In the Khelo india Youth Games 2022 held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Panchkula, a program was organized by haryana Government, National Center for sports Science and Research (SCSSR) on the contribution of new technology in improving the performance of players.

Now, on the lines of foreign countries, the performance of players in india will also be increased with artificial intelligence and data science. For this, a team of professors from the indian Institute of technology (IIT), madras is engaged. Their aim is to create such a model, which can also benefit the players coming from small towns. Advances in technology are still out of reach for the small town athlete.

In the Khelo india Youth Games 2022 held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Panchkula, a program was organized by haryana Government, National Center for sports Science and Research (SCSSR) on the contribution of new technology in improving the performance of players.

Professor Mahesh Panchagnula and professor Nandan from the Analytics Center of the indian Institute of technology (IIT), madras, who arrived in this, said that technology is contributing significantly in improving the performance of the players. It is often seen that big players go abroad for practice and take coaching abroad.

He said- The main reason for this is the state-of-the-art technology, artificial intelligence and data science available there. It is used to improve the performance of the players. The team at IIT madras is now working to make all this easily available to our players in india as well.

The team of Analytics Center working for these three purposes

Professor Mahesh Panchagnula said that the team of Analytics Center, IIT madras is working with three objectives. The first objective is to arrange such a training program for the athlete, in which he can easily identify his ability through technique and overcome the shortcomings. The second objective is to enhance the performance of the athlete through science and AI.

A model is being prepared for this, which will be ready within the coming six months to a year. Apart from this, new start-ups have to be promoted for new technology related to sports and to create such an ecosystem, so that this technology is affordable and accessible to the common people. With this, players coming from small towns will also be able to take advantage of this technology.

Team of five professors and one CEO engaged

Professor Mahesh Panchagnula told that a team of five professors of IIT madras is engaged in this work. A CEO is also working with them. He said that the team is developing a model that will enhance the capabilities of the players based on their bio-markers and performance markers. Apart from this, their aim is also to reduce the injury to the players during the game, so that there is minimum drop out in the games.

Old coaches and senior players arrived under one roof

Brigadier Vibhu kalyan Nayak, Director, National Center for sports Science and Research said that the program has been organized under the joint aegis of haryana Government. In this event, old coaches and senior players have gathered under one roof. It was attended by senior players like Anju bobby George and Dr. ajay Kumar Bansal, who shared their experiences.

He told the players how they data-faced difficulties during the games and how other players can improve their game more in future. Vibhu kalyan informed that with the efforts of prime minister Narendra Modi, a National Center for sports Science and Research is being built at a cost of Rs 300 crore. Under this, research is being done in relation to the injury to the players during sports and to enhance their performance.