Visit to (Tata Sports Complex)

On 2nd September 2019, the students of the Sports Management department of IISWBM along with Professors Dr. Madhab Milan Ghosh and Ankan Bannerjee left for Jamshedpur to visit the JRD Tata Sports Complex and other Sports Academies in the city.

Students visited the 30 acres Tata Sports Complex which has an 8-lane synthetic track, International size pool, boxing centre, skating area, court, ground, ground, lawn court, court, table tennis hall, badminton courts, chess centre, adventure sports and a High Performance Centre (HPC) for the athletes. The students also visited the ‘Centre for Excellence’, where they were briefed about the history, the prominent members and some amazing facts about the leading founders of the .

Students at the campus of Centre for Excellence and the Professors of Sports Management Department of IISWBM during an interaction with the Padma Shri Awardee Smt. Premlata Agarwal

The sports management students got an understanding of the history of sports in Tata, the Infrastructure, administrative set-up, the mission, vision and long term plan of each sports academy by directly interacting with the managers, coaches and the players. The students also visited the and Hockey Academy on the final day.

Students even got an opportunity to interact with Mr. Mukul Choudhary (Chief of sports wing and CEO of Jamshedpur FC) and Mr. Ashish Kumar Gupta (Head of Sports, TATA Steel). Mr. Choudhary and Mr. Gupta discussed about various aspects of sports management and the contributions that the sports management students can make in running these sports academies professionally.

Students along with the two Professors at the JFC Football stadium and at the Naval Tata Hockey Academy

Students and Professors with Komalika Bari (2nd Indian Women to achieve a title at the World Youth Archery and Cadet Championship 2019) and with Mr. Mukul Choudhary at JRD Tata Sports Complex