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Updated: Dec 15, 2022 16:25 IST

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI/SRV): Dr PC Shejwalkar, broadly often known as the daddy of administration training in Pune performed a pioneering position in shaping the ISST imaginative and prescient in its youth.
Institute of Sports Science & Technology, Pune, or ISST as broadly recognized has introduced the launch of the Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar Scholarship Scheme for Athletes for the brand new tutorial 12 months beginning 2023.
Founded in 2008, ISST has been firmly on monitor with its imaginative and prescient of changing into the supreme middle for sports activities, health & performing arts training, growth, expertise & analysis which can inculcate a sporting tradition and a sense of well-being in society. It is India’s first devoted sports activities & health training institute that gives skilled programs in sports activities administration and allied sports activities & health training, decided to develop athletes, managers, and different sport-support employees. This has stored the workforce at ISST on its mission to achieve out to these people eager about making a profession in sports activities & health & present their skilled steerage by its numerous programs & providers.
With the Dr. P.C Shejwalkar Scholarship Scheme for Athletes, ISST goals to offer instructional help to younger sportspersons, acknowledge their achievements on the State, National, and International ranges, and supply them a basis to have a fruitful profession within the Sports Industry, even after their profession as an athlete is over. This scholarship will enable the chosen athletes a possibility to pursue training within the numerous Sports Management and Sports Sciences programs provided by ISST each through classroom and distance studying.

On the launch of this Athlete Scholarship Scheme Dr Vipul Lunawat, Director, ISST, stated. “Dr P.C. Shejwalkar was our guiding light in our formative years at ISST. With the launch of this scholarship scheme for athletes, we would like to recognize and support our Indian athletes who wish to be actively involved in the growth of Indian Sports as professionals. We would like to support our Hon. PM Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a sporting country by providing professionals in Sports Management and Sciences who help develop the overall sporting ecosystem of our country.”
Commenting on the launch of this initiative, Ujwala Lunawat, Chairperson of ISST, stated, “As India’s sports ecosystem grows, there are a lot of career opportunities for young professionals especially in Sports Sciences, especially in Sports Exercise & Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning, Coaching, High-Performance Experts, Injury Management & Sports Dentistry. In addition to these, Sports Management professionals will also be needed to execute the various grassroots programs and professional leagues. We have seen that professionals who have also seen the sports industry as an athlete are extremely inclined towards making a career in the sport they are practicing. This scholarship scheme is to encourage these athletes.”
The Dr. P.C Shejwalkar Athlete Scholarship Scheme is aimed toward athletes who’re residents of India and have competed on the State Level, National Level, and International degree throughout numerous particular person and workforce disciplines like Badminton, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Chess, Athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Archery, Shooting, Boxing, Weightlifting, Cycling, Diving, Soccer, Cricket, Golf, Rugby, e-sports, Volleyball, Basketball, Netball, kho-kho, Kabaddi, Martial Arts, Wrestling, Hockey, Cricket, Rugby, Skating and Squash. The scholarship program gives a 07% to as much as 100% tutorial price waiver on the varied programs as per the extent of accomplishment of the athlete. Applications are invited from all State, National, and International degree athletes.
As India strides in the direction of changing into a Sporting Nation, ISST endeavors to be on the forefront of the trade in offering extremely competent, well-trained, and skilled sports activities directors and professionals. With its fashionable course construction, it should proceed to offer a great launchpad to those that want to pursue a profession within the area of sports activities.
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