The Hero ISL Children’s League is India’s most engaging football grassroots development programme, which caters to children aged 6 to 12. The inaugural edition kicked off on November 23, 2019 and is running in ten districts across three states, i.e. West Bengal (Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia), Meghalaya (Shillong, Laitkseh) and Arunachal Pradesh (Itanagar, Pasighat).