Nivia Sports

**Nivia Sports**^[1]

Type	Private
Industry	Sports Equipment
Founded	1934
Headquarters	Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Nihal Chand Kharabanda (Founder & Managing Director) Vijay Kharabanda Chief Managing Director^[2]
Number of employees	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] The firm makes equipments like footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for football, cricket, hockey, badminton, basketball, tennis. It has partnered for many national sport events in India.

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, Vijay Kharbanda, joined with his father and started manufacturing a 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 kit manufacturer of Atlético de Kolkata in the 2015 ISL season.
Nivia was the Apparel partner for Bharat FC ^[11]
FIFA Approved Nivia hand stitched balls ^[12]

Football

Clubs

Tournaments/Leagues

Assam State Premier League
BRICS Football Cup
Mizoram Premier League (2015−)
Chandigarh Football League
Delhi Youth League
Singa Cup

Former Sponsorships

Bharat FC (2014−15)
Guwahati FC (2015)
2014 Lusophonia Games
2013 SAFF Championship
2015 National Games of India
Subroto Cup
Indian College Basketball League
Indian School Basketball League

References

↑ "Nivia Sports, FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd".
↑ "Key People Of Nivia Sports".
↑ "Nivia Sports No of Employees". Nivia Sports.
↑ "About Nivia Sports".
↑ "Hand Stitched Nivia Balls".
↑ "Club's Official Partner".
↑ "Sports Partner of 35th National Games Kerala, 2015". Retrieved December 20, 2014.
↑ "Sports Partner of SingaCup 2014". Retrieved June 10, 2013.
↑ "Sports Partner SingaCup 2013, 2014,".
↑ "Messi & Co to play with country(India) made NIVIA balls". Retrieved August 28, 2011.
↑ "Nivia was the Apparel partner for Bharat FC". Retrieved January 24, 2015.
↑ "FIFA World Cup".

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