Anantapur Sports Academy (ASA) is a sport for development programme, started with a vision to utilise sport as a medium to create social change amongst rural children and youth in Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts, by aiding in their holistic development, breaking down gender barriers and enhancing livelihood opportunities.
Currently, RDT-ASA runs programmes in the seven sporting disciplines of hockey, football, cricket, judo, softball, kho-kho and kabaddi, through 90 centres across Anantapur district engaging more than 10,840 children and youth, with 45% being girls.