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.
