New Delhi: In a major initiative to cater to the back-up mechanism of athletes' overall performance, the government on Saturday announced the establishment of National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine here at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken in his customary press conference here said that with the establishment of NISSM at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, which would be modelled on China Institute of Sports Sciences, the country will have an international standard facility for sports medicine which has been long overdue.
"The NISSM will aim at fostering the much needed disciplines of Physiology, Psychology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Biomedical, Anthropometry and Sports Medicine, with the purpose of providing cutting edge excellence to Indian Sports and athletes," Maken said.
"Without development in sports sciences, India would never become a sporting country. It is an important back-up system for our athletes to win medals in top international events," he said.
"The institute, which will function under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, will come up at an area of 2,50,000 to 4,00,000 sq ft," he added.
He said the decision to establish the institute had reached the final shape after more than a year's contact with their Chinese counterparts, including his recent visit to that country after his predecessor M S Gill did the same last year.
Maken said the NISSM will first be registered as Society under Societies Registration Act by November 1 and could be upgraded later as an Institute of National Importance under an Act of Parliament. It would be established at the estimated cost of Rs 200 crore.
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