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Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports constitutes
All India Council of Sports Council
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
has constituted 'All India Council of
Sports', headed by Prof V.K. Malhotra,
being its President in the rank of Minister
of State. The Council will be an advisory
body for the Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports and will advise the Ministry on
matters relating to the promotion and
development of sports and games in the
country including popularizing sports
amongst the youth as a way of life;
increasing outreach of sports to rural and
tribal areas, areas affected by Left Wing
Extremism (LWE), North East and
Jammu & Kashmir; implementation of
policies for promotion of sports and
games in the country; matters relating to
promotion of inclusiveness in sports
with special focus on women,
differently-abled, tribals etc; preventing
drug abuse in sports, fraud of age and
sexual harassment of women in sports;
bringing professionalism, transparency
and good governance in functioning of
National Sports Federations; ways and
means to raise resources for the
promotion of sports and games in the
country; promotion of sports sciences
and sports medicine; augmenting sports
infrastructure and ensuring its proper
utilization; matters relating to
participation and performance of
sportspersons and teams in international
sporting events; issues arising out of
match fixing and other malpractices in
competitive sports; ways and means to
promote indigenous games in the
country, early identification of sports
talent and nurturing of the identified
talent; integration of sports in
educational curriculum in schools,
colleges and universities; Welfare
measures for sportspersons. Council
members include Sachin Tendulkar, MP
(Rajya Sabha), P.T. Usha (Athletics),
Limba Ram (Archery), N. Kunjarani
Devi (Weightlifting),
I.M. Vijayan
(Football), P. Gopichand (Badminton),
Baichung Bhutia (Football), Uday
Shankar, CEO Star India, Vishwanathan
Anand (Chess), Sandeep Pradhan,
Director General, Sports Authority of
Gujarat, Secretary (Sports), Madhya
Pradesh, Secretary (Sports), Assam,
President/Secretary General, Indian
Olympic Association, Secretary,
Department of Sports, Director General,
Sports Authority of India, Director
General, National Anti Doping Agency,
Vice Chancellor, Lakshmibai National
Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE),
Joint Secretary, Department of Sports, .
Secretary, Sports Authority of India is
Member Secretary of the Council. Other
members of the Council will be
nominated in due course.
HRD Ministry to “IMPRINT”
roadmap for Engineering &
Technology Challenges
The Ministry of Human Resource
Development in a unique move, created
the first of its kind initiative involving all
the Indian Institutes of Technology and
IISCs of the country. The project will
address the major engineering
challenges the country must address and
champion to enable, empower and
embolden the nation for inclusive
growth and self-reliance. The project
aptly called IMPacting Research
INnovation and Technology or
IMPRINT will address 10 Technology
Domains as grand engineering
challenges. This MHRD project, created
at the behest of the honourable Minister
Smt Smnriti Zubin Irani, in the first
phase defines its twofold mandate ofa)
developing new engineering education
policy and b) creating a road map
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