Agent path: Himani Mor interview

Himani Mor’s junior résumé includes two appearances for India at ITF World Junior U‑14 events and a national university title with Delhi University teammates Karman Kaur Thandi and Akshara Iska, details she set out in a recent Sportstar profile. (sportstar.thehindu.com)) Vel Sports is recorded as incorporated in late 2023 and was publicly framed as Neeraj Chopra’s athlete‑led management vehicle when he ended a decade‑long relationship with JSW Sports and announced the new firm in early January 2026. (sportstar.thehindu.com)) Vel Sports’ own service listing names athlete representation, professional contract negotiation, team management (roster and facility coordination), legal & compliance, and international expansion as core offerings — a service mix that maps to both commercial and operations functions inside a modern athlete agency. (velsports.co)) Based on Vel Sports’ published services and Himani’s blend of on‑court experience plus postgraduate management study, likely entry‑level roles at the firm include: a Junior Athlete Liaison focused on day‑to‑day player support and endorsement on‑boarding; an Operations Coordinator handling travel, venue liaison and roster logistics; and a Performance/Analytics Associate supporting sports‑consulting outputs — these role types follow directly from Vel Sports’ service areas and Himani’s background. (velsports.co)) Core technical skills for a performance/analytics associate are industry‑standard: Python (Pandas/NumPy) and SQL for data cleaning and modelling, visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI for dashboards, and video‑tagging/kinematic tools for movement analysis — skill lists recommended by sports‑analytics training providers and industry primers. (yellowbrick.co)) Project ideas that connect directly to Vel Sports’ remit: (1) build a player performance dashboard using public meet results from World Athletics or Athletics Federation of India as a dataset and Python for feature extraction; (2) draft a one‑page “athlete negotiation playbook” that maps contract clauses, endorsement valuation and legal checkpoints using Vel Sports’ listed services as a template; (3) design a campus‑to‑city match‑day operations plan that mirrors league logistics (travel, kit, broadcast feeds) documented for IPL/ISL events to demonstrate facility and roster coordination capabilities. (worldathletics.org)) Industry observers flagged Vel Sports as part of a broader move toward athlete‑run management firms in India, a shift that creates entry points for multidisciplinary junior hires who combine athlete liaison, event operations and basic analytics — a pattern noted in coverage of Neeraj Chopra’s new venture. (creativebrandsmag.com))