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20 | P a g e Workshop on Sport and Physical Education in Colleges and Universities Saturday, December 3, 2011 New Delhi, India Introduction This workshop discussed the endless possibilities that sport offer at the college and university level, to takers of all kinds – students, sportspersons, researchers and general enthusiasts, and for givers – professors, veterans and policy makers. It also discussed how sport in colleges and universities could be taken to the next level, so that it contributes to social development in a larger perspective. Moderator: Ms Nayana D Nimkar, Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education Panel (in order of proceedings): 1. Ms Nayana D Nimkar, Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education 2. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal, University of Delhi 3. Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri, University of Delhi 4. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal, Amity University 5. Mr Graham Smith, EdgeHill University, UK Participation: 75+ Key deliberations: 1. Ms Nayana D Nimkar 2. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. Contact Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal at devinderkansal@gmail.com Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in Ms Nayana D Nimkar moderated the last workshop of Maidan Summit 2011 that aimed to discuss about how to align the existing curriculum in colleges and universities with the upcoming need of taking sport to the next level, and using it in the context of development around areas of education, health, gender and livelihoods. Contact Ms Nayana D Nimkar at nayananimkar@gmail.com Know more about Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education at www.agashecollege.org Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal spoke about balancing of education in the country at all levels. He suggested that sport should be seen as foundation of the entire education system, and it should be embedded right from the nascent stages. He recommended as many partnerships as possible in the area, so that sport could directly find connect with development in a general perspective. He said that one needs to create a dedicated human environment in colleges and universities that that supports a sporting culture, so that there are maximum takers for it. Kansal reiterated the need to formalize physical education at the school as well as the college and university level.
3. Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri 21 | P a g e Contact Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri at arjun_chaudhuri@yahoo.com Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in 4. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal Contact Mr Arun Kumar Uppal at drakuppal@rediffmail.com Know more about the Amity University at www.amity.edu/aspess/default.asp Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri took the audience through a brief history of development of sport. He said that the state of affairs in India is slowly moving from amateur to professional sporting, which is why we can build upon a lot of new developments from within and around the world to craft out sport-based programmes. He also talked about the economics related to using sport for development in the Indian context, citing a small reference to the example of the industrial revolution of Europe. Arjun said that development can only happen if the methods and processes are in place. Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal talked about identification of talent as a key deliverable that sport sciences should offer. Highlighting five areas of sport-oriented courses in colleges and universities, he mentioned scientific sport training methodology, exercise physiology, sport psychology, sport biomechanics, and sport medicine to be important ingredients of sport curriculum in colleges and universities. In his presentation, Mr Uppal detailed all five of these elements, and elaborated on how their proper integration and use in sport programmes can help sport contribute to the larger domain of development. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. 5. Mr Graham Smith Mr Graham Smith in his presentation talked about the foundation of sport provisions in colleges and universities. Sharing a model from EdgeHill University, he mentioned six main categories for a good course on physical education and sport sciences. These were sport and exercise sciences, sport development, sport studies, sport therapy, coach education and coaching science, and physical education and school sport. In the course of his presentation, Smith elaborated on these categories in light of the ones existing in India and other parts of the world. He also mentioned that a certain passion about teaching physical education is extremely important in deciding whether it goes a long way or not. Encouraging fundamentals, Smith concluded by saying that physical education and sport sciences is where sport starts. Therefore, the vision of achieving a healthy, active population can be achieved through it. Thus, it is for people involved in sports that they have to challenge policy and graduate change. If we don’t do that, we let down sports, we let down change, he said. Mr Graham Smith’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. Contact Mr Graham Smith at smithg@edgehill.ac.uk Know more about the EdgeHill University at www.edgehill.ac.uk Maidan Summit 2011 was driven by Magic Bus India Foundation under the kind auspices of Government of India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Australian Government’s Australian Sports Commission, the Government of UK’s British Council, and University of Delhi. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Basix Academy for Building Lifelong Employability (B-ABLE), the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, the Special Olympics Bharat (SOB), the International Award for Young People (IAYP), the Naz Foundation, and SportzPower partnered with Magic Bus towards creating a successful Maidan for sport for development in India.
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