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Minerva Academy is now accredited by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) under the Khelo India Talent Identification & Development program as Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE).
The agreement makes Minerva Academy one of the very few private organizations in the country and the only one in the Northern region to be accredited by the MYAS. The accreditation was given after monitoring Minerva Academy FC’s infrastructure and its history of producing footballing prodigies over the second half of the last decade.
Khelo India is a flagship scheme of the government of India aimed at strengthening the sports ecosystem and promoting mass participation and excellence in sports in the country.
The Sports Authority of India and Minerva Academy FC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a period of four years under the Khelo India Talent Identification & Development Programme. Since the Khelo India Programme was launched in 2017, a bunch of institutes have been accredited under the Khelo India Talent Development Programme across India. The outstanding athletes identified under the Khelo India programme will have access to Minerva Academy FC’s infrastructure and its state of the art campus. SAI will fund, monitor, evaluate the academy in consonance with Minerva Academy.
Directors, Ranjit Bajaj and Henna Singh Bajaj, after coming to an agreement with SAI and getting accredited were found quite delighted. Mr. Bajaj stated, “I am really happy that we came to an agreement with SAI. Minerva has been given the Khelo India accreditation because of its history of producing young footballing talents for Indian National team. We also see it as an appreciation of all the hard work we have done till now. Youth development in football is our main focus and it’s an important project. Our AFC certified coaches identify and scout the players from a very young age, nurture them and provide them with accommodation, education and healthy diet under our sponsorship programme to help them realise their full potential. Now that we are accredited by Khelo India, we will keep doing what we do the best and keep serving the nation the way we have been by producing young talents for the Indian football team with pride and dignity.”
The Khelo India Talent Identification and Development Programme is being operated by Sports Authority of India (SAI) which involves the whole process of identifying talent and training the athlete for the elite level. The main idea is to achieve the twin objectives of broad-basing of sports and promotion of excellence in sports as laid down under the Khelo India Scheme.
