Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurates Khelo India State Centre of Excellence for Rowing discipline in Srinagar

Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) for Rowing discipline at the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council Water Sports Academy at the Nehru Park in the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar on April 10, 2021.
This is one of the two KISCEs from Jammu & Kashmir. The other being the Maulana Azad Stadium for Fencing discipline in Jammu.
There are currently 24 KISCEs across 23 States and Union Territories.
Each of them focuses on Olympics sports discipline.
KISCEs is an ongoing endeavour to scale-up existing centres from the States and Union Territories to the world standard level keeping in mind the goal of getting India excelled at the Olympics.