Nivia Sports
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| Private | |
| Industry | Sports Equipment |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Punjab, India |
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Area served
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India, Nepal, Bhutan |
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Key people
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Nihal Chand Kharbanda (Founder & Managing Director) Vijay Kharbanda Chief Managing Director[2] |
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Number of employees
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2000 [3] |
| Website | www.niviasports.com |
Nivia Sports is an Indian sports equipments manufacturer based in Jalandhar, Punjab under the banner of FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd.[4]
Nivia makes equipments like footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for several sports such as football, cricket, hockey, badminton, basketball, tennis.
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, Mr. Vijay Kharbanda, joined hands with his father and started manufacturing the 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 Apparel partner for Bharat FC [11]
- FIFA Approved Nivia hand stitched balls [12]
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External links
- About Nivia Sports
- About Nivia Equipments
- Nivia as the I-League side Bharat FC club's official apparel partner
- FIFA Cup
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