BRAHMAPUTRA VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE, ASSAM
One of India's largest community-driven grassroots sports initiatives, launched in 2020 by former Indian volleyball captain Abhijit Bhattacharya.
10,000+
Children across 32 districts in Assam, introduced to volleyball since the league began
INTRODUCTION
Dani Sports Foundation serves as the knowledge and technical partner to the BVL, supporting the design and strengthening of its operational systems, training frameworks, and monitoring mechanisms. From coach capacity building and grassroots innovation to curriculum refinement and leadership development, DSF’s role is to help build robust back-end systems that ensure quality, consistency, and sustainability as the league scales.
Our collaboration also focuses on documenting impact, amplifying success stories, and supporting BVL’s long-term vision of becoming a replicable and recognised model for grassroots sports across India.
RECOGNITION
FIVB Volleyball Foundation
Silver Certification
For significant contribution to grassroots sports development.
IOC · 2025 GEDI CHAMPIONS AWARD
Founder Abhijit Bhattacharya named Global Winner
For Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
NATIONAL SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Assam U-14 Girls
Reached the quarter-finals for the first time in history.
A SYMBOL OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN BVL
At 95, Champawati Devi chose to become a volleyball team owner.
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Her grandson plays in the Brahmaputra Volleyball League, and she had seen first-hand how the sport had shaped his confidence and growth. Wanting more young players to experience the same opportunity, she decided to support a team, with two conditions: it had to be a girls’ team, and it had to come from another village.
Champawati Devi committed ₹14,000 from her pension, paid in four instalments of ₹3,500. After making the third payment, she fractured her hand and was unable to sign the final cheque. As soon as she recovered, she completed her commitment.
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She went on to adopt the Barbari U-16 girls’ team for Season 4 and has already pledged her support to another team for Season 5. Her story is a reminder that belief in young people has no age limit.
NATIONAL EXPANSION
PROJECT VOLLEYBALL 360
1,000,000
Children — the 2036 target
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Building on the BVL model, DSF is replicating this framework across six pilot states — with the long-term vision of introducing 1 million children to volleyball by 2036.
Maharastra
Odisha
Jharkhand
Manipur
Jammu & Kashmir
Madhya Pradesh