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Anantapur sports academy nominated for 2019 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

This award will be conferred by The President of India in the award ceremony to be held on 29th August 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

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Anantapur Sports Academy has been selected for the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2019 under the Sports for Development Program. 

This award will be conferred by The President of India in the award ceremony to be held on 29th August 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. 

The main objective of the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is to promote and encourage the involvement of corporates, voluntary organizations, sports control boards in the promotion and development of sports, and NGOs working on sport for development in the country.

The award is given in four categories, which include a) identifying and nurturing of budding/young talent, b)Encouragement of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility, c) Employment of Sports Persons and Sports Welfare Measures, d) Sport For Development.

Reacting to the recognition, Program Director Moncho Ferrer said, “Firstly, we appreciate the efforts of Government of India for acknowledging the contributions of sport towards the development of children and communities by recognizing initiatives by having sport for development as a category."

"This recognition advocates the importance of utilizing sport as a tool for development in India. Though RYDT’s efforts for using sport for development among children and communities were doubted by many during the early years, this recognition now reaffirms our commitment, and gives us the belief that we are heading in the right direction.”

Sai Krishna Pulluru, Director of Anantapur Sports Academy said, “ On conferring this special recognition on RYDT and ASA, we thank the Government of India and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports for acknowledging the contributions of our initiative in the field of Sport for Development." 

"We consider this as an achievement of all the people from grassroots to international level who have played a role; big or small, long or short period but whose valuable support had enabled all of us together to reach more children and youth through sports."

"The award furthers our organization’s responsibility in continuing our efforts to contribute towards the development of children and youth eventually rural communities through sports in Anantapur,” he added. 

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