
Nitish Mittersain
Founder and Managing Director
Nitish Mittersain is the Founder and Managing Director of Nazara Technologies. Incubated in the year 2000, with its headquarter in Mumbai, Nazara Technologies is a leading mobile games developer and publisher that caters to large mobile consumer base in India and emerging markets including the Middle East and Africa. Nitish is instrumental in the ideation and reviewing performances of games developed at Nazara Technologies. Nitish aims to combine technology with a compelling experience to create innovative applications to the mobile environment. Under his leadership, Nazara has been ranked amongst the top 2 mobile companies in terms of deck presence and WAP revenues in India and amongst 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 distributing for EA mobile games across the Middle East, Africa, Srilanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Nitish has served as the Chairman of the Mobile Value Added Services Expert Committee (2009-2010) of the Indian Merchants Chambers, India’s oldest business organization. He is also on the Asia board of the MEF (Mobile Ecosystem Forum), a global association for mobile content and commerce and takes active participation on matters related to drive market growth. He has been widely recognized in the industry for his contributions to the gaming and mobile VAS industries in India.
When not at work, Nitish likes to relax and plays a range of wood-winds 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.
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Company Brief Description: Nazara Games
Nazara is a leading mobile games publisher focused on the large mobile consumer base in India and other emerging markets. In addition to publishing range of branded and original mobile games, Nazara also runs gaming subscription service across 60 countries covering Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and Indian subcontinent. Nazara also owns exclusive mobile gaming rights to popular IP’s like Virat Kohli, Hrithik Roshan, Chhota Bheem, Motu Patlu, Rohit Sharma and has been the fastest growing publisher in 2016 by downloads in India. Nazara is pure play publisher and is looking for developers which wish to expand in India and other emerging markets. Nazara has also recently entered the e-sports market and will be setting up leagues and the e-sports eco-system in India