Kozhikode native Anooja is going places, selected with scholarship to Khelo India Volleyball Academy

Kozhikode: Nanmanda native Anooja Ginesh Kumar has all the right reasons to feel elated as she’s been selected with a scholarship to Khelo India Volleyball Academy in Pathanamthitta. Anooja, a member of the Kerala team that competed in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 held in Haryana was selected during the event. Anuja is the only Malayali to have achieved this.

Anooja is getting into the academy with a monthly scholarship of Rs 10,000 through the Khelo India Talent Development Program started by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The scholarship is for eight years.

She has been active in Volleyball since Class 8. She is a player at Volley Friends Sports Centre in Payambra and trains under coach T Dinesh Kumar.

Anooja, who completed her Plus Two education, has reaped many achievements so far. She became a part of KV National Team while studying in class 8 at Kendriya Vidyalaya. She has also been a member of the Under-14 Kerala Mini Volleyball team, Under-17 Kerala Volleyball team and Khelo India Youth Games Kerala team and a gold medal winner at the Under-17 KV National Meet.

She is the daughter of Ginesh Kumar and AP Dhanya. Anooja hopes to earn a spot in the national team someday.