In its endeavour to achieve sporting excellence, Odisha Government, through Sports and Youth Services Department, signed Memorandum of Understandings with 10 leading industrialists here at Kalinga Hockey Stadium this evening. According to the MoUs, these would sponsoring setting up of High Performance Centres (HPC) in seven sporting disciplines.
This move is supposed to enable the state encourage and nurture talent in the field of sports from all parts of India. The HPCs will have the necessary infrastructure and support services needed by an individual to realize their potential. They will now have a fair chance at training that will match international standards.