“In sync with the national vision of women empowerment and demonstration of ‘Nari Shakti’, the Indian Army is raising two Army Girls Sports Companies in a phased manner,” he mentioned.
These firms can be situated on the Army’s present Centre of Excellence (COE) Nodes — Army Marksmanship Unit, Mhow; and Army Sports Institute, Pune, he added.
The intention is to establish younger expertise, present them with formal training other than different administrative necessities and practice them to be champions of their respective sporting self-discipline, the officers mentioned.
The Indian Army has wealthy expertise in scouting for younger expertise, as demonstrated by the success of the ‘Boys Sports Companies’, they mentioned.
The AGSCs will practice younger women from throughout the nation in taking pictures, archery, athletics, boxing and weightlifting. The two areas in Pune and Mhow have world-class coaching infrastructure, sports activities drugs centre, rehabilitation facility and associated teaching services, the senior official mentioned.
These younger expertise can even profit from the senior military groups or athletes, who’re additionally being educated at these areas. Senior sportspersons can be a supply of motivation for these younger women “who will be able to successfully emulate international athletes and imbibe required skills on a very regular basis”, he added.
It is aligned with India’s sports activities coverage to “achieve more podium finishes at the Olympics”, the official mentioned.
He additional added that the ladies at AGSCs can be “eligible for recruitment as Direct Entry Non-Commissioned Officers and Direct Entry Junior Commissioned Officers, apart from enrolment as Agniveers”.
Subedar Preeti Rajak, a champion lure shooter and Asian Games silver medallist, was accordingly recognized as a expertise and enrolled as a havildar within the Corps of Military Police in December 2022, the official mentioned.
She was the primary lady soldier to be promoted to a subedar in January 2024. She trains on the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow, he mentioned.
Similarly, Jasmine Lamboria, a bronze medallist on the 2022 Commonwealth Games, was enrolled as a non-commissioned officer within the Army that October.
These position fashions will encourage the incoming younger expertise to attempt for sporting glory of their respective fields, the officers mentioned.