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With most Human Resource Departments across companies looking to entertain their employees with carrots and perks , Sports has come up as another wonderful win-win option and solution , for both , HRs and employees. Inter Office Games and match-ups have now become a regular affair over the weekends and corporates now fight not only in board rooms but are rivals also inside stadiums and grounds across the Pune city area. With an organized effort by private sports event managed groups , inter-corporate & office matches in sports like cricket , football , volleyball and basketball are a big hit amongst the employees. Companies too spend a good lum-sum as participating fees, as they see employee satisfaction and loyalty levels go up with such events. The rivalry of the IT giants Infosys and Capgemini on the Football pitch to the State Bank and Bank of India matches in Cricket , along with the individual heavy weights in Badminton and Table Tennis from Tata Motors , Companies have taken participation in sports to a different level. With Tech Mahindra initiating an in-house inter DC Basketball Championships and Pune FC partnering up with Infosys for hosting the inter-IT Football League , a community driven sports approach will lead to only betterment of the sport at the grass root level. Sports Federations across Pune and Maharashtra or for that matter India should look towards the professionalism in approach maintained by Corporates to run , participate and develop sports and sporting talents. |
