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|motto = Sportify India<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/how_it_works]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
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'''India For Sports''' was a [[crowd funding]] platform for [[India]]n athletes. It was incepted in June, 2014 to help Indian [[athletes]] with funding. It is running 6 [[Fundraising|fund raising campaign]]s <ref>{{Cite web|last=Sports|first=India For|date=2014-11-21|title=Sportifying Bharat Abhiyaan through developing national heroes|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/sportifying-bharat-abhiyaan-developing-national-heroes|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref> for athletes in individual sports disciplines such as athletics, table tennis and wrestling.

==Organisation==
India For Sports (IFS) was set up with a vision to provide a same level playing field to the Indian athletes when they compete at international events.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aprameya|date=2014-11-11|title=With 'India For Sports', you can build future Olympic champions|url=https://www.mykhel.com/more-sports/with-india-sports-you-can-build-future-olympic-champions-065174.html|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.mykhel.com|language=en}}</ref> The organization tries to solve the basic issue of funding for the deserving athletes. It also provides the athletes visibility by covering their stories, hardships, achievements and activities. The organization also connects the athletes to corporate sponsors and other sports aiding organization to provide facilities such as dietitians, nutritionists, psychologists etc.

==Achievements==
The organization has successfully raised funds in excess of 2L INR since its inception from more than 125 contributors.<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref> The funds have been raised for [[Arpinder Singh]], [[Amit Kumar (wrestler)|Amit Kumar]], [[Sharath Kamal]], Inderjeet Singh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/inderjeet-singh-indias-champion-athlete|title=Inderjeet Singh: India's champion athlete who refuses to quit|first=Ned|last=Walters|date=October 28, 2014|website=www.sportskeeda.com}}</ref> and [[Khushbir Kaur]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-30|title=Walk The Line With Khushbir Kaur|url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/walk-line-khushbir-kaur/|access-date=2021-03-27|website=EssentiallySports|language=en-US}}</ref> The organization has been able to successfully bring out stories of its [[athletes]] out in the public through its [[social media]] disseminations. It also has organized psychological sessions for two of its athletes. Inderjeet Singh benefitted a lot from such mental stability session which resulted in him winning bronze medal in Asian Games, 2014.<ref>[http://grraple.com/sports/india-for-sports/]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
The organization also bring out stories of other athletes in order to provide them the much deserving visibility in the public eye.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sports|first=India For|date=2014-09-30|title=Asian Games 2014: Shreyasi Singh talks about her medal winning effort and her goals|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/shooting/hardwork-does-not-go-unpaid-shreyasi-singh-bronze-medalist-at-the-incheon-asian-games|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-13|title="Education Complements Sport": Interview with Incheon Bronze Medalist Varsha Varman|url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/education-complements-sport-interview-incheon-bronze-medalist-varsha-varman/|access-date=2021-03-27|website=EssentiallySports|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Campaigns==

* [[Arpinder Singh]]<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/campaign/ArpinderSingh]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
* [[Amit Kumar (wrestler)|Amit Kumar]]<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/campaign/AmitDahiya]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
* [[Sharath Kamal]]<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/campaign/SharathKamal]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
* [[Inderjeet Singh]]<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/campaign/InderjeetSingh]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>
* [[Khushbir Kaur]]<ref>[https://www.indiaforsports.com/campaign/KhushbirKaur]{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Sports organisations of India]]
[[Category:Sports management companies]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2014]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in India]]

India For Sports - Revision history

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