Tida Sports and Minerva Academy will together prepare future sports stars

Tida Sports, which is promoting school level sports, has joined hands with Minerva Academy. Both will now work together to prepare future sports stars. AIFF recognized institute Minerva has trained many top athletes and coaches. This partnership is important for both the organizations. They started work in Panchkula and Derabassi from October 1, 2024. Minerva Director Ranjit Bajaj has joined hands with Tida Sports to take sports forward. He has a lot of experience which will help in this. Ranjit Bajaj said, "India has immense potential to become a sporting nation. We will work together in this direction. We will bring professional training programs at the school level and also give young players everything they need." TIDA Sports currently provides professional sports coaching to over 700 students across prestigious schools such as Anee’s Group of Schools, St. Soldier’s School, St. Mary’s Group of Schools, Ashiana School, Greenways school, PIPS and Tagore School. With the upcoming expansion, the start-up is set to launch operations at DC Model School in Panchkula, DC Montessori in Manimajra, Global Wisdom School in Zirakpur, BhavanVidyalaya in Chandigarh, and BhavanVidyalaya in New Chandigarh.

Tida Sports COO Priyansh Matta said, "Our target is to open 200 centers in the next 18 months. There is a huge gap in India when it comes to professional sports training at the school level. We are bridging that gap by bringing structured, high-quality coaching programmes to schools, where the need for such initiatives is growing rapidly.Co-founded by Adit Goyal, Priyansh Matta, Sanchit Buddhiraja and Sumeet Malik, Tida Sports operates with a mission to make professional sports training accessible to students across India. The company has already set up 14 centres and employs over 100 certified coaches dedicated to fostering the next generation of athletes.

Sanchit Buddhiraja, CBO, Tida Sports said, “Schools today want to provide more than just education. They want to provide students with professional sports training opportunities and Tida Sports is fulfilling that aspiration. By partnering with schools, we bring the best sports programmes to their doorsteps.”