Since joining Universal Sportsbiz Pvt Ltd in Aug' 2014, Nishant Poddar has helped grow the company from a lone brand Collectabillia to a strong 3 brands business with the launch of Wrogn & Imara. As Head of Sales, he is responsible for Sales Operations at USPL, building partnerships and broader business relationships with Online and Offline Channel Partners, providing business thought leadership to his team of Champions, and working alongside the CEO and senior leadership on business and policy issues.

Prior to joining USPL, Nishant served as Cafe Coffee Day as Sr Manager Marketing in his last stint and was associated with Coffee Day Group for nearly a decade, overseeing the company's Sales & Marketing function for the Packaged Food & Business Portfolio, Store Marketing function, Digital Business and New Product Extension. Under his scope of work at CCD while maintaining a strong culture of innovation and customer delight, extended its product offerings to packaged quick bites, to-die-for colourful beverages, the cool merchandise, personal coffee makers.

An alumnus of Indian Business Academy, his inspiration comes from his father, who is himself a first generation entrepreneur running a well-known Logistics Company from Kolkata. Nishant is inclined towards entrepreneurship, philosophy and start-ups, not necessarily in that order. Popular among his friends and colleagues, he likes connecting the dots, breaking inhibitions and making things happen for the people around him.