Saran Corporate Soccer 5s enters the Limca Book of Records!

Saran Sports, India's leading corporate sports event management company, has created history in the Indian sporting landscape by breaking into the prestigious Limca Book of Records, with their event, the Saran Corporate 5s being recognized as the World's longest running and largest corporate soccer 5s event. The glorious celebration attained new heights today as Indian national football team captain Sunil Chhetri presented Saran Sports with the Limca Book of Records certificate, which was accepted on behalf of Saran Sports by Sanjiv Saran Mehra, the Founding CEO and Director of the company.

The Saran Corporate Soccer 5s has witnessed participation from 221 corporate teams over the past 11 years in these championships. It started with 24 teams in 2002 and has grown to 83 corporate teams participating in 2012. The various categories that have been introduced include the Super Cup, Elite Cup, Champions Cup, Salver, Bowl, Ladies Cup and Media Cup, which ensures that every corporate team based on skill sets gets a level ground to participate competitively. In 2011 a record 83 corporate teams participated, which included India's leading companies from a cross section of sectors such as Information Technology, Banking and Finance, FMCG, Consultancy, amongst others. With each passing year the tournament has grown in stature and in popularity.

Participants in the Saran Soccer 5s have ranged from Junior Managers to India Inc's big wigs, including personalities like Sunil Kaushal, Regional Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank; Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.; R. Gopalakrishnan. Executive Director, Tata Sons; Nirvik Singh, CEO, Grey Group, Asia-Pacific; Mihir Doshi, CEO, Credit Suisse India; Sunil Mehta, Chief Executive and Country Head, AIG; Ashwini Kakkar, Vice Chairman, Mercury Travels; Navalbir Kumar, Managing Director, IDFC, Asset Management; Rajnish Narula, CEO and Country Manager, Canara Robeco India; Partha Chatterjee, Executive Director, Keys Hotels; Rajeev Piramal, Executive Vice Chairman, Peninsula Land Ltd.; Tarun Anand, Ex-Managing Director, South Asia, Thomson Reuters; Jai Shankar, CEO and MD, Danaher India, amongst others.

Sanjiv Saran Mehra, CEO Saran Sports said, "We are absolutely thrilled to enter the Limca Book of records and receive it from the Zen master of Indian Football, Sunil Chhetri!"

He further added, "This event serves as the ideal platform for the busy executives to relive their school and college days. The tournament has successfully managed to create a stress free environment for relaxed interaction away from the pressures of work place and in the process has led to team building and camaraderie within the employees of the companies."

For the past five years, Saran Sports is also running the very successful Saran Corporate Soccer Program, the only one of its kind in the country which includes different formats such as the Corporate Soccer 5s Championship, the Corporate Indoor Soccer Championship and the Corporate Soccer League.

A personal congratulation to my friend Sanjiv Saran Mehra and his team!