The project has come up following a collaboration of Debanjan Sen Foundation Kolkata and Share Football Club, Kalimpong, and Debanjan Share Girls' Academy (SGA) started its journey at the beginning of last year in Kalimpong.

The first ever residential football school for the girls in Bengal has already carved its mark in the field of women's football fraternity as seven girls from this academy were selected by Rainbow FC. They participated in Kolkata women's premier league, Kanyasree Cup and lost in the quar-final. Even, one among the seven, Sujana Rai was called up to the under-17 national women's preparatory camp. 

The academy is trying to get accreditation from both the IFA and the All India Football Federation and once it is done the SGA will start taking part in the national-level age-group girls' football tournaments, likely to be introduced at the end of this year. 

Academy coordinator Youaraj Rockey Chettri divulged saying, "We are in the process to get official permission from both IFA and AIFF. Once we get it SGA can take part directly in the IFA and AIFF-affiliated tournaments. But we will participate in the sub-junior and junior tournaments. So far knowledge I have, the accreditation matter will be solved around in October and the federation is planning to introduce national-level age group girls' competitions from the end of this year."

A local school has given its building to the academy. Now, 20 girl footballers from the age group of under-13 to under 17 are residing there. The academy has four D-licensed coaches including a lady coach Muscan Rai and they follow the schedule and guild line sent by the academy chief coach Joyabrata Ghosh who generally lives in Siliguri. SGA retains its students till they are 19 years old and interestingly, SGA has already kept clauses in the contracts with the girls where they have to deposit a percentage to the academy on signing any club after being released by the academy at 19 years old. Most of the girls have joined from remote villages and extremely poor families. 

Rocky also revealed that the football part of the girls is being looked after by Debanjan Sen Foundation while Share Football Club cares about the education of the girls. The academy has not yet managed to rope in any sponsorship. Rockey revealed that it runs with the financial assistance provided by the local community.