proposal for green sports complex 2 | university of calicut PROPOSAL FOR THE GREEN SPORTS COMPLEX
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
proposal for green sports complex 4 | university of calicut The University of Calicut, the largest one in our State was established in the year 1968 with less than 25 colleges in the beginning. Today the university has grown to a gigantic size with great honour and credibility. The university today has 348 colleges, 35 departments and over three lakhs students.
Although we have completed 43 years in our history, we could not establish a Sports Complex with synthetic stadium, aquatic complex, multi-purpose indoor stadium, dormitory for players, cricket stadium, vellodrome with hockey filed, football field etc. The University has allotted 20ha of land for this purpose in the campus. The present Syndicate of University, after detailed discussions arranged to prepare an elegant plan and estimate for the establishment of a Green Sports Complex. The total financial outlay of this Complex is around Rs.93 cores. When completed, the Green Sports Complex will remain as a unique and one of the best sports facilities of Asia.
Let me request your earnest support and cooperation to complete this task so as to benefit the same to the Sports Community of the nation as well as to three lakhs students of this University.
Calicut University Dr. M. Abdul Salam 28-02-2012 Vice Chancellor
proposal for green sports complex UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
Bird’s eye view (259 Hectares of land)
6 | university of calicut The University The University of Calicut was established in the year 1968 as the second of its kind in Kerala with a vision of promoting higher education and research in the educationally backward area of Malabar, comprising the central and northern districts of Kerala. It is the largest University in the state and also one of the largest in the country, with about 338 affiliated colleges and about 3.5 lakhs students in these colleges. It also has 35 teaching and research departments on the campus. The main campus spreads over 536 acres of land in possession. Besides, the University has 7 off-campus centers in the Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Wayanad districts. Since its inception, the university has been acting as a catalyst to provide the much needed guidance and quality control to meet the aspirations of the people in general and the dreams of the backward community of the Malabar area. The beautiful campus with its serene atmosphere is spread on both sides of the National Highway NH 17, in the Thenjippalam area, located at 23 kms to south of Kozhikode city. It is only 8 kms away from the Kozhikode airport. The University campus is rich in terms of the academic ambience and sports culture and has the potential to emerge as a world class University in the area. The University is a state government run University and is run by the generous support it receives from the state government and the Central government through the various funding agencies such as the UGC. In addition to the conventional disciplines in humanities and sciences, the University has recently taken several steps to promote research in advanced interdisciplinary areas such as Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and Stem Cell research.
Although the University has tremendous potential for growth, in an era of modernization of science, and educational concepts, there is a need for major infrastructural reforms to fulfill the academic goals of the University. The University plans to cross such hurdles during the XII Plan period to emerge as one of the most rated University in terms of student intake, academic quality, research and consultancy, examination reforms, good and effective governance, cultural activities, and sports and games.
proposal for green sports complex Former Students of the University Padmasree Olympian Dr. P.T. Usha, the finest athlete India has ever seen. Smt. M.D. Valsamma and Smt. Anju Bobby George in Athletics and Late Jimmy George in Volleyball are yet another alumni of the department who have won Padmasree, Anju Bobby George, another former student, was also honoured with the most prestigious Sports Award of the country, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Her coach and Dronacharya Award Winner Bobby George is also a former star of this university. Besides Dr. Usha, Valsamma, Anju and Jimmy, The University’s former students and athletes Saramma and Mercykuttan, Volleyball Players Saly Joseph and Cyril. C. Vellore have won the reputed Arjuna Award for their excellent performance in sports.
The following former Calicut University athletes have been awarded one of the highest civilian award (Padmasree Award) in India for their excellence in sports Padmasree Award Winners 1. P.T. Usha (Athletics) 2. M.D. Valsamma (Athletics) 3. Late Jimmy George (Volleyball) 4. Anju Bobby George (Athletics)
Anju Bobby George (Athletics), former Calicut University athlete have been awarded the highest sports award (Rajeev Gandhi Khel Retna Award) for the highest achievement in sports during 2004-05
Bobby George (Athletics), former Calicut University athlete have been awarded the highest award for coaching in sports in India (Dronacharya Award) during 2004-05.
Dr. P.T. Usha Anju Bobby George M.D. Valsamma Late Jimmy George
8 | university of calicut Arjuna Award Winners The following twelve former Calicut University athletes and players have been awarded the highest sports award (Arjuna Award) for their excellence in sports. 1. Dr. P.T. Usha (Athletics) 2. M.D. Valsamma (Athletics) 3. Rosakutty. K.C. (Athletics) 4. Mercykuttan (Athletics) 5. Saly Joseph (Volleyball) 6. Jimmy George (Volleyball) 7. K. Saramma (Athletics) 8. Cyril. C. Vellore (Volleyball) 9. Anju B. George (Athletics) 10. George Thomas (Shuttle Badminton) 11. Sinimole Paulose ( Athletics) 12. Joseph Abraham (Athletics)
Dr. P.T. Usha Anju Bobby George M.D. Valsamma Late Jimmy George
K. Saramma Saly Joseph Rosakutty. K.C. Mercykuttan
Cyril. C. Vellore George Thomas Joseph Abraham Sinimole Paulose
proposal for green sports complex GREEN SPORTS COMPLEX (50 Acres Land)
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