LIVE Comments from Session 2: Is Sports a ticket to Good Education?
Speakers and Panelists
Nikhil Naz (Sports Editor, NDTV) is the Session Chair
Dr Nathan Price (Personal Excellence Consultant, Australian Institute of Sports, Australia)- Focusing on the athlete development which includes the following four features: Career and education support, lifestyle management, transition support and personal development.
Dr Paul Gaston (Associate Professor, Sports Science, Deakin University, Australia) - working on institution tie ups to promote sports sciences for students. Student networking through volunteer programs, Victorian based BioLab which provides high school students access to sports science research with fields like physiology, mathematics, sports fitness, etc.
Chirag Patel (Director and Chief Strategy Officer, KOOH Sports Pvt Ltd) - focus should be in grassroot level if we have to sustain in the long term, we are spread spread across 100 schools and 22 cities across India, have specialized academies, creating a platform to promote talent, we organized two seasons of Spread Star for athletics,
Col BS Ahluwalia (Director, Amity School of Physical Education & Sports Sciences)- sports is as important as academics and hence should be given due weigtage in terms of marks and incentives, running school level events, scholarships at university level, need of having a proper ratio between students and physical education teacher.
Miheer Walavalkar (Chief Business Officer, YouFoot) - Need for a better ecosystem for sports in the country. The board exams have killed more sports careers in India than injuries have.
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