5-member delegation from Cuba to conduct workshops in NIS

Patiala, Feb 7 (UNI) A five-member team of sports experts and scientists from Cuba, a country highly developed and well-organised in sports, arrived here today at the NIS to deliver lectures and to conduct workshops and seminars.

The delegation members, who will be in India till March 14, comprise, Ms Melix Llisasigui Aviles, Lazaro Fernandes Castellomos, Eric Reyes Lopez, Jose Rivera Rodrigues and Freddy Norberto Alejo Devora. The delegation is in the country under the Cultural Exchange Programme.

The Executive Director of NIS, Laxman Singh Ranawat, told UNI that India can perhaps take a leaf out of the Cuban sports book to develop sports and physical education in the country.

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