Amulya Shekhar

Amulya Shekhar holds a degree in Applied Geology from IIT Kharagpur. He built a following by authoring Quora answers from 2013-14 and eventually started freelancing as a football writer with Sportskeeda. He grew his expertise to later on cover basketball, a sport he had played alongside football since childhood. Within a year of working with the organization, Shekhar held an interview with Basketball Hall of Famer Tim Hardaway Sr. Shekhar has had stints as a content manager and editor with TheSportsRush, later on rejoining Sportskeeda as a strategist for major American league sports. He has built connections with accredited NBA and NFL media personnel and sourced questions for interviews with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jaylen Brown. Shekhar holds expertise in conducting interviews in video as well as text mediums. Currently working as a Director of Content Strategy at Firstsportz with an emphasis on American Sports, he wishes to gain credentials as a major league reporter. Shekhar has authored over 5000 articles, edited and strategized over 100,000 pieces and gained over 70 million reads across platforms through 11 years of sports writing. He has also been responsible for generating monthly traffic flows of up to 35 million unique site visits.