Nitish Chiniwar

Age: 26

Home Town: Bangalore, India

Education: Master of Science, Advanced Motorsport Engineering, Cranfield University

Specific Field Interests: Sports Development

Placement: My Angel's Academy - Delhi

Area of Focus: Education

Highlights: Nitish is excited to be back in India, realigning his personal and career ambitions towards integrated development of rural India. Working in motorsports, over the last 5 years has provoked him to ponder on how machines are developing faster than humans. His keen interest and work in field of sports has led him believe that sports could be one of the essential and critical tools to bring about a social change in India. Using sports as a catalyst to bridge the social divide in India has become one of his personal ambitions. He has founded a social enterprise - Bridges of Sports which is developing a sustainable sports ecosystem in India. Before he embarks on this journey, he is keen to be part of the AIF fellowship to garner ground experience and understand the problems, interacting with the community who are helping solve issues in relation to education and sports in India.