An MPhil in Comparative Literature from University of Delhi, Aniket Mishra currently works for the Asian Football Confederation. He was Head of Media for the Local Organising Committee of the U-17 World Cup in India, which in October 2017 became the most attended youth FIFA tournament ever. Correspondingly, he also worked on the 2018 Club World Cup and the 2019 Asian Cup.

An avid quizzer and reader of all-things-sports, he is the founder of the Barefoot Sports Quizzing Festival, which has hosted 14 editions since its inception in 2012.