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Nivia Sports[1]
Company typePrivate
IndustrySports Equipment
Founded1934
HeadquartersJalandhar, Punjab, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nihal Chand Kharabanda
(Founder & Managing Director)
Vijay Kharabanda
Chief Managing Director[2]
Number of employees
2000 [3]
Websitewww.niviasports.com

Nivia Sports is an Indian sports equipments manufacturer based in Jalandhar, Punjab under the banner of FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd.[4] The firm makes equipments like footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for football, cricket, hockey, badminton, basketball, tennis. It has partnered for many national sport events in India.

History

FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 1934 in Sialkot by Nihal Chand Kharbanda. In 1962, Vijay Kharbanda joined his father in business and set up Nivia Sports. The 1947 partition of the country saw the campany shift its base from Sialkot to Mumbai and from Mumbai to Meerut finally settling in Jalandhar. In the year 1962, the present CMD of the company, Vijay Kharbanda, joined with his father and started manufacturing a full range of leather hand stitched balls,[5] soccer, volleyball, handball, basketball under Nivia Sports.

Sponsorship

Nivia Sports have been kit sponsors for many sports teams over the year including I-league teams, Mumbai FC and Bharat FC.[6]

  • Nivia is one of the official partners of 35th National Games Kerala, 2015 for Basketball and Volleyball.[7]
  • Official Partner of SingaCup 2014 [8][9]
  • Messi & Co to play with country made NIVIA balls, NIVIA was the official ball at almost all the Santosh Trophy matches from 1970s and was used in SAF Games in Kolkata and major IFA tournaments.[10]
  • NIVIA was the kit manufacturer of Atlético de Kolkata in the 2015 ISL season.
  • Nivia was the Apparel partner for Bharat FC [11]
  • FIFA Approved Nivia hand stitched balls [12]

Football

Clubs

Tournaments/Leagues

Former Sponsorships

References

  1. ^ "Nivia Sports, FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd".
  2. ^ "Key People Of Nivia Sports".
  3. ^ "Nivia Sports No of Employees". Nivia Sports.
  4. ^ "About Nivia Sports".
  5. ^ "Hand Stitched Nivia Balls".
  6. ^ "Club's Official Partner".
  7. ^ "Sports Partner of 35th National Games Kerala, 2015". Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  8. ^ "Sports Partner of SingaCup 2014". Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  9. ^ "Sports Partner SingaCup 2013, 2014,".
  10. ^ "Messi & Co to play with country(India) made NIVIA balls". Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  11. ^ "Nivia was the Apparel partner for Bharat FC". Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  12. ^ "FIFA World Cup".


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