Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Pune's Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) and Army Sports Institute (ASI) on August 23 and is likely to name a facility here after Olympic javelin gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, officials said today.
A release from the Defence PRO said that Mr Singh, during his visit to Army Sports Institute, is likely to name the stadium in the campus as ''Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Institute, Pune Cantonment''.
Neeraj Chopra, a Naik Subedar in the Army who won gold in the javelin competition in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, had trained at the ASI.
As per the release, Mr Singh will felicitate 16 Olympians from the Services during his visit to ASI, apart from addressing troops and sportsmen training at the premier facility.
At DIAT, Singh will chair the institute's general body meeting and interact with MTech and PhD students apart from inaugurating a new building in the campus.
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