Growing the Olympic Movement
Reliance Foundation is committed to propelling India to global sporting prominence, in medal victories and in hosting global sporting events, including the Olympics.
The Foundation’s scholarship programme runs across the country in around 10 Olympic sports like shooting, wrestling, athletics, archery, badminton, boxing, judo, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling, in which we support 200+ athletes, including the likes of Olympic and World Championship medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain, table tennis sensation Manika Batra, weightlifting champion Achinta Sheuli, Olympian boxer Shiva Thapa, the youngest world record holder in Shooting – Tilottama Sen, and many more.
Our key interventions include:
- Scholarships that provide personalised attention tailored to the needs of elite athlete
- Systemic support to academies and coaches in talent hotpots;
- World-class High performance centres in athletics;
- Capacity building of and support to national sports organisations, including the Indian Olympic Association and the Athletics Federation of India.
- Coach and technical support staff education and development;
Through our state-of-the-art sports science and medicine center and world-class staff at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, we also holistic provide support to athletes and organisations in areas such as sports science and medicine, nutrition, psychology, strength & conditioning, physiotherapy, and injury rehabilitation.
Recognising the global profile and medal potential of the sport, Reliance Foundation has a specialised focus on athletics, where we support 100+ athletes who have won several national and international medals.
A High-Altitude training facility in Tamil Nadu specialises in endurance running.
Odisha-RF Athletics High-Performance Centre - Set up in collaboration with the Odisha State Government, the HPC provides world-class facilities, training, infrastructure, and equipment for athletes. Athletes from the HPC have already won multiple medals at National and international competitions.
Reliance has always focused on the long-term growth of sports through partnerships with international, national, and state sports organisations. We are already working closely with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), the All India Football Federation (AIFF), The Mizoram Football Association (MFA) and the Odisha Government among others.
