Nithin Kamath: Grassroots Sports Beyond Cricket Are Essential To Scale Indian Fitness
Nithin Kamath · Ep #6 | WTF is Health? ft. Nikhil Kamath, Suniel Shetty, Nithin Kamath and Mukesh Bansal · Nikhil Kamath · Jul 2, 2023 · at 1:24:57
Nithin Kamath, founder of Zerodha and Rainmatter, discusses how India can expand its fitness participation beyond a small niche.
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“I think the only way to get that five million number to go up is I don't know if people will, I mean, you need to, people will go for fitness reasons, you know, I mean, I think it has to be sport reason. I think, you know, sport has to be promoted in this country, you know, outside just cricket, right, as in, ah, I think if you look at the US, I think one of the big reasons why so many people go to the gyms is because this college scholarship, you know, that, you know, having a sports background that helps you get into good college is a good, you know, is a reason, right. So, I think something like that has to happen in India, as in, you know, there has to be, Like this culture of playing sports that starts very early. Because if you're playing a sport automatically, you'll do everything else.”
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