Vijay Barse is a retired Indian professor and social worker and the founder of the NGO Slum Football.
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Vijay Barse was born in 1945 in Nagpur, Maharashtra (age 75 in 2020). Vijay Barse started his career as a physical education professor at Hilshop College in Nagpur, where he worked for 36 years. One rainy afternoon in July 2001, while taking shelter under a tree, he saw a group of slum children playing football with a broken plastic bucket. He realized that it would be a good thing for those children to keep them away. malicious. Activity. Vijay said in an interview——
Two hours playing football helps motivate and educate them. It can also keep them away from bad habits such as pickpocketing, drug or alcohol abuse, petty crime or violence. “
Bales himself grew up in poverty and was inspired to start a foundation for young people in the favelas and on the streets.
Children playing football in the slums
After his retirement, he received a sum of Rs. He purchased the land for Rs 18 lakh, about 9 km from Nagpur. Vijay and Rachana (his wife) used the land to build a football academy and founded ‘Slum Football – Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur (KSVN)’. KSVN runs football projects and helps rehabilitate vulnerable members of society.
Ghetto football logo
The first tournament of slum football was held in Nagpur with 128 teams participating. In 2003, he organized the first Chhopapati Football Championship, a state-level event, in Nagpur. A total of 15 districts of Maharashtra, including the tribal belt of Gadri Koli (who later became the champion), participated in the event. In the same year, the All India Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Choupapati Football Championship (national level) was held in Nagpur, with 12 Indian states participating (Odisha won the inaugural tournament). In 2006, Vijay learned about the “Homeless World Cup” and went to Cape Town, South Africa to watch the fourth Homeless World Cup. The following year, India participated in the next tournament in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Indian football team takes part in Homeless World Cup
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: black
family, caste and wife
Vijay Barse was born into a Hindu family. Not much is known about his parents and siblings. He is married to Rachana Barse (Professor) and the couple has two sons, Dr. Priyesh Barse and Dr. Abhijit Barse (Social Worker, Entrepreneur).
Vijay Bals and his wife
Vijay Barse’s son Abhijit
Awards and Honors
- Reliance Real Hero Award 2012 (presented by Sachin Tendulkar)
Vijay Barse wins Real Hero Award
- Nagbhushan Awards July 2019
Vijay Barse wins Nagb Hills Award
Facts/Trivia
- In 2006, Vijay Barse’s son Abhijit came to India from the United States to help his father continue his mission of advancing the lives and rehabilitation of slum dwellers and socially disadvantaged children. The following year, Abhijit became the CEO of Slum Football.
- Abhijit claimed in an interview that in addition to “Ghetto Football”, his father (Vijay Bals) was also committed to peace between India and Pakistan and had organized motorcycle expeditions to the border to negotiate peace. Vijay is also working to improve green cover by promoting afforestation.
- In 2014, Abhijit appeared in the first episode of the third season of Satyamev Jayat hosted by Aamir Khan.
- Slum Soccer has won several awards including FIFA Diversity Award, FICCI India Sports Award and Manthan eNGO Award 2012.
- In January 2020, his biopic “Jhund” was released, in which Amitabh Bachchan played the role of “Vijay Barse”. The film also marks the Bollywood debut of director Nagraj Manjule.
Vijay Barse and Amitabh Bachchan
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