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| SAI to engage specialized manpower for the operation of NCOEs and upgrade its Hostel and Mess facility to the level of three-star hotels for better athlete experience |
NEW DELHI (Lampe):- The 54th Governing
Body Meeting of the Sports Authority of India took place on Wednesday under the
chairmanship of Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju. The focus of the meeting was
on the development of various aspects of the National Centre of Excellence. The key
issues that were approved in the meeting were related to creating the highest
standards across all National Centres of Excellence which included inter-alia
the development and up-gradation of infrastructure, management of hostels and
Kitchen through an expert agency and provision of sports science equipment and
manpower to various NCOEs. It was also decided to hire expert manpower to
optimally operate National Centres of Excellence.
To ensure the highest quality of residential facilities and to ensure the best athlete
experience, it has been decided to outsource the management of hostel, mess and
kitchen facilities to an expert agency at various SAI centres to bring the
facilities at par with three-star hotels. The pilot will be started with the
newly-built hostels at Karni Singh Shooting Range and JLN complex.
To facilitate the appointment of international athletes as
coaches it has been decided to hire medal winners at international competitions
to various cadres of coach directly on contract or deputation. The same rules
apply for Dronacharya award winners. Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju said,
“Our sportspersons are our national pride, this decision is in line with an earlier announcement that I had made about bringing eminent Indian coaches and
ex-elite athletes to the SAI NCOEs.”
Also, eminent coaches working in various Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) and in the Government would be invited to join SAI on
deputation for coaching. that this is in line with the earlier announcement
made by him where he promised to bring eminent Indian coaches and ex-elite
athletes to National Centres of Excellence in SAI.
To ensure
young sportspersons have flexibility in order to do their academics and play
sport at the same time, campus schools will be set up in SAI centres to cater
to the educational need of the trainees. Also to ensure the best boarding and
lodging facilities, it is necessary to develop hostels. For this end, the
private/public sector will be engaged for the establishment of schools and
serviced hostel facilities from the perspective of both efficiency in
construction, operations and management and to ensure the impartment of
world-class education through modern technology methods.
The Governing Body approved projects worth Rs. 100 crores
(approximately) for building, development and up-gradation of infrastructure at
National Centres of Excellence across the country. These projects include the construction of hostels and Bangalore and IG Stadium in Delhi along with the creation of the field of play and up-gradation of various existing facilities.
Considering the role of sports science in the development of
an athlete, it was also decided to procure equipment of physiotherapy and hire
physiotherapists and doctors for remaining NCOEs which could not be covered in
the first phase.
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