Mumbai, 24 Oct 2026: Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India, and Lakshya Shooting Club today inaugurated the Axis Bank Lakshya Shooting Club High Performance Centre at CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai.
The Centre aims to act as a world-class, completely para-inclu sive hub for training, sports science, nutrition & medicine, and comprehensive athlete development progra mme to identify and nurture India’s talent in shooting and provide a world class training and coaching platform for India’s top shooters to prepare for greater success at the Olympic level.
The Lakshya Shooting Club, established by Indian Olympian and former national shooting coach Suma Shirur in 2006, has spent two decades scouting and develop ing India’s shooting talent, with its athletes achieving success at the national and inter national levels, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Asian Games , Common wealth Games and the World Championships.
Its success stories include Avani Lekhara, a three-time Paralym pic medallist with gold medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, and Parth Mane, Junior World Champion in 2024 and team silver medallist at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.
The new 6-storey Centre builds on this deep expertise and experience, housing two dedicated 10-metre shooting ranges, strength and condition ing facilities, biomecha nics assessment, physiotherapy, sports psychology, nutrition support, recovery spaces and residential facilities under a single roof.