MUMBAI: Mobile Global Esports Inc (Mogo), which has raised around Rs 55 crore and is the first Indian esports company to list on the NASDAQ, Friday announced a partnership with Somaiya Vidyavihar University to build India’s first professional esports arena.
The arena will feature a substantial seating capacity for live audience.
Talking about the same, Sunny Bhandarkar, CEO, Mogo Esports says, “We are happy to announce that we are the first ones to build an arena dedicated to esports. We would also like to thank the management of Somaiya Vidyavihar University, especially the sports director, for taking this step with us. Since beginning our focus was on creating a platform for students who could choose esports as a career and we have been constantly working towards it. This is a new dawn and we hope to see many more universities take the same approach. We have also joined hands with SVU to start an esports academy with qualified esports coaches. This will commence in November 2022.”
Bhandarkar further added, “We also recently announced a Call of Duty tournament and the winner of the same would get a whopping Rs 1 million. Hopefully, in the next season we will conduct the national level of this tournament in the upcoming MoGo SVU esports arena.”
Aazaz Khan, director – Somaiya Sports Academy of Somaiya Vidyavihar University, said, “We are excited for this venture with Mobile Global eSports Inc. Somaiya has always been a pioneer when it comes to holistic education through sports and sports infrastructure has been one of the main focus areas for us. esports is the fastest growing sport in the world and requires utmost skill, it was an axiomatic decision to go forward and create the esports facility with Mogo. We look forward to making Somaiya an esports hub.”
