KIRTI Programme

KIRTI Programme:

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports inaugurated the unique Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) programme.

• KIRTI Programme is aimed at school children between nine and 18 years age group.
• The scheme will have two main objectives:
  • To hunt talent from every nook and corner of the country and
  • To use sports as a tool to curb addiction towards drugs and other gadgetry distractions.
• KIRTI aims to conduct 20 lakh assessments across the country throughout the year to identify talent through notified Talent Assessment Centres.
• KIRTI made a solid launch across 50 centres in India. Fifty thousand applicants are being assessed in the first phase across 10 sports, including athletics, boxing, wrestling, hockey, football and wrestling.
• KIRTI’s athlete-centric programme is conspicuous by its transparent selection methodology based on Information Technology.
• Data analytics based on Artificial Intelligence is being used to predict the sporting acumen in an aspiring athlete.