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Reliance Foundation’s innovative centre. Reliance Foundation also runs
intervention for an endurance training camp in Ooty, Tamil Nadu,

development of athletics and is to launch the National Centre for Athletics at

Jio Institute in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai.

Committed towards creating an in-depth impact in Reliance Foundation is the Principal Partner of the
athletics with multiple training centres, competitions Athletics Federation of India. As part of the

and collaboration with the national federations, association, Reliance Foundation provides extensive
Reliance Foundation established the High-Performance Sports Science and Medicine support the AFI’s elite

Centre (HPC) in Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with athletes. At the moment, RF has 9 physiotherapists

the Odisha Government. The Odisha Reliance stationed across national camps in 3 locations –
Foundation HPC aims to become Asia’s most Patiala, Trivandrum and Bangalore.

In order to promote Jhajjar:

rural sports, Reliance is • On the occasion of the 90 birth anniversary of
th
facilitating initiatives Late Shri Dhirubhai Ambani, a three-day cricket

across locations. tournament was organized for the MET

catchment area villages. A total of eight teams

Shahdol: with more 100 young individuals participated in
the entire tournament. Winners of the
• Organisation of five cricket tournaments
tournament were felicitated with prize money
with participation of over 50 teams from
and cups.
surrounding villages motivating over 300 players
• Two sports persons from Jhajjar district were also
on sporting spirit
supported by the RFYS scholarship programme -
• Sports kits were provided to 20 youth clubs Palak Gulia, Shooter and Tannu Gulia, Wrestler
to enable the youth to play and develop a sense
Reliance’s various sports initiatives for development
of sportsmanship.
aim to grow the Olympic movement in India,
• A new initiative of football development in the strengthen the sports ecosystem in schools and develop
area has been taken up with support from RFYS high-performing sportspersons on the global arena.
and AIFF which will develop potential players as Reliance Foundation aims to position sports as one of

coaches who will in turn train kids. the key driving forces of development in the country