school games federation of india was formed in 1965.
school games federation of india was formed in 1965.
when was school games federation of india formed?
1965
on 31 january 2018, prime minister, narendra modi, declared open the inaugural khelo india school games at the opening ceremony based on guru–shishya tradition held at indira gandhi arena. from the 2019 events, khelo india school games were renamed to khelo india youth games after indian olympic association came on board earlier in september 2018.. the second edition of the event was kicked off in shree shiv chhatrapati sports complex, a sports complex situated in balewadi, pune, by sports minister, rajyavardhan singh rathore, and, chief minister of maharashtra, devendra fadnavis.
khelo india youth games
only selected school kids below the age of 17 years are eligible to compete. in the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the school games federation of india's national school games, 4 nominations from federation, one from central board of secondary education, one from the host state and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected. in team sports, the top 4 from the national school games, 2 nominations by the federation, 1 from the host state and one from the organising committee will be selected. for archery, badminton and shooting, the top 16 from the national school games, 8 nominations by the federation, 1 from cbse, 1 from host state, 1 from organising committee, and 6 from wild cards will be selected.
khelo india youth games