National Institute of Sports
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports commonly known as National Institute of Sports (NIS), is the Academic Wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's largest Sports Institute located in city of Patiala.
History
Founded in 1950, the Institute was renamed as Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in January 1973.[1] Spread over 268 acres, NIS is housed in the Old Moti Bagh Palace of the erstwhile royal family of Patiala State, which was purchased by Government of India after Indian Independence.[1]
Memorabilia
Today, several items of sports memorabilia, like a hass (doughnut-shaped exercise disc), weighing 95 kg, used by The Great Gama, for squats, and Major Dhyan Chand's gold medal from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, and PT Usha 1986 Seoul Asiad shoes, are housed at the National Institute of Sports Museum.[2]
Departments
- Department of Sports Medicine
- Department of Exercise Physiology
- Department of Sports Biochemistry
- Department of Sports Anthropometry
- Department of Sports Psychology
- Department of Sports Nutrition
- Department of General Theory & Methods of Training
- Department of Biomechanics
Sports facilities
- Gymnasium and swimming pool complex
- Three indoor halls for wrestling, weightlifting, boxing, basketball, badminton, table tennis
- Volleyball, handball and judo
- Two squash courts
- Cycling velodrome
- Hockey field astroturf and three grass fields
- Athletic track - synthetic (8 lanes), grass (4 lanes) and cinder (8 lanes)
- Area for throws
- Two basketball cement courts
- Two football grounds
- Two handball grounds
- Tennis (3 hard and 3 grass courts)
- Four volleyball courts
- Turf wicket cricket ground and 6 cricket nets
- Archery ground
- Nine-hole golf course
- Five-lane jogging and cross country track
- Wushu Training Centre
- Fencing training centre
References
- 1 2 "About us". National Institute of Sports. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ A rare museum, The Tribune (Chandigarh), November 24, 2001.