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Olympian Suma Shirur’s Lakshya Shooting Club is developing a high-performance shooting centre in CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, with a planned multi-storey facility intended to support emerging talent and elite shooters. The project, supported through a partnership with Axis Bank announced in May 2025, is designed to combine shooting ranges with sports science, psychology, athlete accommodation and inclusive access for para-athletes.
The Sportstar report describes the project as a seven-storey centre. Lakshya Shooting Club and Axis Bank’s public announcement confirms the planned high-performance centre in Navi Mumbai and outlines its proposed facilities, although the official announcement does not itself specify the building’s storey count. The centre’s exact completion and opening date should be confirmed through a later official update.
Lakshya Shooting Club’s official timeline says Plot No. 93, Sector 8A, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, was allotted to the organisation by CIDCO in 2018 for a high-performance shooting centre. The club records a foundation-stone ceremony in January 2022, marking another step in the project’s development.
In May 2025, Axis Bank announced a memorandum of understanding with Lakshya Shooting Club to establish the Axis Bank Lakshya Shooting Club High Performance Centre. The bank said its support would cover financial and developmental assistance for the facility. The partnership was presented as an investment in training infrastructure and a pathway for identifying and nurturing shooting talent in India.
The project is associated with Suma Shirur, an Olympian and coach who founded Lakshya Shooting Club in 2006. The club’s official history traces its beginnings to a three-lane personal shooting range in her two-storey home before it expanded to other centres and training facilities.
Axis Bank’s announcement lists two advanced shooting ranges for air rifle, air pistol and simulated 50m rifle. The plan also includes an integrated sport science centre focused on performance analysis, injury prevention and recovery, as well as a sports psychology unit supporting athletes’ emotional and mental well-being.
Residential accommodation for athletes and coaches is part of the announced design, alongside additional training facilities. Together, these elements are intended to support more than shooting technique alone: athlete development can also involve physical preparation, recovery, psychological readiness and the ability to train consistently in a dedicated environment.
Axis Bank said the centre is expected to host more than 400 athletes annually, including resident and non-resident participants. This is a projected capacity from the project announcement, not a confirmed current attendance figure. The final operating capacity and the date the centre begins full activity should be checked against an official opening announcement.
The centre is designed to be fully accessible and para-friendly, according to Axis Bank’s announcement. The bank said the facility would support para-athletes, including athletes who have represented India at the Paralympics and Deaflympics.
That emphasis could make the centre relevant to a wider group of Indian shooters, from developing juniors to experienced international competitors and para-athletes. Accessible infrastructure and integrated performance support can help training programmes address the differing needs of athletes, although the detailed accessibility features and services available at opening should be confirmed by the club.
Lakshya Shooting Club’s timeline records milestones including its first centre at Karnala Sports Academy in Panvel in 2007, a Vashi branch in 2010, and the development of additional centres over subsequent years. It also lists Ayonika Paul’s appearance at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Shahu Mane’s silver medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics among the club’s milestones.
The Belapur centre represents a planned expansion of that athlete-development model. Rather than functioning only as a range, the proposed facility is intended to bring technical training, sport science and mental preparation together under one roof. Its long-term contribution will depend on the facility’s completion, programme delivery and the athletes it is able to support.
For Indian shooting, the Belapur project is a local infrastructure story with national implications. A dedicated high-performance facility in Navi Mumbai could widen access to specialised training and provide a structured environment for athletes preparing for domestic, international and para-sport competitions.
SportsLine will track official updates on the centre’s construction, opening and programme details. Until an official completion notice is available, the building description and projected athlete capacity should be treated as project details rather than proof that every planned facility is already operational.
