The aim of Sports Promotion Schemes of SAI is to broad based sports at grass root level and to produce champions. The following schemes of SAI are operating in the Eastern Region with total 1500 trainees approximately those who are undergoing training.

Sports Science Departments:

1. Department of Physiology
2. Department of Sports Medicine
3. Department of Psychology
4. Department of Biomechanics
5. Department of Sports Anthropometry
6. Department of Training Method (GTMT)

SAI TRAINING CENTERS (STC)

This scheme is conceived to impart training, coaching and nutritional support to sports persons who have attained advanced level of sports proficiency. The scheme envisages training of State level players in order to enable them to take part in National and International tournaments. SAI Training Centers in eastern region are as follows:

SPECIAL AREA GAMES (SAG):

Special Area Games aims at scouting talents for the modern competitive sports and games for inaccessible tribal, rural and coastal areas of the country. The Scheme also envisages taping of talents from the indigenous games and martial arts and also from the regions, which either genetically or geographically advantageous for the excellence in a particular sports discipline. The main objectives of the Scheme are to train talented sports persons in the age group of 14 to 18 years. The age is relaxed depending upon the merit of the case. Special Area Games Centers in eastern region are as follows:

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SCHEME (COE):

As a natural corollary to the Sub Junior, Junior Schemes, the scheme of Centre of Excellence envisaged induction of talents in the country who have shown promising performance in the National Competition beyond the above age groups for further training at the Regional Centers of SAI for nearly 200 days in a year. They are provided with the state of art facilities, equipment, and scientific back up along with the specialized training. Center of Excellence is operating as the regular coaching camp for the best available talents in India and to provide two or possibly three concurrent layer of highly skilled sports persons giving Choice of talents and continuity for later selection to National Teams and provide alternative second and third options for the National Teams.

Sports persons who are in the best six position holders in the Sr. National Level Competition or Junior National Level Sports persons who are at the brim of entering the Sr. Level and also found to have the potential of making the mark in the International Competition are admitted into the Center of Excellence. The trainees are preferably in the age group of 16 to 21 years. Those trainees who continue to perform to the desired level of expectation at the National and International level continue to be covered under the scheme irrespective of any age. Employed trainees are also admitted under the scheme and are provided the same facilities as those to the others trainees. Athletics, Badminton, Football, Gymnastics and Table Tennis disciplines are operating at present at SAI, Eastern Center, Kolkata.

NATIONAL SPORTS TALENT CONTEST (NSTC):

The concept of the scheme is to STAY, PLAY & STUDY in the same school. Scientific scouting of talent at optimum age level and nurturing them systematically is most essential for converting the genetically and physiologically gifted children in to future medal hopes in various competitions at national and international level. This scheme is designed to broad base sports at grass root level and to realize the objective of sound mind in a sound body, through adoption of schools which provide an ideal environment for study and sports. The centers in eastern region are as follows:

ARMY BOYS SPORTS COMPANY (ABSC):

Boys Sports Companies are being raised as a part of the combined project of the Army and Sports Authority of India for overall up-liftment of sports standard in the country as Boys Companies serve as nurseries from which many outstanding sports persons in the past were spotted and trained at advance level of training in sports. The concept of the scheme is to make use of the excellent infrastructure, efficient administration and disciplined environment for sports training, available in various Regional Centers of the Army. In eastern region two centers are running bay SAI at present which are as follows: