On February 2, 2026, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports launched a Comprehensive Internship Policy for the Ministry and its Autonomous Bodies. The policy aims to provide structured opportunities for young professionals, researchers, and students to gain practical exposure in sports administration, management, science, and governance. Details of the policy, including features, objectives, eligible internship areas like sports science, anti-doping, event management, and athlete support services, institutional partners, available internship opportunities, and mechanisms for monitoring, certification, and facilitating the transition of interns into formal roles upon completion of the program, are available on the Ministry's website. The objective is to improve the employability and professionalism of eligible youth in the sports sector. This information was provided by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Monday. The release ID is 2222331, and the visitor counter is 142. Contact is Ayushman Kumar.
Key Entities Referenced
Comprehensive Internship Policy for Promotion of Sports Ecosystem: A new internship policy launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, aimed at providing structured opportunities in the sports sector.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports: The central ministry responsible for launching and overseeing the implementation of the Comprehensive Internship Policy.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Indian Parliament, where information regarding the policy was given.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Comprehensive Internship Policy for Promotion
of Sports Ecosystem
Posted On: 02 FEB 2026 8:10PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a Comprehensive Internship Policy for Ministry
and its Autonomous Bodies to provide structured opportunities for young professionals, researchers and
students to gain practical exposure in sports administration, management, science and governance. The
details of the Policy, including its salient features and objectives, the eligible areas for internship such as
sports science, anti-doping, event management and athlete support services, the institutional partners
associated with the programme, the number of internship opportunities available, as well as the
mechanisms established for monitoring, certification and facilitating the transition of interns into formal
roles upon successful completion of the programme, are available in the public domain on the website of
this Ministry.
However, the policy objective is to provide the opportunity for the eligible youth to understand and
experience the sports ecosystem with a long term view to improve the employability and professionalism
in the sports sector.
This information was given by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya in a
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Ayushman Kumar
(Release ID: 2222331) Visitor Counter : 142
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