Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a new complex for Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. The Hockey HPC has been functioning in partnership with Tata Steel and Tata Trusts.

Speaking on the new hockey high performance centre, Chief Minister said, “This will help nurture talent and contribute towards producing elite players for the national teams.”

The inaugurated complex of the Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre is a residential facility for boy and girl cadets with class room, gymnasium, kitchen and dining, physiotherapy room and other multipurpose room, all housed under one roof with a practice pitch alongside.

The Hockey HPC programme that was launched in August 2019 now has hundred players in total, fifty boys and fifty girls, who have progressively increased over the years under the guidance of expert coaches.

Sports and Youth Services Minister Tusharkanti Behera, Development Commissioner Anu Garg, Sports and Youth Services Secretary Vineel Krishna, Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey Tata Steel Vice-President (Corporate Services) Chanakya Chaudhary and ONT Hockey HPC Project Director Rajiv Seth were present on the occasion.