CREDAI to support the academy by providing high quality training infrastructure.
Providing the much-needed push for Mercy Kuttan’s dream, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has adopted the Mercy Kuttan Athletic Academy to encourage sports and train talented young women athletes of International calibre.
This gesture would decrease the stress on the financial worries and thus channelize all the academy’s energy to create world-class athletes. The academy would be renamed as CREDAI Mercy Kuttan National Academy for Excellence in Sports.
The Mercy Kuttan Athletic Academy is a non-profit Charitable Trust founded in June, 2009 with 11 students. The Academy has produced several athletes who have attained State, National and International level achievements in a span of six years since its inception.
On the association, Irfan Razack, Chairman, CREDAI-National said “CREDAI is delighted to be instrumental in bringing about this fortunate turn of events for such a noble project which has a long standing return on investments in terms of grooming Athletes of International Standards, generating employment opportunities for these women Athletes and thus eradicating poverty and empowering women to explore their potentialities.”
Indian athletes, especially women athletes from Kerala, have an amazing track record in athletics. The achievements made by yesteryear athletes in Kerala, such as P. T. Usha, Mercykuttan, Shiny Wilson etc. and current stars like Preeja Sreedharan, Tintu Luka have enhanced the awareness and interest of athletes and their parents, to aspire for a career in athletics.
Some genetic factors combined with physical stamina due to growing up in hilly terrains and the passion of creating international athletes have all culminated in the formation.
Alongside its commitment for Housing for All, CREDAI is now also focusing on build the country’s sports talent. India is known to produce high quality underlying potential, which can only be tapped to the fullest by providing them with world-class training facilities and also by giving them the opportunity to train with best-in-class trainers.
This is also a step closer to empowering women of the country and encouraging them to achieve what they desire.
