This is being written with a very heavy heart. The man who came up with the idea of having India’s first sports management company, Sumedh Shah is no more. It’s been a really tough last few weeks, first with my captain and mentor Vasoo Paranjape leaving us and now my partner in India’s first sports management company also departing to a better world.

The idea of Professional Management Group came about when Sumedh who was then with an advertising agency came to me with an offer of an endorsement for a client of theirs. After he had explained the concept to me and I had accepted to endorse the product he leaned back in his chair and asked me what was  the fee I was expecting. 
I didn’t know what to ask so I dithered and he saw my discomfort and asked me if I had heard about the International Management Group in USA which handled player endorsements and events and named Jack Nicklaus and Arnie Palmer as their main clients.