RCB Visits Padukone-Dravid- Bindra Centre In Bengaluru

President Vineet Bhatnagar, accompanied by Rtn. Jaidev Merchant, PP Ashish Vaid and Rtn. Moy Biswas visited the Padukone-Dravid-Bindra Centre for Sports Excellence (CSE) in Bangalore on November 12th, 2022. CSE is a world-class
integrated sports complex built on 15 lush acres, near Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport.

The delegation from RCB was delighted to witness state-of-the-art facilities in multiple sports such as cricket, shooting, football, tennis, swimming, squash, badminton and basketball. The Centre aims to fulfil India’s dreams of having Olympic and World Champions in multiple sports. CSE was founded by Vivek Kumar, a professional badminton player, who was driven by a personal passion to make sports a philosophy to encourage competitive and recreational athletes, professional coaches, sports academies and aspiring young talent to excel in their sport of choice. Besides identifying and encouraging the country’s most promising sports talent, CSE also supports paralympic athletes and
creates pro-bono opportunities for highly talented low-income athletes.

CSE offers residential dormitories and rooms for those young sports talent that come from other states. An out-of-school academic program allows these children not to sacrifice their academic progress as well. During a tour of the facilities, the RCB delegation sat through a badminton match of Lakshya Sen – the young, rising star of India who was recently ranked 6th in the world.

This year, there is a keen interest that RCB associates with sports institutions to identify ways in which we could contribute to fulfill the dreams of young deserving aspirants in a sport where they can make a mark for themselves and also our country. In this respect, our visit to CSE was a good, first step.