Jwala Gutta, the celebrated Badminton player and the recipient of Arjuna award, inaugurated a gymnasium on the first floor of Vivekananda Block and an Outdoor Badminton Court on the campus of Dr MCR HRD Institute. In addition to a large number of trainee Civil Servants, from across the country,who are undergoing 94thFoundation Course at the Institute, the Officers, Faculty, and Staff of the Institute attended the event.
In an interactive session that was held on this occasion at S K Hall, Ms Jwala Gutta answered a number of questions asked by the trainee civil servants. Responding to a question, she said that even though the Government has created a rich network of facilities for games and sports, across the country, people are lagging behind in using them fully.
She underlined the need for not only full utilization of the existing facilities, but also identification of areas, deficient in terms of sports facilities, and pressurizing the Government to create sports facilities.
“In a huge country like India, Government alone, rather than private sector, has the required physical and financial resources to address the need to create the sports infrastructure and to give a big boost to its optimum utilization”, she opined.
Ms Jwala Gutta said that career in sports and games is highly competitive, which brings in its wake both successes and failures. “While one should enjoy successes, he should not lose heart on account of failures”, she stated and added that instead of going into depression, one should objectively analyse the reasons behind the failures and address them in a professional fashion. “A well rounded personality, high self-confidence, positive thinking, discipline, and dedication are the hallmarks of all successful sports persons”, she added.
