Kanishka Pandey

Kanishka Pandey is an Indian sports researcher, writer, and the head of sports research center at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.[1] He is the founder President of non-profit and non-governmental organization Sports: A Way of Life.[2] He has been awarded the Honorary Doctorate for his research on Sports Philosophy.

Kanishka Pandey
Born
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
EducationBachelor of Arts
LLB
Alma materSt Stephens College, Delhi
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Occupation(s)Founder President, Sports: A Way of Life

Early life

Kanishka was born in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh and raised in the state capital of Lucknow. His father, Ajai Shanker Pandey, is a senior IAS officer of UP.[3] Kanishka is a former badminton player.[4] He started playing badminton when he was 8 and represented his schools and college at the district and state level.[5] He completed his school education at St Francis’ College, Lucknow. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St Stephens College, Delhi and holds an LLB.[6][3]

Career

Kanishka began his academic research on sports while he was pursuing his LLB from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. The research concluded after 3 years and was to measure the impact of sports on an individual's physical and mental health, which led to the formation of Sports: A Way of Life.[5][3]

Kanishka formed the NGO in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 to increase sports literacy in the country.[7] In August 2017, the foundation launched its first programme called Sports Literacy Mission at the Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi in the presence of Arjuna, Dronacharya, and Paralympians awardees from a variety of sports.[8] The programme aimed to sensitize parents and children about the significance of sports.[9][2][10]

Kanishka with his team carried out a countrywide survey to gauge the public interest in various sports activities and concluded that "less than 5% people have interest in sports whereas less than 2% females were interested in sports."[2]

In 2018 Kanishka submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Rajasthan and the chancellor of state universities, Kalyan Singh calling for inclusion of sports philosophy in syllabus of higher education institutions. After reviewing his proposal, a letter was sent by the governor's office to the vice chancellors of all the state universities and the state government for their suggestions on the matter. The Government of Rajasthan formed a committee consisting of five members headed by the vice chancellor of the Govind Guru Tribal University Kailash Sodhani in August 2018 to seek suggestions regarding implementation of subject Khel Darshan in all state run universities, syllabus, and how to better sports facilities in Rajasthan.[11] A notice was subsequently issued by the governor's office to all the state universities urging to include sports philosophy as a compulsory subsidiary subject for college and university students in the state.[12][13][14]

Kanishka wrote to the Human Resource Development Minister of India Prakash Javadekar to include sports in school syllabus.[5] In 2019, he spoke at the national sports seminar held in Delhi, where he presented a research paper urging parents to adopt the carrot and stick policy to build sports aptitude in their kids, before they get enrolled in Kindergarten class.[15]

Kanishka has called for the Government of India to make Right to Sports a fundamental right under section 21A by filling a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court[16][17][18] citing the report of the Institute of Management Technology which says "Only 5.56% of the population in India have knowledge of sports. The percentage of women in it is 1.31%. 5.7 million people are directly or indirectly connected. Sports literacy in the USA is 20%. In China alone about ten million people take up badminton. If the rest of the games are added then the tally of China will overtake that of the USA."[19]

In 2020 Institute of Management Technology (IMT) collaborated with Sports: A Way of Life and selected two villages of Muzaffarnagar, Bahadurpur and Khedi Viran, to develop them as Model Sports Villages under Adarsh Khel Gram programme.[20][21]

He has authored several books and published research papers in national and international journals.[22][23][24] His first book titled Sports: A Way of Life was acclaimed by vice chancellors of Indian universities and was also presented to the former President of India, Late Pranab Mukherjee.[9][25][26][3][27]

Books
  • Sports: A Way of Life[25]
  • Khel Praveshika[28]
  • Know Sports[28]
  • Chalo Khelon Ki Or[25]

Achievements
  • Sports Philosophy as a compulsory subject was introduced in the state universities of Rajasthan in 2018 based on his recommendation[12]
  • Devised the concept of Indirect Sports Therapy for improving the mental health of Covid-19 Patients[29][30]
  • Devised the concept of Model Sports Village[10]

References
  1. "Successful completion of one year of Model Sports Village". India Education. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  2. Mullick, Rajeev (2017-08-26). "Lucknow youth launches Sports Literacy Mission". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  3. Mullick, Rajeev (2017-03-30). "Lucknow boy writes book to make sports a movement in country". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. "हर बच्चे को खेल में लेनी चाहिए रुचि : पुलेला गोपीचंद". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  5. "Kanishka urges Javadekhar to include sports as curriculum at school level". United News of India. 8 May 2018.
  6. Singh, Akanksha. "हार कर बाजीगर बना IAS का यह बेटा, दुनिया को सिखाया जिंदगी जीने का राज!". Rajasthan Patrika (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. "Bahadurpur, Kheri Viran set to become first model sports villages of India". United News of India. 16 January 2020.
  8. David, Rohit (23 August 2017). "Arjuna awardees suggest ways to win | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  9. Sharma, Bhaskar Hari (2018-05-20). "Sports should be part of Fundamental Rights: PIL". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  10. "बहादरपुर को बनाया गया स्पोर्ट्स विलेज". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  11. "Sports philosophy to be included as core discipline in Raj colleges, varsities". United News of India. 6 October 2018.
  12. Gohain, Manash Pratim (11 October 2018). "Sports philosophy in Rajasthan institutions: Rajasthan to introduce 'sports philosophy' in higher education institutions". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  13. "खेल दर्शन को अनिवार्य विषय बनाने पर राज्यपाल ने मांगे सुझाव". khas khabar (in Hindi). 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  14. "'Add Gandhian philosophy in syllabi': Kalyan Singh". DNA India. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  15. "First sports seminar aims to popularise sports culture in India". United News of India. 19 October 2019.
  16. "Supreme Court suggests Centre to make sports a fundamental right". India Today. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  17. "Only five percent of Indians are 'sports literate', says Kanishka Pandey, researcher who had filed PIL for making sports fundamental right". Firstpost. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  18. Banchariya, Sheetal (30 August 2018). "Should sports be added as a fundamental right - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  19. "भारत में सिर्फ 6% लोगों को खेल का ज्ञान, 125 करोड़ में से 57 लाख स्पोर्ट्स से जुड़े". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  20. "खेल गांवों के विकास की जिम्मेदारी निभाएगा श्रीराम ग्रुप". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  21. "Bahadurpur, Kheri Viran set to become first model sports villages of India". United News of India. 16 January 2020.
  22. Pandey, Kanishka (2020-10-30). "A comparative study of behavioral patterns of sportspersons and non-sports persons quarantined during COVID-19: A case study of Ghaziabad city". Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 9 (10): 5366–5371. doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1679_20. PMC 7773067. PMID 33409217.
  23. Pandey, Kanishka (2017-11-01). "Court of arbitration for sports (CAS): An efficient mechanism for resolving sports related disputes". International Journal of Law. 3 (6): 22–25.
  24. Pandey, Kanishka (2020-10-01). "A comparative study of behavioral patterns of sportspersons and non-sports persons quarantined during COVID-19: A case study of Ghaziabad city". Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 9 (10): 5366–5371. doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1679_20. ISSN 2249-4863. PMC 7773067. PMID 33409217.
  25. Mallick, Rajeev (2017-07-24). "Young researcher has lessons in sports for Pranab Mukherjee". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  26. Narayan, Laxmi. "राष्ट्रपति से मुलाकात कर कनिष्क ने सौपी - 'स्पोर्ट्सः ए वे ऑफ लाइफ'". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  27. "Paralympian, Gopichand release DU student's book". The Hindu. 2017-03-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  28. "India's first ever Model Sports Village launched". Millennium Post. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  29. Rai, Sandeep (4 October 2020). "Latest in Covid-19 care: Sports therapy?". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  30. Lokapally, Vijay (2017-08-23). "Stress on sports as a way of life". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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