Sportstar Focus Bihar Conclave: Vijender Singh and PR Sreejesh to headline event in Patna, CM Nitish Kumar to attend
Sportstar Focus Bihar Conclave: Vijender Singh and PR Sreejesh to headline event in Patna, CM Nitish Kumar to attend
The Sportstar Conclave caravan’s third edition will move to Patna for the Focus Bihar Conclave, set to take place here on Friday.
The Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, will deliver the closing remarks, while the Deputy Chief Minister of the State, Samrat Choudhary, will inaugurate the event. Bihar Sports Minister Surendra Mehta will also be in attendance.
A host of speakers will discuss key issues pertaining to the sports ecosystem in the region.
Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh, double Olympic bronze medal-winning hockey player PR Sreejesh, double-Paralympic medal-winning athlete Sharad Kumar, former Paralympic Committee of India chief Deepa Malik, and Indian women’s hockey team head coach Harendra Singh will headline the event.
Veteran Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan, World Athletics Vice President Adille Sumariwalla and shuttler Aditi Mutatkar are some of the other speakers at the event.
B. Rajender, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Sports, Government of Bihar, and Raveendran Sankaran, Director General and CEO, Bihar State Sports Authority, will be in conversation with Sportstar Editor Ayon Sengupta during a discussion titled “Accelerating Sports Development in Bihar”.
The conclave will also include a panel discussion on Bihar’s role in championing India’s e-sports revolution. The session will feature Nishi Kant (Chief, Design & Product at JetSynthesys) and Akshat Rathee (Co-Founder, NODWIN Gaming) in conversation with Abhishek Issar (Founder, UNIV Sportatech & Co-Founder, Federation of Esports India).
Two awards – Unsung Champion (Lifetime Achievement Award for a sporting veteran) and Young Achiever (to a promising athlete under 18 years of age) – will be presented.
The conclave can be followed live on Sportstar’s YouTube channel.
The Sportstar Focus Bihar Conclave is presented by the Bihar State Sports Authority and the Department of Sports, Government of Bihar. Associate sponsors are Indian Oil Corporation Limited and State Bank of India. Great SportsTech is the technology partner, and KPMG is the knowledge partner.
