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The Desimators is owned by Sports Services Private Limited.

Sports Services Private Limited is a sports business model developed over the years. The model seeks to use sports as a platform to provide entertainment, health+wellness, education and retail services. The Sports Services Private Limited vision also extends to developing world class Indian sportspersons and sports clubs & teams, as well as to inculcate a sporting & active lifestyle in Indian consumers. Sports Services Private Limited aims to be a fully integrated sporting services provider, with a focus on active and lifestyle sporting services, and with a presence in the real world as well as the virtual world.

Sports Services Private Limited will have a presence in multiple sports including the likes of cricket, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, cue sports, badminton and squash.

Sports Services Private Limited is promoted by Shankar Vishwanathan, S Balasubramaniam and Satish Viswanathan.

Shankar has 15 years of experience in business and finance, with 8 years of experience in the banking sector. He was previously employed with Anglo-German Investment Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and has worked in the Bank's corporate finance unit both in Mumbai as well as the global headquarters in the City, London. Sports has long been a passion with him, and he has travelled around the world following Indian and other sports.

Bala has extensive experience in business as well as sports. He has been a partner in a leading engineering goods trading & manufacturing company. In terms of his sports experience, he has been the President of the Karnataka State Billiards Association for five years. He is currently the Chairman of the National Selection Committee for Cue Sports (including billiards and snooker) and also a National Vice President of the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI).

Satish has a significant background in sports, both as a player and as a writer/manager. He has played representative cricket for Karnataka Schools, Colleges and the State B Team. He was a cricket and sports correspondent with the leading newspaper Deccan Herald for 6 years, and has travelled around the world with the Indian cricket team. Subsequently, Satish has worked as Deputy Editor with cricket portal, Clickcricket, and as a marketing officer with sports software company, Stumpvision.