Talent assessment centres

Khelo India Rising Talent Identification: With the Paris Olympics loading up, the government’s ambitious Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) programme will shift an extra gear as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) Mansukh Mandaviya, will inaugurate phase 2 of the initiative in New Delhi on Friday.

The first phase of KIRTI was launched by the previous sports minister Anurag Thakur in Chandigarh on March 12 this year.

"KIRTI aims to conduct 20 lakh assessments across the country throughout the year to identify talent through notified Talent Assessment Centres. A scouting and assessment programme of this scale is a first in India and comes at a time when the nation wants to become a top 10 sports nation in the world by 2036 and among the top five by 2047, as per ministry's release.