New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI/PNN): In an occasion hosted on the State Banquet Hall in Itanagar, the a lot awaited first of its sort “8AM Sports Diet Scholarship” was not too long ago launched and awarded to chose budding sporting champs from North East. The “8AM Sports Diet Scholarship” includes a nutritious breakfast food regimen from this Olympics to the following Olympics and a one-time financial Scholarship of Rs 10,001/. The Chief Guest of the occasion was Taba Tedir, Education Minister and Arunachal Olympic Association President.

In all, a complete of fifty budding sports activities champs had been chosen to be awarded the “8AM Sports Diet Scholarship”. The 50 chosen sports activities champs are pursuing sports activities as their profession, and occur to be National/State degree medal winners under 20 years of age from totally different sports activities class acknowledged by the Indian Olympic Association. They are the bonafide residents of North Eastern states.

Buoyed by the glory that Indian athletes delivered to the nation within the not too long ago concluded Tokyo Olympics, the thought of a “Sports Diet Scholarship” was conceived by Major Vishal Bakshi (VSM), M.D V.R Industries.

The undertaking took wings when Major Bakshi bought in contact with First IPS from Arunachal Pradesh Robin Hibu (President Helping Hands NGO) who prolonged him all attainable help in giving form to this formidable plan.

Lauding the efforts of Helping Hands and the sponsors, Minister Tedir mentioned, “The state of Arunachal Pradesh has humongous sports potential. The small 17 member state team created a record of sorts in the recently concluded 36th National Games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat when the contingent won seven medals. The need for nutritious food stuffs for players to play well would be solved by this much needed scholarship. Initiatives such as “Sports Diet Scholarship” would play a vital role in transforming Arunachal into a Sports House of India. Our aim should be to make Arunachal Pradesh the National Sports Hub of the country.”

It was fairly an uphill process for Helping Hands NGO as they needed to first meticulously select probably the most promising sports activities champions from the totally different North East states and this they did, by working in sync with Indian Olympic Association. The second huge problem earlier than the Helping Hands Team was to make sure the varied logistics in making certain a trouble free supply of Sports Diet Scholarship to champions from seven sister states of North East in addition to the mountain state of Sikkim.

V.R Industries that has been serving the Armed Forces for greater than twenty years by providing its big selection of breakfast cereals has launched a singular “8AM Sports Diet Scholarship” in sync with Helping Hands NGO for selling budding sports activities champions from the eight North Eastern states of the nation.

Says Major Vishal Bakshi (VSM), “Launch of “Sports Diet Scholarship” marks a new era for sports in India. The breakfast diet includes Corn Flakes, Muesli, Instant Porridge, Oats, and Trail Mix. There is no dearth of sporting talent in the country, but ironically, the reason why we still trail in mega sporting carnivals like Olympics is because we do not promote healthy balanced diet to match up to the standards of the international athletes. While talent can be God gifted, the same cannot be said for fitness as one needs to toil hard for maintaining a fit n’ fine body. Besides following specific fitness regimes in the daily lifestyle, it is imperative to augment it with a healthy and balanced diet for ensuring a fit and healthy body. Let us remember one thing clearly, “Jo match hai wo Hit hai” meaning that one who is holistically fit stands more prospects of scaling new peaks. Health being an important aspect of life, both the government and the key stakeholders need to give it top most priority. There can’t be any ambiguity about the fact that a healthy lifestyle can only be maintained by inculcating healthy eating habits.”

Shares IPS Robin Hibu (President of Helping Hands NGO), “North East states have immensely contributed in bringing sporting laurels to the nation. 5-time World Amateur Championship winner MC Mary Kom, Mirabai Chanu and Lovelina Borgohain need no introduction. Helping Hands NGO happens to be one of the largest virtual NGO serving the North East fraternity. The idea of “Sports Diet Scholarship” will surely inspire entrepreneurs and corporates to follow in suit.”

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