They are aimed at enhancing fan engagement, provide solutions for federations to flag cheating and chess training programs to further grow the sports at the grassroots level.

The Institute made these announcements today (13th July 2024) at Day Two of the ‘Sports Tech Start Up Conclave’ being organized in New Delhi by IIT Madras CESSA.

Beginning

Sandip Pradhan, Director-General, Sports Authority of India (SAI), said this is just a beginning. We have started working with IIT Madras and there is scope to do a lot of collaboration.

‘We would like to strength our collaboration further. To all the entrepreneurs, we are looking to support start-ups.’

We are looking for opportunities to work with the start-ups. If you have products that you think can be applied in sports bodies, we will work with you.

‘The Government will support not only Research but also products.’ He further said We will be very happy to collaborate through IIT Madras CESSA to support products that can be integrated into sports bodies.

We would like to be shown the path to support various stakeholders in the sports ecosystem through this forum.

The entire country is proud of IIT Madras, especially the way you have developed various technologies and I am sure you will do the same in sports sector as well, he said.

High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence can play a very crucial role that can aid chess players during the training phase by enumerating several scenarios and the best possible game plans for those.

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IIT Madras is very keen to develop such platforms with an objective to make Bharat a global chess powerhouse, he said.

Courses

IIT Madras CESSA also plans to offer courses for upgrading skills and undertake specific steps to train various players in the sports value chain in India as part of its sports education initiative.

These initiatives will cover sportspersons, PE instructors, coaches, referees, analysts, physiologists, nutritionists, umpires, sports presenters and management personnel. As part of this IIT Madras CESSA plans to launch five new courses in sports on NPTEL in the coming months.

Vision

Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Alumni and Corporate Relations), IIT Madras, and Head of CESSA, IIT Madras spoke about IIT Madras vision for sports education aided by technology.

Today, IIT Madras launches innovative technology-driven initiatives in sports, also aiming to revolutionize sports education, empower chess federations with anti-cheating solutions, and pioneer grassroots training programs, said Prof Mahesh, head of CESSA.

This underscores our commitment to advancing sports education, nurturing talent across all levels of the sports ecosystem and using technology to further elevate India’s place in the chess world, he said.

Consideration

Also under consideration are courses in AI/ML and Data Science Certificate Courses for students with sports examples integrated into it, say sources from CESSA.

IIT M also plans to launch Bachelor of Sports Science Course and a Bachelors and Masters in Sports Management in the future. IITM CESSA also.

Industry connect

All the sports courses that IITM CESSA launches will have strong industry connects as well as linkages with various initiatives of IITM CESSA in Sports Science and product development for the athletes and sports federations.

Some of these courses will be developed in partnership with leading players in the specific vertical, say sources from CESSA.

The students will also have exposure to developing analytics for media platforms and exposure to various sports tech startups incubated as part of some of these courses, say sources from CESSA.

Digital destination

IIT M CESSA as part of the push to develop chess further also plans to build a compelling digital destination for chess (content, training) from India.

Unique technology

CESSA will also develop unique technology offerings to ensure that the chess game play is fair by developing technology tools to aid in anti-cheating measure and develop various tools to make online chess more compelling and further increase fan engagement.

Other initiatives

Other initiatives include

Ø Grassroots level popularization of chess by undertaking various technology initiatives

Ø Plans on involving local chess players as the above structure is built to ensure financial benefits for everyone in the ecosystem

Various innovative recommendations were discussed and ways for sports federations, technology players, media platforms and R & D to collaborate to make the game coverage more innovative and engaging.

It is about admission into various courses offered at Lovely Professional University (LPU).

About LPUNEST 2025

LPUNEST 2025 is meant to be conducted this year (2025). Exam is conducted in online mode where questions have to be answered on a computer screen at the designated test center.

Test is also conducted in remote proctored online mode, where candidates can write the test on a computer screen from anywhere.

Questions in the exam depend upon the subject in which the candidate is trying to seek admission. Questions will be based on class 12 lessons if seeking admission in UG courses.

Those seeking admission in PG programs have to answer questions from graduate level lessons of their respective subject in which, they wish to pursue post graduation.

Last date to register during the third phase is 15 April 2025, as per LPUNEST 2025 application submission schedule.

As per LPUNEST 2025 Application Submission schedule, entrance exam will be conducted from 4 to 30 April 2025. The result of the exam will be announced on 6 May 2025.

Online counselling and seat allocation will start from 6 May 2025 onwards. More details are given in the table below:

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LPUNEST 2025 application submission eligibility criteria is that students must fulfill to be eligible t apply for the entrance exam.

Students who have passed plus two from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India can apply as per LPUNEST 2025 application submission eligibility criteria.

Those aiming for post graduation must have passed graduation in the relevant discipline from a recognized educational institution to be eligible to apply as per LPUNEST 2025 application submission eligibility criteria.

Even candidates who have appeared for their final exams of their qualifying degree and are waiting for the results can also take up LPUNEST 2025 application submission.

These people however have to pass the exam and provide a proof for it by the time the admission commences.

LPUNEST 2025 application submission process?

LPUNEST 2025 application submission process can be done online. Applications can be submitted on the official website which is accessible at ‘https://admission.lpu.in/’

The LPUNEST 2025 application submission process is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

Candidates who have taken up LPUNEST 2025 application submission have to appear for the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks.

Those who pass the exam can take part in the next part of the admission process which involves counselling.

For certain other courses, after passing the exam, they may have to take part in group discussion (GD) and interview (PI – Personal Interview) after passing the entrance test.

Selection will be done based on performance in entrance test, qualifying exam, GD, PI, choice of course by candidate and vacancies available in that course.

Candidates who have obtained the seat can confirm their acceptance and join the institution for classes.

Those who pass national-level exams like JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, CAT, CLAT, NATA are likely exempted from appearing for LPUNEST.

These candidates can submit LPUNEST 2025 application and then appear for the next phase of the admission process as they are exempted from taking up LPUNEST.

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