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.

The information bulletin for CUET UG 2025 was also be released along with the release of the notification for the exam.

Schedule

CUET UG 2025 Exam application is on from 1 to 22 March 2o25. The application can be submitted till 11:50 PM on 22 March 2025.

Corrections in the CUET UG 2025 exam application submitted can be taken up from 24 to 26 March 2025 (up to 11.50 PM).

The exam will be conducted from 8 May to 1 June 2025, dates for release of hall ticket, answer key, city intimation slip and result will be announced in due course on the official website.

What is CUET UG 2025 Exam?

The full name of the exam is Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate, it is popular as CUET UG. It is a national-level exam conducted once a year.

CUET UG 2025 is meant to be held for 2025. The exam is conducted online, and answers must be registered on a computer screen at the designated test center.

The questions in CUET UG 2025 Exam would be related to languages, general ability and various academic subjects.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Post passing the exam, candidates have to visit the websites of various participating institutions and know the schedule for submitting applications for admissions.

Once the schedule is known, students must submit applications there along with CUET UG 2025 Exam scores and other required documents.

Who can submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application?

Candidates who have passed plus two from a recognized educational institution can submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

Subjects in the plus two must be related to the subject in which candidates wish to study graduation.

Candidates can pass plus two in any stream if applying for arts or humanities programs. Applicants targeting commerce in graduation must pass plus two preferably in the commerce stream.

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Those aiming for graduation in science can pass plus two in science stream. Students who are about to appear for the qualifying exams or those who have appeared and are waiting for the results can also submit CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

However, they have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission process commencement.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and then submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to scroll down the page and click <CUET (UG) 2025-Registration> under Candidate Activity menu.

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with the URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

4. Once the webpage is available, applicants can click the New Registration and create an account with username and password.

5. They can come back to the same page with URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

6. After the page with above URL opens, they can click Login and use their username and password and  submit.

7. Once they login, they start filling the CUET UG 2025 Exam Application.

8. Form has to be filled and registration fee has to be paid and submitted. Candidates can obtain a confirmation message indicating successful submission. Once obtained, applicants can download it and take a printout of it.

Website for CUET UG 2025 Exam Application Submission is Here

How to download hall ticket?

Candidates who have successfully submitted CUET UG 2025 exam application can alone download the hall ticket for the exam from the official website which can be accessed at ‘https://cuet.nta.nic.in/’

Process to obtain hall ticket is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and the website should be allowed to download.

2. Once the webpage is available, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket and then enter their username and password and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

3. The admit card can be downloaded and then a printout of it has to be taken. Applicants have to appear for the exam at the designated test center with the hall ticket.

After the exam

Students have to view the results for the exam, they can visit the official website of the exam at the appropriate time and log in using the credentials they created while submitting CUET UG 2025 exam application.

Post login, the students can view their scorecards. Those who have passed the exam with the required qualifying marks can apply for admission into courses of their choice.