Lokesh Suji,

Director, Esports Federation of India and Vice President, Asian Esports Federation (AESF)

How have businesses been in 2021?

The year 2021 has laid down a decent foundation for the future of the Indian video games and the esports industry. 2021 can be called the “inflection point of Indian video games and esports Industry”.

What will be your focus area for 2022? Tell us about plans.

For esports Federation of India (ESFI), our key focus is to ensure that we identify the best of the talent to represent India at Asian Games 2022 (scheduled in the month of Sept 2022 in Hangzhou, china), which have eight esports game titles to compete for and this time esports is a medal sport. We are already in the finalization stage with a lot of brands who have shown interest to partner up with ESFI for this prestigious event and for the glory of the country.