NEW DELHI: Tenvic, the sports management company owned by former Indian cricket captain and coach, Anil Kumble will help the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) to encourage children in participation across various levels of sport in the state, Press Trust of India reports.
As per the agreement, Tenvic will create new methods and a blueprint to ensure the most effective and efficient way of delivering a grassroots development program, which will impact the functioning of the state’s sports Centre of Excellence (CoE). It will add to the current program, which is in line with the ‘AP State Sports Sunrise Model’.
There will be extensive focus on physical education along with the development recreational, competitive and high-performance sport. The current sports coaching program has been designed across age-groups and skill levels in line with which intends to improve participation of all children of the state.
Kumble commented on the association: “Tenvic was started with the objective of identifying, nurturing and training talent at the grassroot level.
“This initiative by the govt of Andhra Pradesh and the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu touches upon all level of sports – from the grassroot to the center of excellence with additional focus on infrastructure development.”
