• Dr. PRABHJOT KAUR

The overall purpose of the study was to analyse sports infrastructure sports policies and sports achievements of the Indian and foreign Universities. The study was delimited to top four Universities of Sports in India namely Punjabi University Patiala (PU), Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar (GU), Punjab University Chandigarh (PU) and Kurukshetra University in Kurukshetra (KUK). The study was delimited to universities of foreign countries which has excelled in sports on the basis of sports achievements at global competing, which are: • England: Loughborough University (LU) and University of Bath (UOB). • United States: University of Southern California (SU), Stanford University (SU), University of California, Los Angeles (USC). • Australia: Griffith University (GU) and Victoria University (VU). After a detailed review of the related literature and the research work done in the area of Physical Education and Sports, researcher had developed an insight into the many components that are essential for physical education programme, Infrastructure-facilities, Sports personnel, Financial Provisions and Student participation in sports of universities. To make the data collection more trustworthy and useful, the researcher personally visit the various universities as far as possible to have personal discussion pertaining to the university sports-infrastructure, sports policies and participation in sports. The responses obtained from different universities from India and foreign countries for the survey regarding Sports Infrastructure, Sports policies and students’ participation in Olympics and Commonwealth Games particularly in the year of 2016-2019. At National or intervarsity level both countries are doing well in sports but in Olympics and Commonwealth Games foreign universities are leading. Result It is revealed that maximum number of students were in UC, GU, USC and VU while there were not big difference of students in rest of foreign and Indian Universities. Overall American universities are leading in physical education and sports employees followed by Australian universities which have maximum number of physical education and sports personals, England university stands on third number and Indian universities have least amount of staff and the ratio of sports personal and students are less as compare to foreign universities. It shows that Indian universities have less area for sports as compare to foreign universities. It is evident that among Indian universities GNDU hold Maka trophy 23 times, PU 14 times, PUP 10 times and KUK has only once. None of the Indian university organize intramural in between the campus. There are no clubs in any university of India. It seems that the income of Indian universities are sufficient but they don’t spend sufficient amount on sports except one university but foreign universities are almost equal or we can say not much difference in income and expenditure. In three years GNDU has highest income and expenditure as compare to other Indian universities whereas KUK has lowest budget. Foreign universities show that UC has highest income and expenditure whereas GU has lowest earning and expenses.

Sports, University, Infrastructure, Policies, Achievements, Equipment, Observation, Sports facilities, Questionnaire

"Sports culture of Indian and Foreign Universities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.e466-e483, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207459.pdf

"Sports culture of Indian and Foreign Universities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppe466-e483, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207459.pdf