MYAS-GNDU Profile

MYAS-GNDU Department of Sports Sciences & Medicine has been established in 2017 and is the only Department of Sports Sciences & Medicine in any state university in India. This is the only Department in India, which offers Ph.D. program in Sports Medicine and Sports Physiotherapy, both research based programs. It has one of the most comprehensive research laboratories in the fields of Neurophysiology, Motion Analysis, Human Performance, Sports Psychology, Exercise Physiotherapy, Kinanthropometry, Exercise Physiology, Isotonic and VO2 calculation. On the teaching aspect, this Department was the first to introduce Masters in Sports Physiotherapy (newly changed course name as Masters' in Physiotherapy (Sports Physiotherapy) in South-Central Asia, which is internationally ‘M’ Level accredited by the Health Professionals Council of U.K. and Global Accrediting Agency. We are also recognized department of International Council of Sports Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE).

This department has been established in collaboration with MYAS in order to generate human resource specialized in the field of Sports Sciences in order to achieve this. The department will run dedicated courses in Sports Sciences including Sports Nutrition, Sports Psychology, Sports Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy. Students will receive on field training and attachments to teams. The department has MoU with following Universities abroad for research and faculty exchange: Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA, Human Performance Lab, University of Graz, Austria, Karl Franzens Medical University, Graz, Austria and University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, Sports Authority of India, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research and Fortis Escorts Hospital, Amritsar.