Dr. Kuldeep Gupta Meets YSS Director General Anuradha Gupta
Kabaddi Association officials brief YSS chief on upcoming referee course in Srinagar; seek support for grassroots kabaddi development.
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Dr. Kuldeep Gupta met YSS Director General Anuradha Gupta to discuss kabaddi promotion in J&K.
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A kabaddi referee training course will be held in Srinagar from July 28–31, 2025.
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Officials called for district-level support and greater inclusion of kabaddi in school sports activities.
GG News Bureau
Jammu, 14th July: Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Gupta, General Secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Amateur Kabaddi Association and Technical Director of the Asian Kabaddi Federation, called on Ms. Anuradha Gupta, recently appointed Director General of the Youth Services & Sports (YSS) Department, Jammu & Kashmir, to extend congratulations and discuss kabaddi development plans across the Union Territory.
Accompanied by S.S. Gill, Technical Director of J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association, and S. Tajinder Singh, Dr. Gupta briefed Ms. Gupta about the Association’s upcoming event — the J&K UT Kabaddi Referee’s Level-I Course, scheduled to be held in Srinagar from July 28 to 31, 2025.
Dr. Gupta requested the YSS Director General to direct all district officers to encourage Physical Education Teachers (PETs), PEMs, and Lecturers associated with the kabaddi discipline to register with the J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association by July 25, 2025. He noted that the course would help enhance technical knowledge and referee capabilities among grassroots-level kabaddi instructors, under the guidance of qualified national and international trainers from the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India.
Highlighting the sport’s growth in J&K, Dr. Gupta also praised the Kabaddi Stadium at M.A. Stadium Jammu — North India’s first exclusive kabaddi stadium built to international standards — as a milestone achieved under the leadership of J&K Sports Council Secretary Ms. Nuzhat Gull.
He further outlined the achievements of local kabaddi players and expressed confidence in Ms. Anuradha Gupta’s leadership to take traditional Indian sports like kabaddi to newer heights across every district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr. Gupta hoped that this collaboration would also aid in training UT-level teams for School National Games, and in organizing kabaddi tournaments across age groups — U14, U17, and U19 — at district, provincial, and UT levels.
