Chandigarh, March 21– Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Sardar Sandeep Singh said that the State will soon get a Sports University.
He gave this information in response to a question raised by a member during the Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.
The Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs informed the House that the Bill related to this Sports University has been passed in the ongoing budget session.
In response to another question, he said that by amending this bill, a provision has also been made to give accreditation to sports institutions (Colleges/Institutions). Any sports institute (College/Institution) engaged or pursuing the course in rehabilitation and physical therapy, physical education, sports science, artistic educational training, research in the fields of sports technology, sports medicine and technology, sports infrastructure engineering, Kinesiology, clinical biomechanics, sports psychology, sports nutrition, sports journalism, sports marketing and sports coaching etc. will also be able to get accreditation from this University.
He informed that the State Government is getting the geo mapping of all the districts done and the work of upgrading the sports institutes as per the requirement of the districts will be started soon.