Major Dhyan Chand Sports University | 03 Jan 2022

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On January 2, 2022, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyanchand Sports University in Meerut district. A short film focusing on Major Dhyan Chand Sports University was also screened on the occasion.

Key Points

• The university will be built on an area of 91.38 acres at a cost of Rs 700 crore.
• The Prime Minister also visited the exhibition focused on the model of Major Dhyanchand Sports University and sports goods produced in Meerut district. During this, he was also saw using an exercise machine at a stall.
• Congratulating the youth of the state for the first sports university in the state, the Prime Minister said that this modern university would be the best sports university in the world. Here youth will get international facilities related to sports.
• Training and research work will be conducted in this university along with various courses in sports, sports science and sports technology.
• This university builds skills to adopt sports as a career. Every year more than a thousand sons and daughters will emerge as excellent players.
• In the year 2018, the country's first National Sports University was established in Manipur.