Building Champions from the Villages of India

Episode #78 (about 20 minutes). Ranjit Bajaj, founder of Minerva Academy, on finding raw talent in rural India, building discipline and belief in young players, and what must change for India to realise its potential as a football nation.

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News 29 Sep 2026

Building Champions from the Villages of India

Ranjit Bajaj, founder of Minerva Academy, shares how the academy is developing football talent from the grassroots across India, in an episode of The First and Only. ... Read story