About Us
Who Is Behind Sportskivodic?
A small editorial team in Bangalore committed to factual, regionally grounded economics journalism.
What We Do and Who We Serve
Sportskivodic publishes economics analysis and reporting aimed at educated general readers and working professionals across India's southern states.
Sportskivodic was founded in 2019 with a straightforward purpose: to produce economics journalism that is factually rigorous, clearly written, and rooted in the regional realities of southern India. We cover five beats — macroeconomy, business, labour markets, policy, and household budgets — and we pursue each beat with the same commitment to primary sources and measured language. Our core audience includes professionals in Bangalore's technology, finance, and public-sector industries; graduate students studying economics, public policy, and law; and citizens who want to understand the economic decisions being made in their name by state and central governments. We are not a financial advice platform, and we are not affiliated with any political party, industry association, or investment firm. Our revenue comes from editorial subscriptions and institutional licensing of our research summaries — not from advertiser relationships that could influence coverage. This independence is not incidental to what we do; it is the foundation of it. In a media environment where economics reporting often slides into market cheerleading or ideological positioning, we try to hold a more demanding standard: report what the data shows, acknowledge what it does not show, and resist the temptation to tell readers what conclusions to draw.
How Our Editorial Process Works
Every story is anchored in a named primary source — government data, RBI publications, or peer-reviewed research.
Our team of six full-time journalists and three regular contributing researchers has, since 2019, published over 400 pieces covering Karnataka's fiscal policy, Bangalore's real-estate economics, southern India's manufacturing and services employment data, and the household-level effects of central government welfare programmes. Each article begins with a data source — a MOSPI release, an RBI bulletin, a state government budget document, or an NSSO survey — and works outward to context and consequence. We do not publish until a second editor has reviewed every factual claim and every cited figure against the original document. This process is slower than breaking-news formats, but our readers consistently tell us that depth and accuracy matter more to them than speed. We cover the Indian economy across regions but are most detailed on Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, where our sourcing networks are strongest. There are things we do not do: we do not recommend any financial product, security, or asset class; we do not accept sponsored editorial content; and we do not speculate about where markets are headed. Results in economic journalism depend heavily on the quality of government data, which in India varies significantly by state and by statistical series — we note these limitations clearly when they affect our reporting.
I assigned Sportskivodic's piece on Karnataka's welfare-scheme fiscal burden as supplementary reading in my public finance course at a Bangalore university. The students found it more useful than the standard textbook chapter because it connected the theoretical framework to a real budget with real numbers. That is rare in Indian economic journalism.
Dr. Meenakshi Subramaniam, Economist, Bangalore
Reach Our Editorial Team
For editorial enquiries, research licensing, or story tips, write to us or call during office hours.
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560052, India · info@sportskivodic.pro · +91 80123 45678