GUWAHATI: A Sports Medicine executive committee has been set up in Guwahati with the help of a first edition workshop being held to promote all-round development of sports, medicine and sportsmen’s way of life on November 22.
The Executive Committee consists Secretary of Sports Department, Government of Assam. K.J. Hilaly Mukhya, Anand Joshi, renowned sports medicine specialist from Mumbai, R.K. Baruah (Dibrugarh), Joy Akijyam (Imphal), Bhaskar Borgohain (Shillong), Diganta A. Phukan and Dipankar Bhattacharya.
Various sportspersons covering some of the northeastern state governments as well as sports organisations were present at the event. Overall development of sports life was focussed on by recognising science and technology towards progress.
The focus of the workshop was on sports education, athlete nutrition, sports injury, sports physiology, sports science, physical capacity of athletes.