Anantapur Sports Academy (ASA) is a sport for development program, started with a vision to utilise sport as a medium to create social change amongst rural children and youth in Anantapur, 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.