AISTS Alumni in Hockey: Careers at FIH

Every edition of the Hockey World Cup brings together the sport’s best national teams and its most passionate fanbase, even if field hockey stays a niche sport compared to football or basketball.

With the 2026 edition having just taken place from 15–30 August, co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, it’s the perfect opportunity to spotlight AISTS alumni working behind the scenes at the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Based in Lausanne, the FIH is the global governing body for hockey. In technology, digital products, media and partnerships, AISTS alumni hockey careers are quietly being built at the sport’s highest level.

The AISTS Master in Sport Management: Where AISTS Alumni Hockey Careers Began

For the past decade, Eduniversal has ranked the AISTS Master of Advanced Studies in Sport Management and Technology as the World’s No.1 Master in Sport Management. The programme equips future sport leaders with the knowledge, skills and network to succeed in the industry. Participants also gain hands-on experience through collaborations with leading sport organisations.

The FIH office in Lausanne is officially known as “the global home of hockey.” It also happens to sit a short walk from AISTS. That proximity shows: several AISTS graduates now shape the sport’s technology, digital products, media and partnerships from that same Lausanne address.

Four Roles, One Federation

Harsimran Singh Virk

AISTS 2013 Senior Manager Technology, Data & Digital Products · International Hockey Federation

Harsimran has spent over a decade at FIH, moving from Technology Coordinator to Technology Manager before taking on his current role. He architected FIH Connect, a multilingual platform linking FIH with its 146 National Associations and five Continental Federations, and conceived Hockey Scores Live, now home to data from 36,000+ players and 20,000+ matches.

Sanket Chaudhury

AISTS 2020 Digital Media Manager · International Hockey Federation

Before joining FIH, Sanket coordinated marketing content across all 33 sports of The World Games 2022 and contributed to its sustainability strategy. His AISTS Client Team Project was completed with Populous, and he later led social media as Content Manager for She Sports Switzerland, running campaigns for gender equality in sport.

Kaushik Turlapaty

AISTS 2021 Technology Manager · International Hockey Federation

A computer scientist by training with prior experience at Accenture and IBM, Kaushik joined FIH’s technology team in 2022. He owns the Watch.Hockey OTT platform end-to-end, manages the FIH.Hockey website, and builds the Power BI dashboards that turn hockey’s competition data into fan and business insight.

Nishant Mehta

AISTS 2018 Partnerships Manager · International Hockey Federation

Before AISTS, Nishant spent over ten years in Indian sports journalism and TV production, covering events from the 2012 Olympics to the 2016 World T20. At FIH, he led social media through the Paris 2024 Olympics, driving triple-digit growth in followers and video views, before moving into partnerships.

From the Classroom to International Federations

For many AISTS graduates, a career in sport is built step by step through exposure to the industry’s realities. Through guest speakers, field visits, projects with sport organisations and daily interactions with professionals in Lausanne, participants gain a first-hand understanding of how international sport operates. For alumni like those now working at FIH, that experience became a gateway to opportunities within the global sports ecosystem.

One Master’s, One Federation: The AISTS Alumni Hockey Network

Behind the scenes of the tournament, Harsimran, Sanket, Kaushik and Nishant, all AISTS graduates, are among those keeping FIH’s digital and partnership operations running: different years, different functions, one shared classroom in Lausanne.

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