PRESIDENT

ACTING PRESIDENT

Education

* Senior Cambridge - Yadavendra Public School, Patiala (India);

* B.A. in History from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi (India)

Sports Practiced

Shooting (trap and skeet), golf, swimming, squash, cricket

Sports career: Represented India in shooting at the

Olympic Games

· Mexico 1968,

· Munich 1972,

· Montreal 1976,

· Moscow 1980 and

· Los Angeles 1984),

Asian Games

· Bangkok 1978 – Individual Gold Medal.

· New Delhi 1982 – Bronze Individual and Team Silver

· Seoul 1986 and

· Hiroshima 1994

Commonwealth Games

· Edmonton 1978)

Sports Administration

· Secretary General of Olympic Council of Asia - 1991-2015

· Secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association - IOA - 1987-2014

· Member of the governing body of Sports Authority of India - 1987-2010

· Founder Secretary General of the Afro-Asian Games Council - 1998-2007

· Member of the ANOC Executive Council (2002- till date

· IOC Representative on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board - 2003-2005

· Member of the WADA's Finance and Administration Committee (2005);

· Life Vice President of OCA - 2015-

· Chair - Asian Games Coordination Committee 2019 -

Awards and distinctions

· Arjuna Award - India’s highest Sports Award- 1979

· Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award - State Sports Award – 1979

· OCA Award of Merit - 2005

· Merit Award from ANOC – 2006

· Olympic Order, Silver - 2014

· Honorary Doctor of Literature from Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Government of India

IOC History

Member of the IOC from 2001 to 2014

Honorary Member since 2014

Member of the following commissions:

· Olympic Games Study - 2002-2003

· Sport for All (2004-2013), Women and Sport - 2006-2013

· Coordination for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010

· International Olympic Truce Foundation - 2007