India is acting as a sourcing hub for sports products for a number of foreign brands. India is also growing as a fastest market for sports good retail and the country is also hosting a number of sporting events, which in turn improves the chances of development of the sports industry.

Government of India is also planning to liberalize the FDI regime for sports sector and with this development of the sports sector, the chances of employment opportunities are also increasing in this sector.

Recent job notifications in sports sector:

With the development of sports industry, some of the public sector organizations are also involving in this industry in addition to several private sector organizations. Recently, the following Government organizations operating in the sector of sports in India called for applications from eligible candidates for different job positions:

• Sports Authority of India

• Sports Authority of India – Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports

• All India Sports Promotion Board

• Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

• National Playing field association of India

• National Sports Development Organization

Job positions in Government sports sector:

The aforesaid companies operating under the ministry of youth affairs & sports in India called for eligible candidates to apply for the following positions:

• Lower Division Clerk

• Junior Accountant

In addition to the aforesaid job positions, the Sports Authority of India recruits candidates on contract basis for different positions. In this scenario, the organization recruited a number of candidates on contract basis for the recently held national-level Common Wealth Games and for the Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan, which is shortly called as PYKKA, some of these positions are:

• Nursing Assistants

• Assistant Physical Trainer

• Mess Manager

• Scientific Assistant

• Junior Engineer

• Assistant Electrical Engineer

• Laboratory Technician

• Physical Trainer

• Physiotherapist

• Doctor

• Consultant

• Stenographer

• Executive Assistant

• Accounts Assistants

• Project Manager

Scope of jobs in Sports Sector in India:

Even though, the number of government companies in the sports sector in India is lesser, the government companies in this sector recruit candidates frequently on contract basis and candidates can make better use of these opportunities. Since working for the government organizations can add weightage to the resume of the candidates, this will be of great use to the candidates for their future growth. Moreover, the ministry of sports in India is also taking steps to improve this field, which in turn can further improve the employment opportunities.