State’s first sports varsity to offer 2 new courses

PUNE: The first sports university in Maharashtra at the Balewadi Stadium has announced two courses for this academic year namely, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sports Management and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Sports Science

PUNE: The first sports university in Maharashtra at the Balewadi Stadium has announced two courses for this academic year namely, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sports Management and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Sports Science. The admission process is slated to start in October this year with 60 seats available per course. This is the first-of-its-kind sports varsity in the country that will pick and train sportspersons of international calibre.

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Maharashtra sports minister Sunil Kedar said, “We are happy to announce two courses to be introduced at this very first sports university in the country. Excellent coaches and sportspersons will be produced by this university who will eventually represent India in various international sports events. We have instructed our department to immediately appoint a vice chancellor and faculties for the varsity and then start the admission process. Recruitment to a total 213 posts will soon be carried out and the university work will begin.”

Once the varsity starts functioning, it will have centres across the state. A special budgetary provision of Rs400 crore has been made by the state government towards development of this sports university. The existing Balewadi Stadium in the university campus will be upgraded and students will be able to attend classes there and get on-ground training.