Nitish has always been enterprising and started coding games at the mere age of 7. He setup his own Bulletin Board Service at the age of 14 and then founded Nazara Technologies by the age of 19.
Nitish has served as the chairman of the Mobile Value Added Services Expert Committee (2009-2010) of the Indian Merchants Chambers, an organization set up to promote trade, commerce and industry among Indian entrepreneurs. He has also served on the Asia board of the MEF (Mobile Ecosystem Forum), a global association for mobile content and commerce. He has also been widely recognized for his contribution to the gaming and digital entertainment industry internationally. Nitish has also been recently graced with ‘Business World Disrupt 40 under 40 achievers awards’ and had also been selected for the Fortune India ‘40 under 40’ 2019.
Under his leadership, Nazara received its initial investment from West Bridge Capital. The company recently raised 80 Million USD from IIFL Special Opportunities Fund; Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Turtle Entertainment GmbH, the IP owner of the world’s largest esports franchise (ESL).
When not at work, Nitish likes to relax and play a range of wood-wind instruments such as the clarinet, soprano saxophone, and flute. Being a jazz music aficionado, Nitish plays an alto saxophone and is a part of a jazz band called Jazzy Joe and Jazz Junkies that performs in many of Mumbai’s clubs and pubs. He is also a Level 2 practioner of Israeli martial art, Krav Maga.
ABOUT NAZARA TECHNOLOGIES
Nazara Technologies, a leading global gaming and new age sports Media Company was incubated in the year 2000, headquartered in Mumbai, India. Nazara has a diversified portfolio of gaming businesses across free to play mobile games, real money skill gaming, esports and gaming subscription services operating in 61 countries across emerging markets such as Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, Latin America and the Indian subcontinent.
Nazara has been ranked amongst the top 2 mobile gaming companies in terms of deck presence and WAP revenues in India, among the top 3 in the UAE and has ranked 17th in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50_India in 2010. With Nitish’s substantial experience and expertise, Nazara has managed to secure exclusive distribution of mobile games for Electronic Arts Inc. across the Middle East, Africa, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Today Nazara has licensed mobile gaming rights to popular Intellectual Properties (IP’s) like Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chhota Bheem, Motu Patlu, Mighty Raju, Shikari Shambhu and Suppandi among Virat Kohli and Hrithik Roshan in the recent past.
Nazara Technologies is preparing for an IPO early 2020, making it the first gaming company in India to tap the capital markets with an estimated market capitalization of Rs. 3000- 3,500 crores.
Nazara products and services span through the entire gaming ecosystem right from casual mobile games to the fast developing world of e-sports. Nitish Mittersain has been instrumental in establishing a unique gaming service portal such as ‘Games Club’.
