Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satyendar Jain chaired a review meeting regarding the construction of the Delhi Sports University (DSU) on Thursday and instructed the officials to build it visualising the day-to-day routine of a sports person's life.
Sisodia stressed upon the fact that the objective of the DSU is to nurture and encourage the best sporting talent in the country so that the university can make the nation proud by producing medal winning athletes.
The Minister also asked officials to provide state of the art equipment and facilities for the highest level of training. The meeting was held to review the design layout for the university and was attended by Secretary (higher education), Vice-Chancellor, DSU and concerned senior officers.
Reviewing and deciding the priorities for construction of the DSU campus, Sisodia said, "The University should be constructed keeping in mind the daily life routine of the ten topmost sportspersons of the world. For a sportsperson the stadium is their world and they thoroughly relish the training facilities for performance enhancement. They lead a highly disciplined ascetic life. Such a routine is essential for any sportsperson to win medals at the highest levels of competition including the Olympics.”
“Our objective is to create a university which makes the nation proud by producing medal-winning athletes, by providing advanced training facilities and sports infrastructure,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Jain said, "The DSU will be a world class institution at par with other world class sports universities. It will leave no stone unturned in accomplishing this feat. The university will be replete with the latest technology and equipment for enhancing the performance and overall well-being of athletes".
The DSU would offer training in almost all major sports including but not limited to weightlifting, boxing, wrestling, badminton, hockey, athletics; and would be built while maintaining the standards of the International Sports Federations of different sports.