PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday organised a 4th Global
Sports Convention-2016, celebrating the International Youth Day “Sports for
All”, which was inaugurated by the President, BCCI, Mr. Anurag Thakur and
presided over by the President of the PHD Chamber, Dr. Mahesh Gupta.
The other dignitaries who also took part on the occasion
comprised Former Indian Cricket World Champion, Mr. Madan Lal; Vice
Chairperson, Special Olympics Bharat, Dr. Mallika Nadda; High Commissioner of
Australia to India, Ms. Harinder Sidhu; Vice President, PHD Chamber, Mr. Anil
Khaitan; Chairperson, Sports Committee, PHD Chamber, Ms. Neelam Pratap Rudy and
its Director, Mr. Yogesh Srivastav.
The convention which was 4th in the series had
its sole focus to promote the sports in all categories so that the sporting
becomes the integral part of youth of India.. The 4th PHD Chamber Global
Sports Convention also deliberated on variety of emerging sports issues,
eliciting practical possible solutions to promote and propagate sports among
all categories of human interests as also seriously work for providing a road
map for a holistic development of Indian youth.
Sports Excellence Awards were also given away to sports
personnel of different sporting streams to encourage them to excel in sports
with a motto of attaining distinction for individuals and thereby for the
nation as a whole.
The Chairperson, Sports Committee, PHD Chamber, Ms. Neelam
Pratap Rudy emphasised that this convention provide for hosting
panel discussions on creating a lifetime sporting legacy for the youth of
India, suggesting ways and means for conquering challenges and optimizing
opportunities in the field of sports. It will also make ways for working out
policy related suggestions for the government so that the sporting becomes
pervasive in India with the sole objective of attaining distinctions in all
sports that India can think of”.
With focus on sports, India would be able to
promote the “Beti Paraho, Beti Khilao” campaign for their growth as well as
mental and physical development, also pointing out that to promote rural
sports, a corpus needs to be created, she added.
In his inaugural address, the BCCI President, Mr. Anurag Thakur
said that the Board would offer free and clean water in all stadia to
spectators as also give away 10 per cent of the seats out of their total
capacities absolutely free for students during all seasons of cricketing.
He also promised that the BCCI would make serious attempts to
drastically bring down the cost of snacks and eateries sold off within the
premises of various stadiums across the country so that the crowds present
during cricket events stop feeling cheated.
The President, BCCI also disclosed that the Board of Cricket
Control would soon enter into agreement with Confederation of Real Estate
Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) as per which the latter be obliged to
create cricket facilities in their upcoming real estate projects so that the
budding sports persons can make use of such facilities for their possible
evaluation in the field of cricketing.
He also called upon the manufacturers of various sports goods
that were present on the occasion to come out with the details and share them
with him so that a draft law could be legislated to punish those fake sports
goods manufacturers that sell off the original brands claiming to own the
original brands.
In his welcome remarks, President, PHD Chamber, Dr. Mahesh Gupta
said that encouragement to sports is not the responsibility of the government
alone but all citizens should contribute to it.
The Convention also awarded the accomplished sports person from
different walks of sports for their outstanding contribution with awardees
being felicitated jointly by Mr. Thakur and others such as President, PHD
Chamber.
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