BCORE at Rashtriya Raksha University opens a national Safe Sport programme and signs a joint PhD MoU with a French university
24 October 2026
The Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education (BCORE), under the International Olympic Committee Olympic Studies Centre at Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), inaugurated the Foundation Programme on Safe Sport and Athlete Safeguarding at RRU's Gandhinagar campus.
The opening ceremony was held on 21 October 2026 and the residential programme ran from 21 to 23 October 2026.
Participants were athletes, coaches and sports administrators nominated by National Sports Federations, Central Armed Police Forces, a SAI Centre and high-performance academies.
The ceremony also marked the signing of an MoU with the Olympic Studies and Research Center (CEROUEN) of the University of Rouen Normandy, France.
The book 'Olympic Intersections: The Games at the Crossroads of Global Research', published by Routledge, was released at the ceremony.
In plain words
BCORE Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education — The Olympic research centre at Rashtriya Raksha University working under the IOC Olympic Studies Centre.
RRU Rashtriya Raksha University — An institution of national importance at Gandhinagar for national security and police studies.