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23 December 2009

Sports Authority of India, Indian Athletics

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is a sports organisation that is working with an objective of training the young and talented Indian Athletes. The SAI was established in the year 1984, as a registered society. The Society for National Institute of Physical Education and Sports (SNIPES) was merged with SAI on 1st May, 1987. As a result, the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala and its allied centres at Bangalore, Kolkata and Gandhinagar and the Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education at Thiruvananthapuram came under Sports Authority of India (SAI). The Sports Authority of India (SAI) mainly strives to promote sports and develop excellence by upgrading the skills of Indian sports persons. SAI is working to ensure the effective and optimum utilization of various sports facilities and is concerned with sports promotion and management in India. SAI has six regional centres located in the major cities like Bangaluru, Gandhinagar, Kolkata, Sonepat, Delhi and Imphal. It also has two sub-centres at Guwahati and Aurangabad. It runs some prominent sports institutes like the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala and the Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Thiruvananthapuram. Apart from that, it has a High Altitude Training Centre at Shillaroo, Himachal Pradesh, as well. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) runs a total of around 23 training centers, both residential and non-residential, spread all over the country. Its main endeavour is to widen sports and develop excellence by upgrading the skills of Indian sports persons, by operating various schemes at sub-junior, junior and senior level. SAI`s primary efforts include widespread talent scouting and training of selected individuals by providing all vital inputs like coaching, infrastructure, equipment support, sports kit, competitive exposure etc. With a view to achieve its objectives, SAI has chalked out and is implementing various schemes approved within the SAI and schemes of the Department. Some of the main schemes of SAI include the National Sports Talent Contest, the Special Area Games, the Sports Projects Development Area, and the Sports Hostel Scheme etc.


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