PARTNERING WITH STATES TO BUILD STRONGER, SUSTAINABLE SPORTS SYSTEMS FROM GRASSROOTS TO ELITE.
Dani Sports Foundation embeds dedicated Project Management Units within state sports departments, working as an on-ground extension of the department itself, not an external consultant, but a technical, planning and execution partner.
Our first PMU is deployed with the Rajasthan State Sports Council (RSSC), Department of Youth Affairs & Sports, and the next deployment is with the Sports Authority of Telangana (SATG), Department of Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture (Sports) Department: a multidisciplinary team of experienced sports practitioners, and sports management specialists working full-time out of client sites.
WHAT A PMU DOES
A PMU supports the state government across the full sports value chain, from grassroots participation to elite performance and governance:
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Strategic Vision & Policy: diagnostic reviews, benchmarking against national frameworks, and drafting updated state sports policy
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Talent Identification: state-wide, school-based screening programmes to find sporting talent early
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Talent Development: structured pathways from grassroot centres to satellite centres to elite Centres of Excellence
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Competition Architecture: building recurring, multi-level competition systems from village to state level
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Capacity Building: training programmes for coaches and sports administrators
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Infrastructure Planning: on-ground mapping and readiness assessments of sporting facilities statewide
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Institutional Reform: restructuring governance models for stronger accountability and delivery
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Event Execution: coordinating major multi-agency national events
Ongoing initiatives where we support state sports departments in Rajasthan and Telangana
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State-wide talent identification and development pathway designed, targeting children aged 8–14 across the state
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Infrastructure mapping completed across all districts
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Supported successful delivery of the Khelo India University Games 2025, hosted across 7 locations with 4,500+ athletes in Rajasthan
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Contributed to a proposed governance restructuring of the state sports department
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Supporting flagship elite-athlete and Centre of Excellence programmes aligned with India's Olympic 2028 ambitions
OUR APPROACH
Across states, PMU and Knowledge Partner engagements are built to leave behind more than reports. The goal is a structured, scalable and sustainable sports development ecosystem: clear athlete pathways, expanded training infrastructure, and stronger institutions that can run independently of us over time.