Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 29: Governing Council of Shrine Board Sports Complex Katra has decided that the Sports Complex will be developed as Centre of Excellence (CoE) for nurturing sporting talent.
It was decided in the 8th meeting of the Governing Council (GC), held here today. The Council also took a number of important decisions for nurturing sporting talent and arranging several sports events in the coming months to promote sports and games in the area.
The Council lauded the achievements of the sports persons trained and groomed at the Shrine Board’s Sports Complex in various national and international level competitions.
The GC congratulated Jyoti Baliyan, Para-archer of the Sports Complex, who has been awarded with Rani Laxmibai award by the Govt of Uttar Pradesh and Danish Sharma of Judo for getting Sher-I-Kashmir Sports Award.
Dr Ashok Bhan, Member Shrine Board and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Sports Complex chaired the meeting which was attended by Ramesh Kumar, CEO SMVDSB; Vivek Verma, Additional CEO; Hem Kant Prasher, Chief Accounts Officer, Dr Sunil Sharma, Dy CEO, SMVDSB; and a number of prominent sports persons who are members of the Council including Sanjeeva Singh, (Arjuna/ Dronacharya awardee); Ashwani Nachappa, (Arjuna awardee); Krupali Singh, (Arjuna awardee); and Kuldeep Handoo, (Dronacharya Awardee). Nachappa participated in the meeting through virtual mode.
The GC while discussing the draft calendar of activities of the Sports Complex desired for organising talent hunt by holding trials in the educational institutions of the area with a view to catch them at earlier stages, so that the selected boys and girls could be imparted specialised coaching to groom them for participation in various national and international competitions.
The Chairman of the Council desired for organising training programmes for the sports teachers in regard to online sports modules for the benefit of the upcoming sports persons of the area.
On this occasion, Kuldeep Handoo was felicitated by the Governing Council for having been awarded with Dronacharya Award recently, by presenting to him a memento.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
