Dr Venkatesh Movva excels in sports medicine, founding
Indian Gridiron League to expand American football in India.
Dr Venkatesh Movva excels in sports medicine, founding
Indian Gridiron League to expand American football in India, devoting time to
nurture young talents and offering relief through regenerative orthopaedics
Dr Venkatesh Movva of Movva Sports has been a dreamer
besides excelling in sports medicine, founding Indian Gridiron League to expand
the American football in India, devoting time to nurture young talents and
offering relief to people across the globe through regenerative orthopaedics.
A native of Vijaywada, Dr Movva had left for the US after
his medical graduation in India. Both sports and medicine have been his
lifelong passions. “I chased my dream with immense dedication,” says Dr Movva,
an athlete and medical practitioner. He specialised in sports medicine and
regenerative medicine in the US.
He was instrumental in launching a professional
American-style football league in India. The goal has been to provide
fast-paced, action-packed entertaining sport to the city of Hyderabad.
“We are creating opportunities for local youth to excel in
the sport and enjoy benefits of being professional athletes,” says Dr Movva,
who had served as president of Elite Football League of India and handled
operations in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
He was fortunate to have a strong and supportive family that
let him create an identity outside of the family business. He broke away from
the family norm to pursue medical education. “The love for sports and well
being led me to becoming a sports medicine and regenerative orthopaedics
expert,” he says.
He founded Regenorthosport for Regenerative and Sports
Medicine, pioneering regenerative stem cell therapies.
“As part of a group I was involved in interventional
orthopaedics with usage of autologous stem cells for treating commonly occuring
sports and degenerative conditions. We brought the same high quality medical
centres to India,” says Dr Movva, who has been living in the US for 25 years.
He has performed more than 2,000 Regenexx procedures.
The consistent challenge for him in early stages as an
entrepreneur was to convince the team to believe in his dream. “Both my
ventures had teething troubles as they were new and required tremendous amount
of validation, not just from the team, but from people who would eventually
experience our services. Once you are able to overcome these challenges, it is
a smooth ride,” says Dr Movva.
“I had full confidence that the Indian public would embrace
the medical technology we introduced,” says Dr Movva, whose customers range
from young athletes to older adults.
The centre he launched in Hyderabad is the country’s only
specialised medical centre providing Regenexx procedure. His business venture
offers regenerative therapy for commonly occuring degenerative orthopaedic
conditions for people around the world.
When you look at knee osteoarthritis, the only option used
to be total knee replacement. “With regenerative stem cell technology we can
now heal and regenerate cartilage, meniscus and ligaments to reverse arthritis
and in turn, avoid any major surgery,” he says.
His first client was his mother. So, what’s been his mantra
for success? “I continue to strengthen core areas I believe I have the ability
to do better. My thrust has been service of the highest quality and standard,
both as entrepreneur and medical practitioner. Some of the finest lessons I
have picked up- family values, management system and the spirit of
entrepreneurship”, says Dr Movva.
His strongest source of inspiration is his family – wife and
lovely children. “It is their unrelenting support that led me to pursue my
entrepreneurial vision and challenges - right from the seed stage to startup
and maturity. My ventures are self funded.”
In 2011 Elite Football League of India concluded an
agreement with Movva Sports to purchase the Hyderabad Skykings, which played
its inaugural season in December 2011. Venkatesh Movva of Movva Sports was an
early investor in the league and also owned "Hyderabad Skykings".
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