First Indian sports helmet testing centre to be set-up in Meerut

Meerut, Oct 17 (KNN) India’s first sports helmet testing centre will be established in Meerut in the next four month and will cost around Rs 3 crore.

The request sent by MSME's regional technological development centre in Meerut has been accepted by the MSME Ministry, as per TOI.

Regardless of manufacturing sports goods in hubs like Vadodara, Delhi and Meerut the helmets, mainly worn by cricketers and hockey players were sent to abroad for testing.

With this approval India will get its first sports helmet testing facility under the "hub and spoke model”.

"The main testing centre will be set up in Meerut with an extension facility at Okhla in Delhi. The centre at Meerut will be ready in four months and the entire project will cost around Rs 3 crore. Testing is likely to begin from the first week of February 2023," said Aditya Prakash Sharma, deputy manager at the MSME technological development centre at the sports complex in Meerut. 

The staff at the centre will be trained by a team of testing experts from Canada.  (KNN Bureau)