Committee to Study the Existing Sports Governance Frame Work and Issues Related To Sports Governance in the Country

Posted on 05 Jan, 2017 4:52 pm

 

The Government has decided to constitute the following Committee to study the existing sports governance frame work, issues relating to sports governance in the country, recent developments related to sports governance, including court judgments & international best practices and make recommendations on bringing out a comprehensive National Sports Development Code across sports disciplines.

 

i.	Shri Injeti Srinivas, Secretary (Sports)	Chairman
ii.	Shri Abhinav Bindra, Olympian	Member
iii.	Ms. Anju Bobby George, Olympian	Member
iv.	Shri Praksh Padukone, Eminent Sports Person & Coach	Member
v.	Shri Narinder Batra, President, FIH	Member
vi.	Shri. Nandan Kamath, Lawyer	Member
vii.	Shri Bishweshwar Nandi, Coach	Member
viii.	Shri Vijay Lokpally, Sports Journalist	Member
ix.	Joint Secretary (Sports), MYAS	Member Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms of reference of the Committee are to identify basic universal principles of ethics and good governance based on the IOC Charter international best practices, draft National Sports Development Bill, National Sports Development Code, 2011, Supreme Court and High Court judgments, etc.; to identify issues pertaining to good governance in administration of sports in the country and to make specific recommendations for bringing out a comprehensive Sports Code to address the issues of governance pertaining to the National Olympic Committee and National Sports Federations. The Committee is required to submit its report within a month.

 

Courtesy – Press Information Bureau, Government of India