The state capital will have the Khelo India Sporting Centre of Excellence (KISCE) to harness sporting talent and groom them for international tournaments, including the Olympics, by July-end.
The KISCE will be set up in Ranchi for hockey, archery, and athletics and is expected to become functional by July-end, she added.
Conceptualised by the Union ministry of Sports, the KISCEs are aimed at overhauling existing sporting in a particular state so that it can deliver best training to athletics of selected sporting disciplines.
Besides the KISCE, all 24 districts of Jharkhand will have one Khelo India Centre in the coming months. The district sports officers have been tasked to identify the sporting disciplines which are popular in their districts and send recommendations to the sports directorate, Lakra added.