India's Sports Business Incubation Centre
Transform Your Sports passion Into a Scalable Business
Helping athletes, entrepreneurs, coaches, students, and innovators build successful sports ventures through mentorship, incubation, industry partnerships, and investor readiness.
ABOUT AIC ZEAL
Where Athletes Become Entrepreneurs
AIC ZEAL Foundation is a Sports Business Incubation Centre dedicated to empowering athletes, entrepreneurs, coaches, students, and innovators to transform ideas into successful ventures.
By combining mentorship, business education, technology, industry partnerships, and investor access, we help build businesses that strengthen India’s growing sports economy.
Empower Athletes
Help athletes build meaningful careers beyond competitive sports.
Build Startups
Support innovative sports businesses from idea to launch.
Grow India's Sports Economy
Create businesses that generate innovation, employment, and long-term impact.
Connect the Ecosystem
Bring together mentors, investors, industry, and entrepreneurs.
Who Can Apply to Goal 36?
Built for Everyone Building the Future of Sports
Whether you’re starting with an idea or already building a venture, GOAL 36 provides the mentorship, tools, and network to help you move forward.
Sports Startups
Launch innovative sports ventures.
Coaches & Sports Professionals
Expand your expertise into entrepreneurship.
Athletes
Build a successful career beyond sports.
Students
Build innovative solutions for sports.
Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Turn ideas into real businesses.
SportsTech Innovators
Create technology that powers the future of sports.
The GOAL 36 Journey
From an Idea to a Scalable Sports Business
Discover & Validate
Explore opportunities, refine your idea, and validate the problem you’re solving.
Build
Develop your business model, MVP, and go-to-market strategy with expert guidance.
Launch & Scale
Learn customer acquisition, branding, revenue generation, and growth strategies.
Fund & Connect
Prepare your pitch, meet mentors, connect with investors, and unlock industry opportunities.
What You'll Learn
Practical Skills. Real-World Impact.
Build
- Validate your business idea
- Market Research
- Business Model Development
- Build your MVP
GROW
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Brand Positioning
- Customer Acquisition
- Revenue Generation
FUND
- Investor Readiness
- Pitch Deck Development
- Financial Planning
- Fundraising Preparation
CONNECT
- Mentorship
- Industry Experts
- Strategic Partnerships
- Networking Opportunities
Program Highlights
What makes GOAL 36 different?
1 Month Intensive Program
One-on-One Mentorship
Pitch Day
Hands-on Workshops
Industry Connections
Sports Ecosystem Access
Meet The Team
Guided by Experience. Driven by Impact.
Charitra Bhargava
Charitra Bhargava is a former International-level Karate player and a serial entrepreneur with experience across multiple sectors.
His entrepreneurial journey spans:
• Agriculture
• Technology
• Import & Export
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Building
As CEO, he brings together his sporting experience and entrepreneurial perspective to help develop an ecosystem where athletes can transition from *sporting excellence to entrepreneurship and leadership*.
His focus is on building strategic partnerships, developing entrepreneurial opportunities and creating scalable sports-business initiatives.
Anshuman Sharma
Anshuman Sharma is a former National-level Table Tennis player and an entrepreneur with diverse experience across multiple business sectors.
His entrepreneurial and business experience includes:
• Food & Beverage
• Health & Wellness
• Pharmaceuticals
• Retail
• Export
• Agriculture
• Product Development
• Branding & Marketing
• Business Development
Combining his sporting background with entrepreneurial experience, he focuses on building bridges between athletes, startups, industry, investment, innovation and business opportunities.
As Founder & Director, he leads the strategic vision of AIC ZEAL towards developing a strong Sports Business and Athlete Entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Whether you have an idea or an early-stage venture, GOAL 36 is designed to help you move forward.
The program follows a hybrid model with online sessions and activities conducted in Bhopal.
GOAL 36 is a one-month intensive sports entrepreneurship cohort.
Participants complete the program with a validated idea or business model, stronger entrepreneurial skills, industry connections, and investor readiness.
Ready to Build the Next Sports Success Story?
Join GOAL 36 and transform your sports idea into a scalable business with expert mentorship, practical learning, and a powerful network.