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{{Infobox college
|name = Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
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|established = {{start date and age|7 May 1961}}
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|city = [[Patiala]]
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|parent = [[Sports Authority of India]]
|academic_affiliation = [[Punjab Sports University]],{{Citation needed|reason=can not affiliated with [[Punjab Sports University]] and [[Punjabi University]] at same time. It offers only one non medical degree program in with only one non medical university's affiliation is required.|date=December 2019}} [[Baba Farid University of Health Sciences]], [[Punjabi University]]
|type = [[Government Degree Colleges, India|Government College]]
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|website = {{url|www.nsnis.org}}
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'''Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports''', commonly known as '''National Institute of Sports''' ('''NIS'''), is the Academic Wing of the [[Sports Authority of India]] (SAI) and Asia's largest Sports Institute located in city of [[Patiala]].

== History ==
Founded in 7 May 1961, the Institute was renamed as Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in January 1973. It is merged with SAI in 1987.<ref name=abt/> Spread over 268 acres, NIS is housed in the Old [[Moti Bagh Palace]] of the erstwhile royal family of [[Patiala State]], which was purchased by [[Government of India]] after [[Independence of India|Indian Independence]].<ref name=abt>{{cite web
| title = About us | url = http://www.nsnis.org/about.htm|publisher=National Institute of Sports | accessdate = 2014-08-13 }}</ref>

==NIS Directors==
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana" width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- bgcolor="ffffff" align="center"
! S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
| 1. || M. K. Kaul || 7 May 1961 – 18 May 1961
|-
| 2. || [[Lieutenant General]] [[Sant Singh]] || 18 May 1961 – 17 July 1964
|-
| 3. || [[Major General]] M. S. Chopra || 17 July 1964 – 30 April 1967
|-
| 4. || [[Colonel]] B. S. Jaiswal || 30 April 1967 – 14 Jan 1970
|-
| 5. || M. C. Dhawan || 14 Jan 1970 – 2 June 1970
|-
| 6. || S. D. Chopra|| 2 June 1970 – 3 July 1970
|-
| 7. || Dr. [[Roshan Lal Anand]] || 4 July 1970 – 30 Nov 1986
|-
| 8. || S. K. Chaturvedi || 30 Nov 1986 – 13 Dec 1986
|-
| 9. || Dr. C. M. Muthiah || 13 Dec 1986 – 30 April 1990
|-
| 10. || Dr. D. K. Tondon || 30 April 1990 – 30 May 1995
|-
| 11. || Dr. D. N. Mathur || 30 May 1995 – 2 Feb 1996
|-
| 12. || ASV Prasad || 2 Feb 1996 – 30 June 1998
|-
| 13. || [[Major]] O. P. Bhatia || 30 June 1998 – 2 Dec 1998
|-
| 14. || Gurbux Singh || 2 Dec 1998 – 30 June 1999
|-
| 15. || [[Lieutenant Colonel]] B. S. Ahluwalia || 30 June 1999 – 30 April 2004
|-
| 16. || Dr. B. K. Sinha, IPS || 30 April 2004 – 16 Nov 2004
|-
| 17. || Dr. M. P. Ganesh || 16 Nov 2004 – 31 July 2006
|-
| 18. || Dr. L. S. Ranawat || 31 July 2006 – 31 Oct 2014
|-
| 19. || Dr. S. S. Roy || 31 October 2014 – 14 Nov 2019
|-
| 20. || [[Colonel]] Raj Singh Bishnoi || 16 Nov 2019 – ''Present''
|}

== Memorabilia ==
Today, several items of [[sports memorabilia]], like a hass (doughnut-shaped exercise disc), weighing 95 kg, used by [[The Great Gama]], for squats, and Major [[Dhyan Chand]]'s gold medal from the [[1928 Amsterdam Olympics]], and [[PT Usha]]'s [[1986 Seoul Asiad]] shoes, are housed at the National Institute of Sports Museum.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011124/windows/main5.htm A rare museum], ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]'', 24 November 2001.</ref>

== Departments ==
# Department of [[Sports Medicine]]
# Department of [[Exercise Physiology]]
# Department of Sports [[Biochemistry]]
# Department of Sports [[Anthropometry]]
# Department of [[Sports Psychology]]
# Department of Sports [[Nutrition]]
# Department of General Theory & Methods of Training
# Department of [[Biomechanics]]

==Sports facilities==
* [[Gym]]nasium and [[swimming pool]] complex
* Three indoor halls for [[wrestling]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]], [[boxing]], [[basketball]], [[badminton]], [[table tennis]]
* [[Volleyball]], [[handball]] and [[judo]]
* Two [[Squash (sport)|squash]] courts
* [[Cycling]] velodrome
* [[Field hockey|Hockey]] field astroturf and three grass fields
* [[Athletics (sport)|Athletic]] track - synthetic (8 lanes), grass (4 lanes) and cinder (8 lanes)
* Area for throws
* Two [[basketball]] cement courts
* Two [[Association football|football]] grounds
* Two [[handball]] grounds
* [[Tennis]] (3 hard and 3 grass courts)
* Four [[volleyball]] courts
* Turf wicket [[cricket]] ground and 6 cricket nets
* [[Archery]] ground
* Five-lane [[jogging]] and cross country track
* [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] Training Centre
* [[Fencing]] training centre

==References==
{{Reflist}}

http://nsnis.org/about-nsnis-patiala/

==External links==
*[http://www.nsnis.org/ National Institute of Sports, Patiala]

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