- A youth who resides in Naxal area of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district got an opportunity to complete Diploma in Tennis Coaching for one year conducted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA)
- Nagpur Additional Tribal Commissioner Office’s Kaushalya Vikas Tribal Tennis Programme is a platform will enhance a bright career in Tennis world
- The Tennis programme is remarkable accomplishment for a tribal and he can now take home decent money for a living
- Level-1 All India Tennis Association certificate comprises of how to grip a tennis racket, punch a volley and even be a linesman and chair umpire he has learnt the nuances of clay and hard court tennis
- Around 10 candidates out of 22 are employed by an academy in Hyderabad; four have found jobs in Pune and Nagpur, two at Hinganghat and one each at Hingoli and Parbhani
- MSLTA approached Dr. Pallavi Darade, ATC, Nagpur, regarding the proposal of a specific Tennis programme specially for tribals which was accepted but demanded that the programme should be job oriented
- The trained people now can coach, play tennis and also supervise a match and they were trained under AITA-recognised coaches Arjun Sutar and Kapil Chutele for eight hours a day for 12 months
- These trained coaches will be made assistant coaches and will supervise the matches, results have been amazing. Bhaskar Ghaval from Gadchiroli did not utter a word for weeks; after 12 months he gave a 10-minute thanksgiving speech,” said MSLTA treasurer Sundar Iyer
- 36 lakhs was the cost of the programme and was born by MSLTA and the ATC and took care of the boarding, loading and paid them stipend
- This act Will boost the morale of the tribal and the backward areas integrate into the mainstream We have schemes under the Kaushalya Vikas programme to train tribal youth as gardeners, AC/TV technicians, watchmen
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tennis-helps-tribal-youth-ace-job-challenge/article6319912.ece