Rana Sodhi meets VC Loughborough University; Patiala Sports University came up for discussion
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
The Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Punjab, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi today met Professor Allison, Vice Chancellor Loughborough University (UK) & Charlie Brown Director of International Office at New Delhi. The discussions took place on various aspects in making Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports University, Patiala a world class university.
The meeting saw detailed deliberations taking place regarding various administrative issues and technicalities related to the Sports University at Patiala. The Vice Chancellor on his part assured the minister of every possible assistance from his end for establishing as well as efficient running of the university.
During the meeting, the minister discussed the infrastructural matters and sports science subjects in a comprehensive manner. The matters which came up for discussion included Appointment of Coaches having expertise in Sports Science subjects, Training players with regard to refrain and recovery from injuries during the course of their careers, Maintaining fitness levels of players through innovative coaching techniques and preparing coaches and the players from psychological point of view for world level competitions.
Rana Sodhi further disclosed that the Sports University at Patiala is the dream project of the Chief Minister, Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh who has envisioned it to make the State regain its numero uno spot in sporting arena and sports science also. It is in keeping with the objective to make the project a success that he (Rana Sodhi) is meeting experts in administrative and sports science in order to ascertain their views. He said that the experience he got from this immensely successful meeting would be a milestone in making the university a great success.
On the occasion, the Additional Chief Secretary, Sports, Punjab, Sanjay Kumar and the vice chancellor of the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports University, Patiala Lt. Gen. (Retd.) J.S.Cheema were also present.
