs, time and support various sports and are engineered for varied usage. GSI has created such facilities for the National Public School in Mysore and the Mohana Devi Somani School in Udaipur. The benefits of such a facility include playing various sports, utility for non-sports activity like annual days, daily assemblies, cultural events, etc. The products require virtually no maintenance and are durable; lasting many years. The setup of such facilities is however not restricted to a setup like schools.
GSI has now installed close to 10 Million sq ft of sports surfaces on a turnkey basis across South Asia. This includes IAAF athletic tracks at IIT, Madras, AFMC (Pune), Mauritius etc. They also include FIFA Standard football fields at Salt Lake Stadium, Chowgule College, Paljor Stadium (Gangtok), Colombo, Maldives, Dhaka etc., FIH Standard Hockey fields used at National Games and World Hockey League Finals, Modular Sports surfaces for various schools, Universities and at 35 islands across Maldives. Most recently, GSI has also renovated the outfield at Chinnaswamy stadium with a USGA standard base and commissioned a SubAir System with aeration and vacuum powered suction making it the first such cricket stadium worldwide.
The company has received some prestigious awards and recognitions to its credit:
India´s Top 100 SME in 2016
The Confederation of India Industry (CII – Southern Region)´Emerging Entrepreneur´ 2012.
Star Entrepreneur by the Indira Innovation Foundation 2007
India´s Best SMEs-SKOCH Achiever Award 2015
Finalist of the TATA NEN Hottest Start-ups
Finalist of the ET- Power of Ideas
Featured in CNBC´s Young Turks
Featured in Best Sports Start-ups in India (report published by FICCI), 2013.
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