In the domain of Live News India and Punjabi news, the institution of the first-ever official sports policy of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) is a historic breakthrough.

This initiative, featured in latest trending Punjabi news channels trending and broadcast in Live News India bulletins, will see grassroots sporting talent augmented and university-level sports in the region redefined.

A Historic First: GNDU Launches a Sports Policy

For the very first time in its more than five-decade old existence, GNDU has come up with a holistic sports policy to improve infrastructures, coaching levels, and sports assistance programs.

Hitherto depending upon syndicate rulings and ad-hoc decisions, the varsity has now formalized sports development through a policy document 

What the Policy Provides: An Integrated Support System

✅ Academic & Residential Privileges

  • Free admission to academic courses for sports persons
  • Free stay at university during training and studies 

✅ Financial & Career Assistance

  • Diet allowance of ₹3,500 to ₹18,000 monthly, depending on athlete level
  • Increased cash incentives for performance: ₹30,000 to ₹15 lakh for category leaders
  • Career guidance and placement support assistance for athletes 

✅ Coaching & Training Excellence

  • Appointment of foreign coaches and trainers
  • Training in fitness and sports at international best practice levels
  • Special Centres of Excellence (e.g. athletics, fencing, cycling, swimming) on campus under the Khelo India Talent Development Programme 

✅ Athlete Welfare & Women Empowerment

  • Special focus on offering a safe, supportive training environment
  • Encouragement and incentives specially for female sportspersons and youth from Punjab 

Strength of GNDU’s Sports Ecosystem

GNDU’s sporting heritage is sterling:

  • A record-holder of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy (also MAKA trophy) — for the best-performing university in India — having won it 24 times, the latest in 2023 
  • World-class infrastructure: Astro-turf hockey arena, Olympic-standard swimming pool, velodrome, shooting range, indoor gymnasium, and several outdoor sports grounds 
  • The MYAS-GNDU Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine, the only one of its kind in Indian state universities, with advanced courses in sports physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology, physiotherapy, and others 

This solid basis allows GNDU to easily merge its new sports policy with its existing framework, for the benefit of both elite and grassroots sportspersons.

Why GNDU’s New Policy Is a Game-Changer

Nurturing Grassroots-to-Elite Talent

Through the integration of scholarships, free schooling, accommodation, and professional guidance, GNDU’s policy offers a direct path to national and international success for local sportspersons.

Providing a Model for Other Institutions

With institutionalized assistance and facilities established, GNDU provides a winning model for other Punjab—and Indian—universities to adopt.

Bridging State-Level Gaps

In the backdrop of criticism of Punjab’s poor performance in the Khelo India Youth Games and lack of investment at the grassroots level, the policy of GNDU shows how institutional change can try to connect policy with performance.

Impact and Future Prospects

With this new policy, GNDU will be able to bring in more talent among youths towards sports as a career option.

More scholarships, foreign coaches, improved infrastructure, and career guidance facilitate the smooth blend of studies and sports.

For the overall sporting ecosystem, GNDU’s proposed strategy is a model that other Indian universities can follow to be an active participant in national sports development. 

Conclusion

The move is making front page news in Punjabi news as a landmark decision and has been extensively covered in Live News India platforms—a major watershed moment for the way that universities embrace athletes.

GNDU’s new sports policy is more than a university memo; it’s a blueprint to develop the sporting champions of the future.

By institutionalizing assistance to sportsmen—ranging from educational access and monetary support to professional guidance and career counseling—GNDU shows the world how institutions of higher learning can redefine the sporting scene.

Tune into Live News India and Punjabi news to learn how this groundbreaking effort achieves its objectives—and perhaps how it might get other institutions to go down the same path.

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