We want to bring communities together through this platform: Paranjape

QUITE often, when athletes call it a day, they enter into coaching or broadcasting or find a way to be associated with the sport in one way or another.

- GOMESH S @Chennai

QUITE often, when athletes call it a day, they enter into coaching or broadcasting or find a way to be associated with the sport in one way or another. Former India cricketer Jatin Paranjape, after retiring, ventured into a different route, joining a major sporting brand as sports marketing head. It was during his time with them in the Netherlands, aggregation sites got his attention. And when he left that brand, the former India cricketer decided to find his own way of being involved with sports while also giving back to the community.

That, along with the personal experience of struggling to schedule tennis coaching lessons for his kids at a club in his neighbourhood, pushed him to create an online platform where parents can look for coaches, participants can book venues. "If you bring all the venues, all the coaches on one platform, where it's easy for parents and participants to discover information and also to book accordingly. So that was the genesis," Paranjape, who founded Khelomore, an online sports booking platform, in early 2017 tells this daily.