Government to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) to enhance India’s Olympic performance
Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) was set up under the Sports Ministry. Khelo India Scheme. Under this scheme, one KISCE will be identified in each state and union territory. The purpose of this effort is to create a robust sporting ecosystem in the entire country.
In the beginning, Ministry has identified state-owned sports facilities in eight states of India, including, Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala, Telangana and the northeast states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland which will be upgraded into Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE).
The Union Minister Kiren Rijiju explained the motive for starting this he said, The Khelo India State Centre of Excellence is being established to strengthen India’s pursuit of excellence in the Ölympics. Our effort is to scale up the best sporting facilities available in each state in India into academies of world-class standard, where athletes from all over the country will want to train in their specific discipline.