The author has posted comments on this articleAjit Bezbaruah, TNN | Aug 25, 2014, 10.38PM IST

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This agreement will make way to ensure that India's college going youth get an opportunity to compete at the highest level and bridge the gap between school sports and professional sports.

All stakeholders are associated to encourage sports at the higher education level and with the aim to discover, nurture and promote young hopefuls and provide national and international exposure. AIU has been conducting national and zonal university games in numerous sporting disciplines. TransStadia along with AIU aims to give further impetus to the spirit of education through sport. It is a platform for aspiring young sporting talent to prove their mettle.

TransStadia is a pioneering company in the sport infrastructure business where it has signed a landmark Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with the government of Gujarat to create the culture of sport in the state. It is also coming up with a multi discipline stadium in Maninagar which is likely to be functional by 2016.

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