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{{Infobox National Olympic Committee
| title = Indian Olympic Association
| logo = Indian Olympic Association logo.svg
| size = 150px
| country = India
| code = IND
| created = {{Start date and age|1927| | |df=y}}<ref>[https://olympic.ind.in/ioa-organisation Foundation]</ref>
| recognized = 1927
| president = Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra
| secretary general = Rajeev Mehta
| website = [http://www.olympic.ind.in/ www.olympic.ind.in]
}}

The '''Indian Olympic Association''' ('''IOA''') is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the [[Olympic Games]], [[Asian Games]] and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at these events. It also acts as the '''Indian Commonwealth Games Association''', responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the [[Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India at the Commonwealth Games|url=http://www.thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?countryid=28|publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]]|access-date=17 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116072436/http://www.thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?countryid=28|archive-date=16 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early history==

[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators14.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.5|alt=text|Indian Olympic Association, 1942: 
Top Row, l to r: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-Basir Ali Sheikh, 8 - Stanley de Noronha, 9, 10, 11 
Middle Row, l to r: 1- Nalini Ranjan Sarker, 2- Kamal Kumar, 3, 4, 5, 6- Sohrab Bhoot, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11-M.S. Ahluwalia 
Seated, l to r: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-President Maharaja of Patiala, 6- S.M. Moinul Haq, 7 - B. L. Rallia Ram, 8,9- G D Sondhi]]

'''Background and early years''': The background behind the creation of the Indian Olympic Association was related to [[India at the Olympics|India's participation in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics]]. After the 1920 Games, the committee sending the team to these games met, and, on the advice of Sir Dorab Tata, invited Dr. Noehren (Physical Education Director of YMCA India) to be secretary, along with AS Bhagwat, of the provisional Indian Olympic Committee; Dorab Tata would serve as its president. Subsequently, in 1923–24, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, and the All India Olympic Games (that later became the [[National Games of India]]) were held in Feb 1924. Eight athletes from these games were selected to represent India at the 1924 Paris Olympics, accompanied by manager [[Harry Buck|Harry Crowe Buck]]. This gave impetus to the development and institutionalization of sports in India, and, in 1927, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), was created at the initiative of Harry Crowe Buck and Dr. A. G. Noehren (both of the Madras (YMCA) College of Physical Education).<ref>Dr A G Noehren was National Physical Education Director of the YMCAs in India, and H C Buck was Principal of the National YMCA school of physical education in Madras</ref> Sir [[Dorabji Tata|Dorab Tata]] was important in financing and supporting the movement and became the first Indian Olympic Association president in 1927. Messrs Buck and Noehren travelled across India and helped many states organise their Olympic associations. Noehren was the first Secretary and G. D. Sondhi was the first assistant secretary of the Indian Olympic Association, and, after Noehren resigned in 1938, [[Guru Dutt Sondhi|Sondhi]] and [[Moin-ul-Haq|S.M. Moinul Haq]] became the Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Indian Olympic Association.

And so the Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927, and since that year was officially recognised by the [[IOC|International Olympic Committee]] as India's national Olympic organisation.{{ref|IOCIndia}} In 1928, [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Maharaja Bhupindra Singh]] took over as Indian Olympic Association president.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hNADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|title=Physical Education Class 12|last=Sharma|first=V. K.|publisher=Saraswati House Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5041-921-2|page=57}}</ref>

'''Early tasks''':
*''Sending Teams to the Olympics'': In its first decade, the Indian Olympic Association selected sportspersons to represent India [[India at the Olympics#Early History|at the Olympic Games in 1928, 1932, and 1936]]. Subsequently, by 1946–47, the Indian Olympic Association took responsibility only to send the Indian team to the Olympics (principally, this meant arranging transport, board, and accommodation), while the separate federations for each sport were responsible for selecting and training competitors for their sport. Reflecting this, ahead of the [[India at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]], the IOA Council agreed that a team representing athletics, swimming, weight lifting, wrestling, boxing, football, and hockey, with officials for each of these sports, and a Chief Manager, would be entered for the 1948 Olympics. And so, from 1948 onward, India began sending teams representing several sports – each selected by its respective sports federation – to the Olympics.
*''Securing Funding'': One of the Indian Olympic Association's main early challenges was to secure funding, so that it could send the national team to the Olympics and finance the related costs of transport, room, and board. It obtained funding from the Indian government, from the state governments, and from various state sports federations.
Illustrating this, IOA President Yadavindra Singh's appeal for funding in 1948 stated: "We need about 3 Lacs of rupees to finance" the Indian Olympic team for the London Olympics; that "the youth taking part in these games become ambassadors of goodwill" for India; and that "careful selection, intensive training and proper equipment is most essential" to field a competitive team, but that the Indian Olympic Association is "greatly handicapped for want of sufficient funds" for these tasks.<ref>Appeal by Yadavindra Singh, President, Indian Olympic Association, 1948</ref>

The Indian Olympic Association thus undertook wider outreach with several national sports federations, and essentially became a clearing house that coordinated the sending of multiple sports teams – each selected by their respective sports federations – to the Olympics.

*''The National Games'': The Indian Olympic Association had one other major responsibility: that of holding the biennial [[National Games of India|National Games]] (Indian Olympics). It recognised, in the 1920s-1940s, that the promotion of sports in India needed a National Games, because there was no overall national sports federation of India. Instead, there were separate national federations for each sport, such as athletics, swimming, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, weightlifting, cycling, boxing, football. These sports federations essentially held their national championships at the Indian National Games.

==IOA Presidents==
{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
!S.No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
|1. || [[Dorabji Tata|Sir Dorabji Tata]] ||1927–1928
|-
|2. ||Maharaja [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Bhupinder Singh]] ||1928–1938
|-
|3. ||Maharaja [[Yadavindra Singh]] ||1938–1960
|-
|4. ||Mr. [[Bhalindra Singh]] ||1960–1975
|-
|5. ||Mr. [[Om Prakash Mehra]] ||1975–1980
|-
|6. ||Mr. [[Bhalindra Singh]] ||1980–1984
|-
|7. ||Mr. [[Vidya Charan Shukla]] ||1984–1987
|-
|8. ||Mr. [[Sivanthi Adithan]] ||1987–1996
|-
|9. ||Mr. [[Suresh Kalmadi]] ||1996–2011
|-
|''Acting'' ||Mr. [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]] || 26 April 2011 – 5 December 2012
|-
|10. ||Mr. [[Abhay Singh Chautala]] ||5 December 2012 – 9 February 2014
|-
|11. ||Mr. [[Narayana Ramachandran]] ||9 February 2014 – 14 December 2017
|-
|12. || Dr. [[Narinder Dhruv Batra]] || 14 December 2017 – present
|}

==IOA Secretary Generals==
{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
! S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
|1. || Dr. A. G. Noehren || 1927–1928
|-
|3. || Prof. [[Moin-ul-Haq]] || 1952–1956
|-
|4. || Ashwini Kumar || 1956–1960
|-
|5. || [[Pankaj Gupta]] || 1960–1970
|-
|6. || Ashwini Kumar || 1970–1974
|-
|7. || J. C. Paliwal || 1974–1975
|-
|8. || Air Vice-Marshal C. L. Mehta || 1976–1986
|-
|9. || Dr. [[Roshan Lal Anand]] || 1986–1987
|-
|10. || Raja [[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)|Randhir Singh]] || 1987–2012
|-
|11. || Dr. Lalit K. Bhanot || 2012–2014
|-
|12. || Rajeev Mehta || 9 February 2014 – ''present''
|}

==IOA Executive Council==
Following is the IOA Executive Committee for the 2019–2024 term.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Designation !! Name !! National Sports Federation / State Olympic Committee
|-
| '''President''' || Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra ||[[Hockey India]]
|-
| '''Senior Vice-President''' || Mr. [[Aakash Kamboj AK]] || Uttarakhand Hockey Association
|-
|rowspan=8| '''Vice-Presidents''' || Mr. [[Adille Sumariwalla]] || [[Athletics Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] || [[Indian Weightlifting Federation]]
|-
| Mr. [[Virendra D. Nanavati]] || [[Swimming Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. [[Sudhanshu Mittal]] || Kho Kho Federation of India
|-
| Ms. Sunaina Kumari || Bowling Federation of India
|-
| Mr. [[K. Govindaraj]] || [[Basketball Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. Kuldeep Vats || Delhi Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. [[Karan Chautala]] || [[Luge Federation of India]]
|-
| '''Secretary General''' || Mr. Rajeev Mehta || [[Fencing Association of India]]
|-
| '''Treasurer''' || Mr. [[Anandeshwar Pandey]] || [[Handball Federation of India]]
|-
|rowspan=6| '''Joint Secretaries''' || Dr. Surinder Mohan Bali || [[Ice Hockey Association of India]]
|-
| Mr. Rakesh Gupta || [[Indian Triathlon Federation]]
|-
| Mr. [[Namdev Sampat Shirgaonkar]] || [[Modern Pentathlon Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. Onkar Singh || [[Cycling Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. D. V. Seetharama Rao || [[National Rifle Association of India]]
|-
| Mr. Vikram Singh Sisodia || Chhattisgarh Olympic Association
|-
|rowspan=10| '''Executive Members''' || Mr. Adhip Das || [[Odisha Olympic Association]]
|-
| Mr. Ajit Banerjee || Bengal Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. [[Balbir Singh Kushwaha]] || Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association
|-
| Mr. Digvijay Singh || Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. [[Dushyant Chautala]] || [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. Gurudatta D. Bhakta || Goa Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. [[Hemochandra Singh Irengbam]] || Manipur Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. V. N. Prasood || [[Wrestling Federation of India]]
|-
| Mr. Rupak Debroy || Tripura State Olympic Association
|-
| Mr. Abhijit Sarkar || Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association
|-
| '''Repr. of Athletes' Commission''' || Dr. [[Malav Shroff]] ||
|}

==State Olympic Associations==
# Andaman and Nicobar Olympic Association
# Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association
# Arunachal Pradesh Olympic Association
# Assam Olympic Association
# [https://biharolympicsassociation.org/ Bihar Olympic Association]
# Chandigarh Olympic Association
# Chhattisgarh Olympic Association
# Delhi Olympic Association
# Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Olympic Association
# Goa Olympic Association
# Gujarat State Olympic Association
# Haryana Olympic Association
# Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association
# Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association
# Jharkhand Olympic Association
# Karnataka Olympic Association
# Kerala Olympic Association
# Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association
# Maharashtra Olympic Association
# Manipur Olympic Association
# Meghalaya State Olympic Association
# Mizoram Olympic Association
# Nagaland Olympic Association
# [[Odisha Olympic Association]]
# Pondicherry Olympic Association
# Punjab Olympic Association
# Rajasthan Olympic Association
# Sikkim Olympic Association
# Tamil Nadu Olympic Association
# Olympic Association of Telangana
# Tripura State Olympic Association
# [[Uttarakhand Olympic Association]]
# Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association
# West Bengal Olympic Association
# [[Services Sports Control Board]]

==National Sports Federations==
National sports federations are categorized in two categories i.e. Olympic Sports and Other Recognized Sports

The IOC's membership currently includes 38 National Sports Federations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Units |url=https://www.olympic.ind.in/member-units |website=Indian Olympic Association |access-date=12 July 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713012532/https://www.olympic.ind.in/member-units |archive-date=13 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===IOC Permanent Olympic Sports===
{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
!Sport !! National Federation
|-
|Aquatics || [[Swimming Federation of India]]
|-
|Archery || [[Archery Association of India]]
|-
|Athletics || [[Athletics Federation of India]]
|-
|Badminton || [[Badminton Association of India]]
|-
|Basketball || [[Basketball Federation of India]]
|-
|Boxing || [[Indian Boxing Federation|Indian Amateur Boxing Federation]]
|-
|Canoeing || [[Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association]]
|-
|Cycling || [[Cycling Federation of India]]
|-
|Equestrian || [[Equestrian Federation of India]]
|-
|Fencing || [[Fencing Association of India]]
|-
|Football || [[All India Football Federation]]
|-
|Golf || [[Indian Golf Union]]
|-
|Gymnastics || [[Gymnastic Federation of India]]
|-
|Handball || [[Handball Federation of India]]
|-
|Hockey || [[Hockey India]]
|-
|Judo || [[Judo Federation of India]]
|-
|Modern Pentathlon || [[Modern Pentathlon Federation of India]]
|-
|Rowing || [[Rowing Federation of India]]
|-
|Rugby || [[Indian Rugby Football Union]]
|-
|Sailing ||
|-
|Shooting || [[National Rifle Association of India]]
|-
|Table Tennis || [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
|-
|Taekwando || [[Taekwando Federation of India]]
|-
|Tennis || [[All India Tennis Association]]
|-
|Triathlon || [[Indian Triathlon Federation]]
|-
|Volleyball || [[Volleyball Federation of India]]
|-
|Weightlifting || [[Indian Weightlifting Federation]]
|-
|Wrestling || [[Wrestling Federation of India]]
|}

===IOC Winter Olympic Sports===
These all sports are under the [[Winter Games Federation of India]].

{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
!Sport !! National Federation
|-
|Ice Hockey || [[Ice Hockey Association of India]]
|-
|Ice Skating || [[Ice Skating Association of India]]
|-
|Luge || [[Indian Amateur Luge Association]]
|}

===IOC recognized sports===
Following are the National Sports Federation of sports which are recognized by IOC.

{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
!Sport !! National Federation
|-
|Billard || [[The Billards & Snooker Federation of India]]
|-
|Bowling || [[Bowling Federation of India]]
|-
|Karate || [[All India karate do Federation]]
|-
|Netball || [[Netball Federation of India]]
|-
|Squash || [[Squash Rackets Federation of India]]
|-
|Wushu || [[Wushu Association of India]]
|-
|MUAY ||United Muaythai Association India.
|-
|All Sports
|Students Olympic Association of India
|}

===Others===
Following are some sports which IOC does not recognise as a Sport.

{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"
!Sport !! National Federation
|-
|[[Arm wrestling]] || [[Indian Arm Wrestling Federation]]
|-
|[[Kabaddi]] || [[Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India]]
|-
|[[Kho Kho]] || [[Kho Kho Federation of India]]
|-
|Yachting || [[Yachting Association of India]]
|}

==Disputes==
On 26 April 2011, after the arrest of its president [[Suresh Kalmadi]], [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]] was the acting president of the IOA up to 5 December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/157142/kalmadi-has-not-been-removed.html|title=Kalmadi has not been removed: Malhotra|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=27 April 2011|access-date=27 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430160453/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/157142/kalmadi-has-not-been-removed.html|archive-date=30 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The election of [[Lalit Bhanot]] as Secretary General was considered controversial by some due to his alleged involvement in the [[Commonwealth Games Scam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhay Chautala becomes IOA President, Lalit Bhanot named Secretary General|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/Sports/20121130/2111115.html|work=Webindia123.com|publisher=Suni System (Pvt) Ltd.|date=30 November 2012|access-date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208042117/http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/Sports/20121130/2111115.html|archive-date=8 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 4 December 2012, the [[International Olympic Committee]] suspended the IOA on the basis of corruption, government interference, and not following guidelines of the IOC. Several members of the IOA have been charged with crimes.<ref name=BBC-2012-12-05>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20604739 |publisher= BBC News |title= India outrage over IOA suspension from Olympics |date= 5 December 2012 |access-date= 2012-12-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171221121316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20604739 |archive-date= 21 December 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IOC wants fresh polls before it lifts ban on Indian Olympic Association |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/ioc-wants-fresh-polls-lifts-ban-indian-olympic-071926697--oly.html |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Sports Canada]] |date=15 January 2013 |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130412060336/http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/ioc-wants-fresh-polls-lifts-ban-indian-olympic-071926697--oly.html |archive-date=12 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The IOA was formally banned for not following the [[Olympic Charter]] in their elections, instead following the Indian government's Sports Code. The IOA held elections under the Indian Sports Code due to a directive from the [[Delhi High Court]].<ref>{{cite news |work= [[The Times of India]]|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-04/others/35594132_1_ioa-suspension-ioa-elections-abhay-singh-chautala |title= IOA suspension is an 'unfortunate decision', says Jitendra Singh |author= PTI |date= 4 December 2012 |access-date= 2012-12-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130910233800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-04/others/35594132_1_ioa-suspension-ioa-elections-abhay-singh-chautala |archive-date= 10 September 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref> On 15 May 2013, International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to lift the ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as Indian representatives from the government and sports bodies reached an agreement with IOC officials.<ref>{{cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|title=IOC agrees to take India back in Olympic fold|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/ioc-agrees-to-take-india-back-in-olympic-fold/article4718636.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 May 2013|location=Chennai, India|access-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608141236/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/ioc-agrees-to-take-india-back-in-olympic-fold/article4718636.ece|archive-date=8 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> India still did not have its three competitors play under the national flag at the [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Olympics]]. On 9 February, an election was held to choose a head of the IOA. [[Abhay Singh Chautala]] and Lalit Bhanot were ineligible due to having court charges against them. The president of the [[World Squash Federation]], [[Narayana Ramachandran]], was instead elected.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-08/others/47147931_1_clean-sports-india-ioa-polls-chautala-and-bhanot | work=The Times of India | title=IOA polls on Sunday, India likely to return to Olympic fold }}</ref>

On 11 February 2014, the International Olympic Committee revoked the ban enforced on Indian Olympic Association. As a result, India returned to the Olympic fold after 14-months.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Olympic exile ends as IOC revokes IOA's ban|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Indias-Olympic-exile-ends-as-IOC-revokes-IOAs-ban/articleshow/30209590.cms|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=11 February 2014|agency=[[Times of India]]|access-date=11 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306173143/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Indias-Olympic-exile-ends-as-IOC-revokes-IOAs-ban/articleshow/30209590.cms|archive-date=6 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Olympic Medalist==

=== Women ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Sport
!Sportsperson
!Medal
!Year
!Host Country

|-
|Weightlifting
|[[Karnam Malleswari|Ms. Karanam Malleswari]]
|Bronze
|2000
|{{AUS}}
|-
|Boxing
|[[Mary Kom]]
|Bronze
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|Badminton
|[[Saina Nehwal]]
|Bronze
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|Wrestling
|[[Sakshi Malik]]
|Bronze
|2016
|{{BRA}}
|-
|Badminton
|[[P. V. Sindhu|Pusarla Venkata Sindhu]]
|Silver
|2016
|{{BRA}}
|-
|}

===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Sport
!Sportsperson
!Medal
!Year
!Host Country
|-
|Wrestling
|Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
|Bronze
|1952
|{{FIN}}
|-
|Tennis
|Leander Paes
|Bronze
|1996
|{{USA}}
|-
|Shooting
|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
|Silver
|2004
|{{GRE}}
|-
|Shooting
|[[Abhinav Bindra]]
|Gold
|2008
|{{CHN}}
|-
|Boxing
|[[vijender singh]]
|Bronze
|2008
|{{CHN}}
|-
|Wrestling
|[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]
|Bronze
|2008
|{{CHN}}
|-
|Wrestling
|[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]
|Silver
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|Shooting
|Vijay Kumar
|Silver
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|Wrestling
|Yogeswar Dutt
|Bronze
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|Shooting
|Gagan Narang
|Bronze
|2012
|{{GBR}}
|-
|}

==Multi-sport events hosted by IOA==
* [[1951 Asian Games]]
* [[1982 Asian Games]]
* [[1987 South Asian Games]]
* [[1995 South Asian Games]]
* [[2003 Afro-Asian Games]]
* [[2007 Military World Games]]
* [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]]
* [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]
* [[2011 South Asian Winter Games]]
* [[2014 Lusophony Games]]
* [[2016 South Asian Games]]

==Social media==
The IOA is present on [[social media]], with the Press Office of the Committee running an official [[Facebook]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.facebook.com/IndianOlympicTeam/|title= Indian Olympic on Facebook|publisher=Facebook}}</ref> page, as well as [[Twitter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ioaindia|title=Indian Olympic on Twitter|publisher=Twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225191616/https://twitter.com/ioaindia|archive-date=25 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Instagram]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/indianolympic/|title= Indian Olympic on Instagram|publisher=Instagram}}</ref> accounts.

The IOA debuted a new logo and new campaign tag #EkIndiaTeamIndia in 2020, this was celebrated on India's independence day 15 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocasia.org/news/922-indian-olympic-association-reveals-new-logo.html|title=Indian Olympic Association reveals new logo|date=2020-07-06|website=Olympic Council of Asia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-05}}</ref> The previous logo was created in 1924 at the inception of the IOA, the logo emphasized the Star of India. Through symbols of the Tiraṅgā the new logo celebrates the pride, dignity and lifetime of determined hard work given by India's finest athletes.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/ioa-adopts-new-identity-100-year-milestone-olympic-games/article32005734.ece#:~:text=The%20previous%20institutional%20logo%20which,of%20the%20IOA%20till%20date. |title= IOA adopts new identity on its 100-year milestone at Olympic Games |date= 2020-07-06 |website= Sportstar|language=en-US|access-date= 2020-09-05 }}</ref> The logo was created by Smitten an international design firm founded in [[Chennai]] by [[Smita Rajgopal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/ioa-urges-nsfs-soas-to-update-websites-with-its-new-logo/articleshow/77562487.cms|title=IOA urges NSFs, SOAs to update websites with its new logo|date=2020-07-06|website=The Times of India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/smita-rajgopal-an-engineer-with-mba-degree-opts-for-graphic-designing-as-her-career/articleshow/10702511.cms|title=Smita Rajgopal, an engineer with MBA degree, opts for graphic designing as her career|date=2011-11-14|website=The Economic Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-05}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[India at the Olympics]]
*[[Paralympic Committee of India]]
*[[Sport in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.olympic.ind.in/ Official website]

{{OCA}}
{{Sports governing bodies in India}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:National Olympic Committees|India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games Associations|India]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in India]]
[[Category:India at the Olympics]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1927]]
[[Category:1927 establishments in India]]

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Indian Olympic Association - Revision history

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	*[http://www.olympic.ind.in/ Official website]		*[http://www.olympic.ind.in/ Official website]

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