Srinagar, Mar 10: A well known Cricketer od Kashmir Nadeem Dar who is working as Assistant Director Sports in Kashmir University has been appointed as Deputy Director Sports Authority of India (SAI) New Delhi.
Nadeem is well known figure in sports circles of Kashmir and has been serving as Assistant Director in Directorate of Physical Education and Sports in Kashmir University from last more than five years. He had applied for the post of Deputy Director in SAI in which he has been selected. It is for the first time that anyone from Kashmir region has been appointed for such a post in biggest sports body of India.
Nadeem is likely to get his posting in Jammu centre of SAI which has units and coaching facility all over J&K.
Nadeem termed it a challenge and said that he opted for SAI only to give sports a major flip in J&K.
“I have been working in Kashmir University from last more than five years and was now looking for a bigger challenge. This is one such challenge and has lot of scope,” Nadeem said.
“My aim will be to make all the available coaching centres of SAI in J&K fully functional and get maximum output from the coaches that work for SAI. It is common notion here that coaches didn’t give their maximum output in the SAI facilities in J&K,” Nadeem said.
He said that SAI is base to improve Olympic sports disciplines.
“SAI have got coaches , it has got facilities and it provide top level training. The only thing that lack is effort. I will try to put in that effort and also try to get more facilities for J&K from SAI,” he added.
Meanwhile Sports fraternity of J&K has welcomed the appointment of Nadeem as deputy director SAI.