By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Government will set up Table Tennis academies in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday adding Table Tennis training centres will be set up across all the indoor halls in the state..
Delegates from International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and International Table Tennis Federation foundation met the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. 5T Secretary VK Pandian, Sports Secretary R Vineel Krishna were among those present.
The delegation included Petra Sorling, President, ITTF and ITTF foundation, Leandro Olvech, Director, ITTF Foundation, Saurabh Mishra, Programme Manager, ITTF Foundation, Julia Tappendorf, Program Coordinator, ITTF Foundation.
President, ITTF, Petra Sörling presented Chief Minister Patnaik the Table Tennis for Development handbook on using table tennis for social change, developed in partnership with GIZ, and Pro Sport Development India, who are running the Community Table Tennis project in Bhubaneswar, supported by the ITTF Foundation’s Dream Building Fund.
ITTF Foundation strongly supports the Chief Minister’s vision of using sport to empower and develop the youth of Odisha, and to use sport as a tool to leave behind a stronger, sustainable future. The ITTF Foundation is the ITTF Group’s sport for development body and is supporting a project in Bhubaneswar to use table tennis for gender empowerment and equality.
