CONRAD DIAS
Ranchi, March 15: A National Level Volleyball Academy equipped with all major international facilities will be set up in Jharkhand under the aegis of government and non-government sports organizations.
As per the meeting held by the Governing Body and Executive Board of Mongia National Volleyball Academy (MNVA), several new resolutions were made that included appointment of experienced high-level coaches, the selection process of 30 volleyball players in the age group of 12 to 16 years and the agenda related to quality education, housing, food, medical, transport and other facilities.
Dr. Gunwant Singh Mongia, President of MNVA, said that these decisions have been taken in order to produce international players from Jharkhand. “We are planning to provide top facilities to the budding players and we aim in producing top quality volleyball players from Jharkhand,” he said.
MNVA will also organize ‘Mongia Steel Cup Inter School Volleyball Competition’ and the Academy will start from July 2022 as planned.
Jharkhand’s MNVA will be the first sports academy in the country to work on a centralized and decentralized system. Also, MNVA will be a pioneer in spreading the much awaited ‘mini volleyball’ in India on the principle of sports pedagogy for the grass-root development of volleyball.
