NETAJI SUBHAS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPORTS (NS NIS)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which is now known as Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.
National Institute of Sports(NIS) was set up in 1961 at Patiala with the main
objective of providing first class coaches in sports and games. It was merged with
Sports Authority of India in 1987. NIS Patiala is, at present, the Academic Wing and
the main academic centre of SAI. The Institute also has three academic subcentres at
the SAI Regional Centres, the SAI Netaji Subhas Southern Centre, Bangalore, and SAI
Netaji Subhas Eastern Centre, Kolkata and LNCPE, Thiruvananthapuram. The Institute
also conducts some regular and periodic sports education programmes at these centres
and some other selected centres, from time to time. Besides being the academic
centre of the SAI, the Institute also performs the important task of training of
elite sports persons, for international competitions.
Being the premier sports institute in the Country, the Institute holds key to the
development of sports in India.
NIS conducts a Diploma in Sports Coaching course. Admission to the course is through a test. NIS has entrusted the task of conducting the Admission Test for Diploma in Sports Coaching. The Test will be held in the Computerised Test Mode.
