Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai Explained

Major Dhyan Chand
Sports College, Saifai
Native Name:Saifai Sports College, Saifai
Type:Sports College
City:Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
Country:India
Postcode:206130
Principal:Deepshikha Singh, PCS (i/c)[1]
Affiliation:Uttar Pradesh Sports Colleges Society
Academic Affiliation:U.P. Board
Campus:Saifai

Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sports College by state government.[2] [3] It offers sports training in athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming, badminton and judo in sixth to twelfth standard with the curriculum of U.P. Board. It is the third sports college established in Uttar Pradesh after Guru Gobind Singh Sports College of Lucknow and Beer Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur.[4] [5]

Sports training

College provides training of the following sports:

Boy students

Athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming and badminton

Girl students

Badminton, judo and athletics[6]

Campus

It is a residential campus and due to it overall weight is borne by the government of Uttar Pradesh. The boy square of college gets sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi as well as they get teaching from sixth to twelfth standard by the curriculum of Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh.[7] In this Sports College, number of trainees is determine as 560. In the first year 74 trainees started studying here.

Facilities

Sports facilities

Other facilities/buildings

Notable Alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Etawah News : पुलिस सिपाही ने नेशनल खिलाड़ी के सरेआम मारा डंडा, धरने पर बैठ गए सैंकड़ों छात्र - Etawah News Police constable beats national player in public hundreds of students sit on strike . 2024-07-22 . Jagran . hi.
  2. http://shasanadesh.up.gov.in/GO/ViewGOPDF_list_user.aspx?id1=MzEjMjA4IzEjMjAxNw=={{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  3. Web site: 2023-02-10 . Saifai sports college students go on hunger strike . 2023-02-11 . Hindustan Times . en.
  4. Web site: Saifai Sports College, Etawah. upsports.gov.in. 2019-09-27. 18 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130547/http://upsports.gov.in/pages/en/enmenu/affiliated-colleges/en-saifai-sports-college-etawah. dead.
  5. Web site: Official Website of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh,India About Us Other sports college. upsports.gov.in. 2019-09-27. 24 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203306/http://upsports.gov.in/pages/sportscollege-en/topmenubar/about-the-dept/sportscollege-en-other-sports-college. dead.
  6. Web site: Official Website of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh,India Admission Games covered. upsports.gov.in. 2019-09-27. 24 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203342/http://upsports.gov.in/pages/sportscollege-en/topmenubar/admission/sportscollege-en-games-covered. dead.
  7. Web site: Official Website of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh,India Teaching & Training System. upsports.gov.in. 2020-01-29. 29 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200129113722/http://upsports.gov.in/pages/sportscollege-en/topmenubar/sportscollege-en-teaching-training-system. dead.
  8. http://upsports.gov.in/site/writereaddata/siteContent/Khel-Vibhag.pdf
  9. Web site: Official Website of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh,India About Us Other sports college. upsports.gov.in. 2020-01-29. 24 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203306/http://upsports.gov.in/pages/sportscollege-en/topmenubar/about-the-dept/sportscollege-en-other-sports-college. dead.
  10. News: राम बाबू बोले-बहुत गरीब और पिछड़े घर से आता हूं: मां ने खोया बेचकर कराई प्रैक्टिस, अब एशियन गेम्स में जीता मेडल . .
  11. Web site: Mehta . Ansh . 2023-10-22 . "I did a part-time job in Banaras as a waiter"- Ram Baboo talks about the struggles to finance his sporting aspirations [Exclusive] ]. 2023-10-22 . www.sportskeeda.com . en-us.
  12. Web site: Instagram - Ram Baboo at Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai . 2023-10-14 . www.instagram.com.
  13. https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/amir-ali-shores-up-shaky-defence-guides-india-into-junior-hockey-world-cup-semis-101702404565024-amp.html
  14. Web site: Name . Author . ISL: NorthEast United sign goalkeeper Dipesh Chauhan . 2023-08-18 . Khel Now . English.