Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday inaugurated Bihar’s first Sports Academy and Bihar Sports University, a part of the International Sports Complex in Rajgir on the occasion of Sports Day.
On the occasion, Dilip Tirkey, former Indian hockey captain and president of Hockey India, announced that Rajgir would host an Asian National Women’s Hockey Championship in November.
Built on 90 acres of land and built at a cost of ₹ ₹With a budget of Rs 740 crore, the International Sports Complex is in many ways the only sports complex in the country where training in 24 sports disciplines will be conducted simultaneously. Here, players will have all the facilities, including training, accommodation and medical care, on the same premises.
In 2007, Kumar announced that he would build a sports academy at Rajgir. It also includes a main cricket stadium along with eight smaller stadiums, a world-class sports library and training centres for various sports. The main stadium will have a capacity of approximately 50,000 spectators, while the smaller stadiums will have a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
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This project is not limited to cricket alone, but includes facilities for athletics, football, hockey, volleyball, kabaddi and many other sports. In addition, it is also proposed to build a state-of-the-art hospital, a gymnasium and sports research facilities.
In all, nine international players from the state were felicitated and given cash prizes and honours in accordance with their achievements. An exhibition match of the Asian Games-winning Indian women’s hockey team was also organised on the newly constructed hockey turf.
About Bihar Sports University
In order to promote sports education in the fields of physical education, sports science, sports technology, sports management and sports coaching in the state of Bihar as well as to act as a high-level research training centre for sports, the State Government approved the establishment of ‘Bihar Sports University’ in July 2021.
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Rajnikant, IAS (2011), who took over as VRS after holding the post of DM of Lakhisarai, has been appointed to the post of Registrar, Directorate of Sports, Bihar. He will also look after the work of the Vice-Chancellor till the appointment of the first Vice-Chancellor.
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