Industry Sports Equipment Website www.niviasports.com Founded 1934 Type of business Private | Area served Worldwide Number of employees 2,000 | |
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Key people Nihal Chand Kharabanda(Founder & Managing Director)Vijay KharabandaChief Managing Director | ||
Nivia sports
Nivia Sports is an Indian sports equipments manufacturer based in Jalandhar, Punjab under the banner of FreeWill Sports Pvt Ltd. 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.
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Nivia sports
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, 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.