New Delhi: IIT Delhi has partnered with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the University of Exeter, UK, for a training program in Sports Technology, Machine Learning and Data Analytics on its campus. The program emphasizes experiential learning through direct engagement with advanced sports technologies used in contemporary research and high-performance environments.

The training program from March 2-6, 2026, will be an intensive in-person training and upskilling opportunity for sports coaches, physios, fitness professionals, sports scientists, and entrepreneurs who would like to learn about advanced technological and analytics tools for sporting performance assessment and enhancement through interventions in nutrition, physiology, biomechanics, and VR.

Top faculty from IIT Delhi, University of Exeter, scientists and practitioners from the Sports Authority of India and industry professionals from leading sporting academies and organizations will provide training to the participants.

The program would include sessions on Foundations of Sports Technology & Sensing; Nutrition, Biosensing & Inclusive Sports Technology; Sports Wearables and Neural Technologies; Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Sports; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Sports and Applied Data Science in Sports.

Participants will get the opportunity to take part in guided hands-on demonstrations covering motion capture and biomechanical modelling, wireless EMG and neuromuscular assessment, wearable sensor technologies, virtual reality–based simulation training, and data analytics and machine learning workflows. The sessions will be led by technical partners from the industry, providing participants with skills that can directly applied in their practice.