Major Dhyanchand Sports College

This article is about a college established in Saifai, Etawah district. For the state university established in Meerut district, see Major Dhyanchand Sports University.

Major Dhyanchand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sports College by state government.^[2][3] It offers sports training in athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming, badminton and judo in sixth to twelfth standard with the curriculum of U.P. Board. It is the third sports college established in Uttar Pradesh after Guru Gobind Singh Sports College of Lucknow and Beer Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur.^[4][5] Major Dhyanchand Sports College is 2024 Sub–Junior runner-up of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament.^[6]

Major Dhyanchand
Sports College, Saifai

Former name	Saifai Sports College, Saifai (2014-2017)
Type	Sports College
Established	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Affiliation	Uttar Pradesh Sports Colleges Society
Academic affiliation	U.P. Board
Principal	Sarvendra Singh Chauhan[1]
Location	Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh , 206130 , India 26.9648°N 78.9603°E / 26.9648; 78.9603
Campus	Saifai
Website	upsports.gov.in/pages/en/enmenu/affiliated-colleges/en-saifai-sports-college-etawah
Location in Uttar Pradesh

Sports training

College provides training of the following sports:

Boy students

Athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming and badminton

Girl students (no new admissions)

Badminton, judo and athletics^[7]

Campus

It is a residential campus and due to it overall weight is borne by the government of Uttar Pradesh. The boy square of college gets sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi as well as they get teaching from sixth to twelfth standard by the curriculum of Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh.^[8] In this Sports College, number of trainees is determine as 560. In the first year 74 trainees started studying here.

Along with college campus, it also manages and uses sports facilities of nearby Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium.

Facilities

Sports facilities

• Saifai International Cricket Stadium (in campus)
• Synthetic running track or athletes stadium (in campus)^[9]
• Indoor Stadium (in campus)
• Swimming pools (an International All-weather Swimming pool in campus and an old one at Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium)
• Hockey field astroturf (at Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium)
• Three grass fields (in campus)
• Basketball courts (in campus)
• Tennis court (in campus)^[10]

Other facilities/buildings

• Admin & education block
• Hostel
• Dispensary
• Guest house
• Faculty accommodation
• Electrical substation

Notable people

Notable alumni

• Ram Baboo, 2022 Asian Games Bronze medalist (6 months training course)^[11][12][13]
• Amir Ali, India men's national field hockey team^[14]
• Dipesh Chauhan, Goalkeeper, NorthEast United FC^[15]
• Gopi Sonkar, India men's national field hockey team (Saifai Sports Hostel)
• Manish Chaudhary, Defender, Namdhari FC - I-League

Notable faculty

• Mohinder Pal Singh, 1986 Asian Games Bronze medalist as a member of India men's national field hockey team