Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education

The Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior was established by the Ministry of Education & Culture, Government of India as Lakshmibai College of Physical Education (LCPE) in August 1957, the centenary year of the War of Independence and located at Gwalior, where Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, a valiant heroine of the war, had laid down her life during the First Freedom Struggle in 1857.

To prepare highly qualified teachers and leaders in the field of Physical Education and Sports.To serve as a center of excellence and innovation in Physical Education and Sports.To provide professional and academic leadership to other institutions in the field of Physical Education.To provide vocational guidance and placement services to the professionals in this field.To promote mass-participation in Physical Education and Sports. To develop and promote programmes of Physical Education and Sports in the country. To encourage and produce scientific contemporary literature in the field of Physical Education and Sports. To provide community services in the field of Physical Education and Sports.

The main purpose of establishing this Institute was to upgrade the status of Physical Education by producing quality teachers and leaders through graduate and post-graduate courses. Three years Bachelor of Physical Education (BPE) was started in 1957 and two years Master of Physical Education (MPE) in 1963. In 1980, the then college reached yet another milestone and became the first institution in India to have offered one-year programme of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Physical Education. Ph.D. programme in Physical Education was started in 1998. Students are also admitted for various certificate/diploma/PG Diploma courses in different disciplines of Physical Education and Sports.

To engage in relentless pursuit of excellence in physical education and sports for health, fitness and wellness of the citizens. Quality teaching, learning and research in cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains in physical education and sports.