Two leading institutions, the Sports Development and Education Australia (SEDA) of Australia invited by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Centurion University of Technology and Management of India, signed an International Cooperation Agreement here on Thursday to give a new dimension to sports training in Odisha.
As part of the agreement, Centurion University would establish a Sports Skills Training Centre, which would be the first in India to use a wide range of sports, fitness, wellness and lifestyle courses that focus on applied learning and vocational skills. It would allow students from disadvantaged communities to access international standard vocational training in sports education and management.The project is to be funded by a grant from the Australian Sports Commission to support vocational education and training in India. It would deliver sport and recreation curriculum at the Centurion University and across India through schools, colleges and other institutions.
The agreement was signed in presence of Australia’s Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner for South Asia Nicola Watkinson and SEDA founder Brad Green and Centurion University cofounder Prof Mukti Mishra.Watkinson said the agreement was a powerful example of how Australian expertise in training and management could play a big role in the booming Indian sports market.
Prof Mishra said his university would introduce professional courses on sports like certificate, diploma, advance diploma and degree for the engineering and management students of their university to give them alternative employment. Among others, Indian Coordinator for the Australian Sports Commission's Outreach Program Rekha Dey, State Head Odisha State Office of CII Suparna Nanda, former chairman CII JB Pany and RSB Global director (Tehnology) Dr Omkar Nath Mohanty were present.