M. Satyanarayan, the President of the Kickstart Foundation, is also the current acting Secretary General of the All India Football Federation. He was a former footballer turned sports journalist. He assumed the role of the KSFA’s general secretary in August 2019 and has been pivotal in improving the quality and reach of local football in the state. During his time as the general secretary at KSFA, he played a major role in improving the condition of women’s football in the state. Sathyanarayan played a major role in ensuring that after 72 years of its creation, KSFA would be able to organize its own women’s league. He was instrumental in the Kickstart Foundation setting up impactful programs in nine different football-centric underprivileged communities in Bengaluru.