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Listening Window Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture Series 111

Having mentored players like Saina Nehwal, He concluded his lecture by saying, “There is a need
Parrupalli Kashyap, P.V Sindhu etc., he feels to emphasize on investment in sports because if
physical literacy has steadily declined in today’s we don’t build stadiums now, we’ll have to build
generation. For this, our curriculum should be
inclusive of sports. It has been seen that kids hospitals later”.
who are physically active are way smarter than The pride that a state, nation and people get in a
others. Sport gives life lessons which nothing else
can provide. sports win, is beyond any quantification. Holding
sports events is not limited to just conducting the
According to him, all kids are talented and instead event. It also helps promote local economy. Hence,
of talent selection, we and our authorities should
undertake talent mapping because sports itself sports encouragement ought to be on the agenda
can build champions and make them winners. of all stakeholders.