The Regional Director, Sports Authority of India (SAI), Southern Centre, M. Shyam Sunder, visited Ashwini’s Sports Foundation (ASF) at the Karumbiah’s Academy for Learning and Sports (KALS) at Gonikoppa in Kodagu recently.

Accompanied by other SAI officials, he inspected the Ashwini’s Sports Foundation facility and the synthetic athletic track work which is in progress.

Shyam Sunder expressed happiness over the excellent sports and academic infrastructure and said the ASF environment was an ideal place for national campers to undergo training.

The campus was professionally planned and conveniently located, Shyam Sunder said and appreciated the efforts of all the coaches and athletes on the occasion, encouraging them to enhance performance by using the services of SAI. The SAI and the ASF had partnered with each other for the benefit of sport and community at large, he said, according to a press release from KALS Principal Gouramma Nanjappa.

About ASF: Ashwini’s Sports Foundation (ASF), founded in 2010 by Ashwini Nachappa, one of India’s best known sprinters, is based in Kodagu and shares a 25-acre campus with KALS, a school that she and her husband run. An Asian Games medallist and having represented India at the 1984 Olympics, Ashwini realised the dire need to create a system that will nurture potential athletes consistently. ASF is focussing not just on athletics but also on hockey, once considered India’s national sport.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 31st, 2015