Ghaziabad, July 17 (UNI): The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad, to grow football culture, initiate research, suggest and implement ways to increase football literacy in India, and to strategically work on various aspects of developing the game in the country.
AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran met with IMT Director Dr Vishal Talwar to discuss the details of the MoU at the IMT campus in Ghaziabad, on Monday, the AIFF sources said.
Speaking about the collaboration with the IMT, AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey said, “Indian Football is heading into new territories, in terms of advancements in areas like research and data analytics. I am very happy to announce that we have collaborated with the IMT to help us push ourselves towards the goals we have set for our long-term strategic road map, Vision 2047.”
Dr Prabhakaran said, “On behalf of our President Kalyan Chaubey and the AIFF Executive Committee, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to IMT Ghaziabad, the management, Dr Vishal, Dr Kanishka and everyone else for engaging with us and getting into this partnership. This will be a win-win situation for us all.”
