Lok Sabha Question No. 3612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Human Resource Development in Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3612 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025

## HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SPORTS

3612. SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding number of the individuals enrolled as fellows under the Scheme for Human Resource Development in Sports during the last three years, year, State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)  the  details  regarding  number  of  the  seminars,  workshops,  and conferences organized under the said scheme in the last three years, State/country-wise; and
- (c)  the  details  regarding  number  of  fellows  or  researchers  funded under the said scheme for undertaking research projects or publishing academic or literary works related to sports, during the last three years, State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA]

- (a)  to  (c) Human  Resource  Development  in  Sports  Scheme  is  a demand-driven scheme and aims to provide financial assistance to athletes, coaches, technical officials, officials , students/researchers etc.  for  upgradation  of  their  skills  and  knowledge.  The  Ministry allocates funds and resources from time to time for implementation of the Scheme on the basis of the proposals received.

Two  individuals were enrolled as fellows under the  Scheme for Human  Resource  Development  in  Sports  during  the  last  three years. A total of Forty seven seminars, workshops, and conferences were organized/ funded for participation under the Scheme during the last three years. Twelve fellows or researchers were funded under the scheme for undertaking research projects or publishing academic or literary works related to sports, during the last three years. The  year-wise/state-wise/country-wise  (where  applicable)  detail  of the above is as per the annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3612  FOR  11.08.2025  ASKED  BY SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH REGARDING 'HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SPORTS'.

Details  of  the  individuals  enrolled  as  fellows  under  the  Scheme for Human  Resource  Development  in  Sports  during  the  last  three years, State/Country-wise are as follows:-

|   SI. No. | FY         | Payee/Grantee                                                           | Subject in brief                                                                                                                      | State/Country     |
|-----------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | 2024- 2025 | Sh. Amit Pal, Naib Subedar                                              | Financial Assistance for one year Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Performance Analysis Session 2024-25                                | Patiala, Punjab   |
|         2 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Harish Kumar Tiwari, Deputy Director of Sports, Nagaland University | Financial Assistance for fellowship programme under Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Level-2 Volleyball Coaching Course | Bangkok, Thailand |

Detail  of  the  seminars,  workshops,  and  conferences  organized/ funded  for  participation  under  the  Scheme  for Human  Resource Development in Sports during the last three years, States/Countrywise is as follows:-

|   SI. No. | FY         | Payee/Grantee   | Subject in brief                                                 | State/Country           |
|-----------|------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | 2022- 2023 | Hockey India    | For Conducting of Coaching Courses in the 1st Week of June, 2022 | Bhubaneswar- 4, Delhi-2 |

|   2 | 2022- 2023   | Archery Association India (AAI), Delhi     | of New   | For Sending National Classifier, Dr. Naveen Thriyagu Bashingam,                                                                           | Dubai, UAE           |
|-----|--------------|--------------------------------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|   3 | 2022- 2023   | Basketball Federation of India (BFI)       |          | February 2022. For Conducting FIBA Referee Clinics for Upgrading/Training of Referees from 6th to 8th May, 2022 .                         | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
|   4 | 2022- 2023   | BITS, Pilani                               |          | For Organizing 2nd International Conference on Sports Engineering, from 3rd to 5th March, 2022                                            | Rajasthan            |
|   5 | 2022- 2023   | Physical Education Foundation India (PEFI) | of       | Celebration of International Olympic Day on 23rd June, 2022 at New Delhi                                                                  | New Delhi            |
|   6 | 2022- 2023   | SAI                                        |          | Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Meeting in India from 13th - 15th March, 2023 for the development of Physical Education in Sports | New Delhi            |

|   7 | 2022- 2023   | National Yogasana Sports Federation (NYSF), New Delhi                                                                          | For conducting National Judges training Programme (Level- 2) at Sangamner, Maharashtra From 23-25 July, 2022            | Maharashtra        |
|-----|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   8 | 2022- 2023   | Physical Education Foundation of India (PEFI)                                                                                  | For organizing 7th National Conference on Sports Science                                                                | New Delhi          |
|   9 | 2023- 2024   | AICF                                                                                                                           | For conducting 16 Seminars                                                                                              | Multiple Locations |
|  10 | 2023- 2024   | Dr. Deepshika Beniwal, IKCA, New Delhi                                                                                         | To attend first international canoe Federation Women Symposium                                                          | Ireland            |
|  11 | 2023- 2024   | Dr. Vijmendra Kumar Grover, Assistant Professor Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Coimbatore | To attend 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science                                                | Paris              |
|  12 | 2023- 2024   | Bridge Fed of India                                                                                                            | Participation of 2 Federation director to attend the 9th Tournament Directors workshop in Lativa form 5-9 October, 2023 | Lativa             |
|  13 | 2023- 2024   | BITS Pilani                                                                                                                    | 3rd International conference on sports                                                                                  | Rajasthan          |

|    |            |                                         | Engineering, Pilani, 2-4 Nov, 2023                                                                 |                     |
|----|------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 14 | 2023- 2024 | LNIPE Gwalior                           | International conference of Physical Education                                                     | Madhya Pradesh      |
| 15 | 2023- 2024 | NCSSR                                   | Sports Science Conclave on para Sports                                                             | New Delhi           |
| 16 | 2023- 2024 | Manav Rachna University (Kommi Kalpana) | To attend 7th IOC world conference on prevention of injury and Illness in Sport                    | Monaco              |
| 17 | 2023- 2024 | Manav Rachna University (Conference)    | For holding 3rd BRICSCESS Conference from 26- 29 Feb, 2024                                         | Delhi NCR           |
| 18 | 2023- 2024 | Mizoram State Sports Council            | Mizoram sports Conclave, 29 February, 2024                                                         | Mizoram             |
| 19 | 2023- 2024 | BPCAS College of Physical Education     | International conference on Physical Education, Sports Sciences 15- 16 Jan, 2024                   | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 20 | 2023- 2024 | Sport India Foundation                  | Sports India 2023 Expo conference                                                                  | New Delhi           |
| 21 | 2023- 2024 | Indian Weightlifting Federation         | To conduct workshop at NIS Patiala                                                                 | Punjab              |
| 22 | 2023- 2024 | Sri Sri University                      | For holding international conference on holistic approach towards performance and safety in Sports | Odisha              |
| 23 | 2023- 2024 | Govt. Degree College, Tripura           | For organising conference on                                                                       | Tripura             |

|    |            |                                                                           | Advance concepts of Physical Education& Sports Sciences Transforming performances, wellness and Society from 29-31May, 2024                                                       |                                   |
|----|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 24 | 2023- 2024 | Trans Stadia Education and Research Foundation                            | To organise sports science conclave                                                                                                                                               | New Delhi                         |
| 25 | 2024- 2025 | The Squash Rackets Federation of India                                    | For conducting WSF Level 1 Coaching Courses at Bangalore from 3-7 July, 2024, Delhi from 9-13 July, 2024, Chennai from 25th Feb to 1st March, 2025,Jaipur from 3- 7th March, 2025 | Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur |
| 26 | 2024- 2025 | Sh. Aman Choudhary, HPA- Strength & Conditioning on contract basis at SAI | Financial assistance to attend 9th NSCA Global Conference 2024 at Mumbai from 16-17 March, 2024                                                                                   | Mumbai                            |
| 27 | 2024- 2025 | The Rowing Federation of India, Secunderabad- 500056                      | Financial assistance for holding Seminar for Umpires on Judging an Indoor Rowing Event at Moga, Punjab from 12-14th July, 2024.                                                   | Punjab                            |
| 28 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Ashutosh Acharya, Assistant Professor,                                | Financial assistance for participation at International Conference                                                                                                                | Austria                           |

|    |            | Laxmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Thiruvananthapur am                                          | (FEPSAC Congress) to be organized by FEPSAC, which is the European Federation of Sport Psychology.                                                                                                                                  |              |
|----|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 29 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Sanjay Kumar Prajapati, Assistant Professor, Laxmibai National College of Physical Education, Thiruvananthapur am | Financial assistance for participation at ISAK Conference on Kinanthropometry at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London from 5-7 August, 2024, to be conducted by International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry. | London       |
| 30 | 2024- 2025 | Table Tennis Federation of India, Rohini, Delhi                                                                       | Financial assistance for conducting TT Workshop for Coaches at SAI South Centre Bengaluru                                                                                                                                           | Bengaluru    |
| 31 | 2024- 2025 | Wushu Association of India, Meerut (UP)                                                                               | Financial assistance for participation in the International Wushu Coaches Training Course 2024                                                                                                                                      | China        |
| 32 | 2024- 2025 | Wushu Association of India, Meerut (UP)                                                                               | Financial assistance for participation in the International Wushu Judges Training and Certification Course                                                                                                                          | China        |
| 33 | 2024- 2025 | Sh. Sandeep Kumar, Assistant                                                                                          | Financial Assistance for attending 2nd                                                                                                                                                                                              | Tokyo, Japan |

|    |            | Professor, Sports University of Haryana                                                                 | IAHPEDS World Congress to be held in Tokyo Gakugei University from 6th - 8th July 2024                                                                                           |             |
|----|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 34 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Amrinder Singh, Head, Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab | Financial Assistance to attend International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) World Congress of Sports Medicine                                                              | Dubai       |
| 35 | 2024- 2025 | Secretary General, Cycling Federation of India                                                          | Proposal to attend Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Level III Diploma and Mechanics Level 1 Course                                                                            | Switzerland |
| 36 | 2024- 2025 | SPORTSCOM Industry Confederation                                                                        | Financial Assistance for Organising SPORTSCOM Business Conference on the theme 'Driving Innovation and Sustainability in the Sports Industry' in October 2024.                   | New Delhi   |
| 37 | 2024- 2025 | Sh. Sambhu Prasad, Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh                                | Financial Assistance to attend 74th Conference of the Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sports Sciences at Fukuoka University Japan from 29th to 31st August 2024. | Japan       |

|   38 | 2024- 2025   | Hockey India                                             | Financial Assistance for conducting Coaching Courses / Training during the FY 2024-25                                                     | Multiple Locations   |
|------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|   39 | 2024- 2025   | Sh. Swadesh Kumar, Founder Sport India Foundation, Noida | For holding 12th edition of 'Sport India 2024 -Expo, Conference & Awards from 29-31 August, 2024 at                                       | New Delhi            |
|   40 | 2024- 2025   | Indian Rugby Football Union, Maharashtra.                | To conduct Training & Education Programs in the month of June & July, 2024.                                                               | Pune                 |
|   41 | 2024- 2025   | Paralympic Committee of India                            | Financial Assistance for organising Training of Para Athletics Technical Officials                                                        | Online               |
|   42 | 2024- 2025   | Athletics Federation of India                            | Financial Assistance for conducting World Athletics Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS) Level 2 Coaches Education Programme | Mumbai               |
|   43 | 2024- 2025   | BPCA's College of Physical Education, Mumbai             | Financial Assistance for organizing International Conference at BPCA's College, Mumbai from 13th- 14th January, 2025.                     | Mumbai               |

|   44 | 2024- 2025   | Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior   | Financial Assistance for International Conference on Ethical Implication of Artificial Intelligence in Sports                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh   |
|------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|   45 | 2024- 2025   | Physical Education Foundation of India                         | financial assistance to organize the 2nd National Sports Injury Conclave & 7th PEFI National Awards held on 24th November 2024                                                                      | New Delhi        |
|   46 | 2024- 2025   | Secretary General, Cycling Federation of India                 | Financial Assistance to attend Union Cycliste Internatinale (UCI) Level III Diploma and Mechanics Level 1 Course in Aigle, in Switzerland from 19th Sept. 12th Oct. 2024 and 14th to 23rd Nov. 2024 | Switzerland      |
|   47 | 2024- 2025   | National Sports University                                     | Financial Assistance for organising International Conference at Don Bosco, Goa from 18th - 20th February 2025                                                                                       | Goa              |

Details of the fellows or researchers funded under the said scheme for undertaking research projects or publishing academic or literary works related to sports, during the last three years, States/Countrywise are as follows:-

|   SI. No. | FY         | Payee/Grantee                                                    | Subject in brief                                                               | State/             |
|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | 2023- 2024 | Dr. Babji Shrinivasan, Associate Professor, IIT Madras           | Research Project                                                               | Madras, Tamil Nadu |
|         2 | 2023- 2024 | Dr. Nandan Sudarshanam, Associate Professor, IIT Madras          | Research project- Performance Modelling for Archery                            | Madras, Tamil Nadu |
|         3 | 2023- 2024 | Dr. Ravi Sadananda Hedge, Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar   | Research Project                                                               | Gujarat            |
|         4 | 2023- 2024 | Dr. Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot, Associate Professor, LNIPE Gwalior | Research Project- Analysis of Kalaripayattu and Thang-Ta Skills                | Madhya Pradesh     |
|         5 | 2023- 2024 | NBRC, Gurgaon Haryana                                            | Research Project                                                               | Haryana            |
|         6 | 2023- 2024 | PEFI                                                             | For conducting the Nationwide survey and Analysis of the situation of Physical | New Delhi          |

|    |            |                                                                                                          | Education and Sports Education in India                                                                                                                                                               |             |
|----|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|  7 | 2023- 2024 | Divya Sanghi, Professor, Manav Rachna                                                                    | Research Project- to investigate the effectiveness of the Dietary approach for reduced Inflammation and Enhanced                                                                                      | Haryana     |
|  8 | 2023- 2024 | Dr. Shailendra Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, Central University, Rajasthan                          | Research Project- Clinical Application of PGC-1 alpha induction in metabolic disorders induced pathophysiology and therapeutics                                                                       | Rajasthan   |
|  9 | 2023- 2024 | Ms. Neha Milind Sapte, Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute UOM                                                  | Research Project- Management Studies to study challenges of recruitment and selection process of sports persons for employment                                                                        | Maharashtra |
| 10 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, Chairperson & Professor- Physiotherapy Director- Sports Gurugram University, Govt. of | Financial assistance for Project titled 'An Electromyographic Investigation of Leg Plantar Flexor Dynamics in University Athletes to prevent Achilles Tendon Injury and Enhance Athletic Performance' | Haryana     |
| 11 | 2024- 2025 | Dr. Keren Harish Tiwari, Assistant Professor                                                             | Financial Assistance for Research Project titled 'Low Energy Availability and                                                                                                                         | Manipur     |

|    |            | (Sports Nutrition), National Sports University                      | Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (REDs) among Indian athletes: A Multi- centric study.'                                                                             |         |
|----|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 12 | 2024- 2025 | Sh. M. Kamalakar Reddy, Assistant Coach (Archery), SAI NSEC Kolkata | Financial Assistance for Research Proposal titled 'Indigenous Automatic Timing Gates for measuring Sprint Timing of Athletes and Digitalisation of Khelo India Testing' | Kolkata |

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