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{{Short description|National Olympic committee}}
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| country = India
| country = India
| code = IND
| code = IND
| created = {{Start date and age|1927| | |df=y}}<ref>[https://olympic.ind.in/ioa-organisation Foundation]</ref>
| created = {{Start date and age|1927| | |df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://olympic.ind.in/ioa-organisation |title=Foundation |access-date=5 November 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112185629/https://olympic.ind.in/ioa-organisation |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| recognized = 1927
| recognized = 1927
| president = Narinder Batra
| association = OCA
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| president = [[P. T. Usha]]
| secretary general = Rajeev Mehta
| secretary general = Rajeev Mehta
| website = [http://www.olympic.ind.in/ www.olympic.ind.in]
| website = {{url|https://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>
The '''Indian Olympic Association''' ('''IOA''') or '''Indian Olympic Committee''' ('''IOC''') 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 plays with the name of '''Team India'''. 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==
==Early history==


[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators14.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.5|alt=text|Indian Olympic Association, 1942:<br />
[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators14.jpg|right|thumb|240px|alt=text|Indian Olympic Association, 1942]]
<small>Top Row, l to r: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-Basir Ali Sheikh, 8 - Stanley de Noronha, 9, 10, 11 <br/>
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 <br/>
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</small>]]


'''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.
'''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.
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!S.No. !! Name !! Tenure
!S.No. !! Name !! Tenure
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|1. || Sir [[Dorabji Tata]] ||1927–1928
|1. ||[[Dorabji Tata|Sir Dorabji Tata]] ||1927–1928
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|2. ||Maharaja [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Bhupinder Singh]] ||1928–1938
|2. ||[[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Maharaja Bhupinder Singh]] ||1928–1938
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|3. ||Maharaja [[Yadavindra Singh]] ||1938–1960
|3. ||[[Yadavindra Singh|Maharaja Yadavindra Singh]] ||1938–1960
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|4. ||[[Bhalindra Singh]] ||1960–1975
|4. ||[[Bhalindra Singh]] ||1960–1975
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|9. ||[[Suresh Kalmadi]] ||1996–2011
|9. ||[[Suresh Kalmadi]] ||1996–2011
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|''Acting'' ||[[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]] || 26 April 2011 – 5 December 2012
|10. ||[[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]] * || 26 April 2011 – 5 December 2012
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|10. ||[[Abhay Singh Chautala]] ||5 December 2012 – 9 February 2014
|11. ||[[Abhay Singh Chautala]] ||5 December 2012 – 9 February 2014
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|11. ||[[Narayana Ramachandran]] ||9 February 2014 – 14 December 2017
|12. ||[[Narayana Ramachandran]] ||9 February 2014 – 14 December 2017
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|12. ||Narinder Batra || 14 December 2017 – ''present''
|13. ||[[Narinder Dhruv Batra]] || 14 December 2017 – 25 May 2022
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|14. ||Anil Khanna* || 25 May  2022 – 21 August 2022
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|15. ||[[Adille Sumariwalla]]* || 27 August 2022 – 10 December 2022
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|16. ||[[P. T. Usha]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-10 |title=Legendary athlete PT Usha elected as first woman president of IOA |url=https://www.livemint.com/sports/legendary-athlete-pt-usha-elected-as-first-woman-president-of-ioa-11670672131571.html |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=livemint.com }}</ref>|| 10 December 2022 – ''present''<ref>{{Cite web |title=PT Usha becomes first woman president of IOA |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/more-sports/others/pt-usha-becomes-first-woman-president-of-indian-olympic-association/amp_articleshow/96130753.cms&ved=2ahUKEwju0Jjale_7AhXjkeYKHY2yAIMQ0PADKAB6BAgOEAE&usg=AOvVaw15Wkq_wbjA2LgWqCSx9X9L |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.timesofindia.com}}</ref>
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==IOA Secretary Generals==
==IOA Secretary Generals==
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! S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
! S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
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|1. || A. G. Noehren || 1927–1928
|1. || A. G. Noehren || 1927–1938
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|2. || [[Guru Dutt Sondhi]] || 1938–1952
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|3. || [[Moin-ul-Haq]] || 1952–1956
|3. || [[Moin-ul-Haq]] || 1952–1956
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|4. || Ashwini Kumar || 1956–1960
|4. || [[Ashwini Kumar (sports administrator)|Ashwini Kumar]]|| 1956–1960
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|5. || [[Pankaj Gupta]] || 1960–1970
|5. || [[Pankaj Gupta]] || 1960–1970
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|6. || Ashwini Kumar || 1970–1974
|6. || [[Ashwini Kumar (sports administrator)|Ashwini Kumar]]|| 1970–1974
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|7. || J. C. Paliwal || 1974–1975
|7. || J. C. Paliwal || 1974–1975
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|11. || Lalit Bhanot || 2012–2014
|11. || Lalit Bhanot || 2012–2014
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|12. || Rajeev Mehta || 9 February 2014 – ''present''
|12. || Rajeev Mehta || 2014–2022
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==IOA Executive Council==
==IOA Executive Council==
Following is the IOA Executive Committee for the 2019–2024 term.
Following is the IOA Executive Committee for the 2022–2026 term.<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL|url=https://olympic.ind.in/executive-council|publisher=Indian Olympic Association|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Designation !! Name !! National Sports Federation / <br> State Olympic Committee
! Designation !! Name !! National Sports Federation / <br> State Olympic Committee
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| '''President''' || Narinder Batra ||[[Hockey India]]
| '''President''' || [[P. T. Usha]] || Athletes Commission of the IOA
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| '''Senior Vice-President''' || Aakash Kamboj || Hockey Uttarakhand
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|rowspan=8| '''Vice-Presidents''' || [[Adille Sumariwalla]] || [[Athletics Federation of India]]
| '''Senior Vice-President''' || [[Ajay Patel]] || [[National Rifle Association of India]]
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| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] || [[Indian Weightlifting Federation]]
|rowspan=2| '''Vice-Presidents'''  || Rajlaxmi Singh Deo || [[Rowing Federation of India]]
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| Virendra Nanavati || [[Swimming Federation of India]]
| [[Gagan Narang]] || Athletes Commission of the IOA
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| [[Sudhanshu Mittal]] || [[Kho Kho Federation of India]]
| '''Treasurer''' || Sahdev Yadav || [[Indian Weightlifting Federation]]
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| Sunaina Kumari || [[Bowling Federation of India]]
|rowspan=2| '''Joint Secretaries''' || [[Kalyan Chaubey]] || [[ All India Football Federation]]
|-
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| [[K. Govindaraj]] || [[Basketball Federation of India]]
| Alaknanda Ashok || [[Badminton Association of India]]
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| [[Kuldeep Vats]] || Delhi Olympic Association
|rowspan=6| '''Executive Council Members''' || Amitabh Sharma || [[Ice Skating Association of India]]
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| Karan Chautala || [[Luge Federation of India]]
| Bhupender Singh Bajwa || [[Wushu Association of India]]
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| '''Secretary General''' || Rajeev Mehta || [[Fencing Association of India]]
| Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh || [[Indian Golf Union]]
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| '''Treasurer''' || Anandeshwar Pandey || [[Handball Federation of India]]
| [[Rohit Rajpal]] || Athletes Commission of the IOA
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|-
|rowspan=6| '''Joint Secretaries''' || Surinder Mohan Bali || [[Ice Hockey Association of India]]
| [[Dola Banerjee]] || Athletes Commission of the IOA
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| Rakesh Gupta || [[Indian Triathlon Federation]]
| [[Yogeshwar Dutt]] || Athletes Commission of the IOA
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| Namdev Sampat Shirgaonkar || [[Modern Pentathlon Federation of India]]
|rowspan=6| '''Athletes' Commission Members''' || [[Mary Kom]] || {{center|''NA''}}
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| Onkar Singh || [[Cycling Federation of India]]
| [[Sharath Kamal]] || {{center|''NA''}}
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| D. V. Seetharama Rao || [[National Rifle Association of India]]
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| Vikram Singh Sisodia || Chhattisgarh Olympic Association
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|rowspan=10| '''Executive Members''' || Adhip Das || [[Odisha Olympic Association]]
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| Ajit Banerjee || West Bengal Olympic Association
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| Balbir Singh Kushwaha || [[Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association]]
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| [[Digvijaya Singh]] || Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association
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| [[Dushyant Chautala]] || [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
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| Gurudatta Bhakta || Goa Olympic Association
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| Hemochandra Singh Irengbam || Manipur Olympic Association
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| V. N. Prasood || [[Wrestling Federation of India]]
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| Rupak Debroy || Tripura State Olympic Association
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| Abhijit Sarkar || Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association
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| '''Representative of Athletes' Commission''' || [[Malav Shroff]] ||
|}
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# Goa Olympic Association
# Goa Olympic Association
# Gujarat State Olympic Association
# Gujarat State Olympic Association
# Haryana Olympic Association
# [[Haryana Olympic Association]]
# Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association
# Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association
# Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association
# Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association
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# Tripura State Olympic Association
# Tripura State Olympic Association
# Uttarakhand Olympic Association
# Uttarakhand Olympic Association
# Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association
# [https://upoa.in/ Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association]
# West Bengal Olympic Association
# West Bengal Olympic Association
# [[Railways Sports Promotion Board]]
# [[Railways Sports Promotion Board]]
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==National Sports Federations==
==National Sports Federations==
{{Further|Category :  sports governing bodies in India|label1=List of national sports governing bodies in India for various sports.}}
National sports federations are categorized in two categories i.e. Olympic Sports and Other Recognized Sports
National sports federations are categorized in two categories i.e. Olympic Sports and Other Recognized Sports


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|Basketball || [[Basketball Federation of India]]
|Basketball || [[Basketball Federation of India]]
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|Boxing || [[Boxing Federation of India]]
|Boxing || [[Indian Boxing Federation]]
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|Canoeing || [[Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association]]
|Canoeing || [[Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association]]
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|Cycling || [[Cycling Federation of India]]
|Cycling || [[Cycling Federation of India]]
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|Table Tennis || [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
|Table Tennis || [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
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|Taekwando || [[Taekwando Federation of India]]
|Taekwondo || [[India Taekwondo]]
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|Tennis || [[All India Tennis Association]]
|Tennis || [[All India Tennis Association]]
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===IOC recognized sports===
===IOC recognized sports===
Following are the National Sports Federation of sports which are recognized by IOC.


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{| class=wikitable
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!Sport !! National Federation
!Sport !! National Federation
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|[[Billard]] || [[The Billards and Snooker Federation of India]]
|[[Billard]] || [[Billiards and Snooker Federation of India]]
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|[[Bowling]] || [[Bowling Federation of India]]
|[[Bowling]] || [[Tenpin Bowling Federation (India)|Bowling Federation of India]]
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|[[Karate]] || [[World Karate Federation | Karate India Organisation]]
|[[Karate]] || [[Karate Association of India |Karate India Organisation (KIO)]]
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|[[Netball]] || [[Netball Federation of India]]
|[[Netball]] || [[Netball Federation of India]]
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|[[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] || [[Wushu Association of India]]
|[[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] || [[Wushu Association of India]]
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|[[Muay Thai]] || [[United Muay Thai Association of India]]
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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 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.today/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= dead }}</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 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140209204858/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-08/others/47147931_1_clean-sports-india-ioa-polls-chautala-and-bhanot | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-02-09 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=IOA polls on Sunday, India likely to return to Olympic fold }}</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.today/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= dead }}</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 Winter [[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. With the support of Abhay Singh Chautala, 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 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140209204858/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-08/others/47147931_1_clean-sports-india-ioa-polls-chautala-and-bhanot | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-02-09 | 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>
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==
==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.


===Men===
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>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
==Recognition of athletes and coaches==
!Sport
From the 2016 Summer Olympics, Olympic medallists and their coaches have been given advance consideration for the [[National Sports Awards]] if they have not already received one.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Olympic medallists to be considered for Khel Ratna: Sports Ministry |url=https://scroll.in/latest/808687/olympic-medallists-to-be-considered-for-khel-ratna-sports-ministry |work=Scroll.in |location= |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
!Sportsperson
 
!Medal
As of 2021, the Indian Olympic Association recognises Olympic medallists with the following cash prizes: {{INRConvert|7.5|m}} for gold medallists, {{INRConvert|4|m}} for silver and {{INRConvert|2.5|m}} for bronze. Coaches of Olympic medallists receive {{INRConvert|1.25|m}}, {{INRConvert|1|m}} and {{INRConvert|0.75|m}}, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Tokyo Olympics: Coaches of gold winners to get ₹12.5 lakh from IOA, Chanu coach to get ₹10 lakh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-coaches-of-gold-winners-to-get-rs-12-5-lakh-from-ioa-chanu-coach-to-get-rs-10-lakh-101627125333727.html |work=Hindustan Times |location= |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
!Year
 
!Host Country
===National level===
Olympic medallists are rewarded by the [[Government of India]] with the following cash prizes as of 2021: {{INRConvert|7.5|m}} for gold medallists, {{INRConvert|5|m}} for silver and {{INRConvert|3|m}} for bronze.<ref name="cash_award"/>
 
===State and union territory level===
At the state/territorial level, Olympians receive cash awards of various amounts, depending on their home region.
 
;Monetary awards for Olympians and coaches by state/territory (as of 2021):
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!State/Union Territory
!Gold medal
!Silver medal
!Bronze medal
!Olympic qualifier
!Coach of gold medallist
!Coach of silver medallist
!Coach of bronze medallist
!Refs
|-
|Andhra Pradesh
|{{INRConvert|7.5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|3|m}}
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
| -
| -
| -
|<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Andhra Pradesh Government Announces Rs 30 Lakh Cash Reward for PV Sindhu |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/andhra-pradesh-government-announces-rs-30-lakh-cash-reward-for-pv-sindhu-4039883.html |work=News18 |location= |date=3 August 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pandey |first=Ashish |date=30 June 2021 |title=Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy gives Rs 5 lakh each to Olympic-bound athletes from state |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/andhra-pradesh-chief-minister-ys-jagan-mohan-reddy-gives-rs-5-lakh-to-tokyo-bound-athletes-from-state-1821160-2021-06-30 |work=India Today |location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Assam
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|{{INRConvert|7.5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|1|m}}
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
|{{INRConvert|0.3|m}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dsyw.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/sports_medhassu_in_oid_5/menu/document/Sports%20Policy_Coloured-compressed.pdf |title=Integrated Sports Policy of Assam |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website= |publisher=Government of Assam |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Chandigarh
|{{INRConvert|60|m}}
|{{INRConvert|40|m}}
|{{INRConvert|25|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award">{{cite news |last=Basu |first=Hindol |date=23 July 2021 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Indians to get highest cash award for winning medals|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/indiatokyo/tokyo-olympics-indians-to-get-highest-cash-award-for-winning-medals/articleshow/84667399.cms |work=Times of India |location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Chhattisgarh
|{{INRConvert|60|m}}
|{{INRConvert|40|m}}
|{{INRConvert|25|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/>
|-
|Delhi
|{{INRConvert|30|m}}
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/>
|-
|-
|Wrestling
|Goa
|[[K. D. Jadhav|Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav]]
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|1952
| -
|{{FIN}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Tennis
|Gujarat
|[[Leander Paes]]
|{{INRConvert|50|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|1996
| -
|{{USA}}
|{{INRConvert|1|m}}
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Gujarat: Women Tokyo Olympics participants to get Rs 10 lakh each from govt |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/other/gujarat-women-tokyo-olympics-participants-to-get-rs-10-lakh-each-from-govt-719339 |work=IndiaTV |location= |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Shooting
|Haryana
|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
|{{INRConvert|60|m}}
|Silver
|{{INRConvert|40|m}}
|2004
|{{INRConvert|25|m}}
|{{GRE}}
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Saini |first=Manvir |date=10 February 2021 |title=Gujarat: Women Tokyo Olympics participants to get Rs 10 lakh each from govt|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/haryana-to-give-rs-5-lakh-to-olympic-qualifiers-for-preparation/articleshow/80790167.cms|work=Times of India|location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Shooting
|Himachal Pradesh
|[[Abhinav Bindra]]
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|Gold
| -
|2008
| -
|{{CHN}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Boxing
|Jammu and Kashmir
|[[Vijender Singh]]
|{{INRConvert|5|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|2008
| -
|{{CHN}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Wrestling
|Jharkhand
|[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|2008
| -
|{{CHN}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Wrestling
|Karnataka
|[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]
|{{INRConvert|50|m}}
|Silver
| -
|2012
| -
|{{GBR}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/>
|-
|-
|Shooting
|Kerala
|[[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]]
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|Silver
| -
|2012
| -
|{{GBR}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Shooting
|Maharashtra
|[[Gagan Narang]]
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|Bronze
|{{INRConvert|7.5|m}}
|2012
|{{INRConvert|5|m}}
|{{GBR}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state">{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Nitin |date=12 July 2021 |title=Rs 6 crore or Rs 25 lakh for Olympics gold? Home state key to cash prize|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/rs-6-crore-or-rs-25-lakh-for-olympics-gold-home-state-key-to-cash-prize-7400117/|work=The Indian Express|location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Wrestling
|Manipur
|[[Yogeshwar Dutt]]
|{{INRConvert|12|m}}
|Bronze
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|2012
|{{INRConvert|7.5|m}}
|{{GBR}}
| -
|}
| -
 
| -
=== Women ===
| -
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Leivon |first=Jimmy |date=28 June 2021 |title=Manipur govt announces Rs. 1.2 crore to athletes who win gold in Tokyo Olympics |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/manipur-govt-announces-rs-1-2-crore-to-athletes-who-win-gold-in-tokyo-olympics-7379922/ |work=Indian Express |location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
!Sport
|-
!Sportsperson
|Meghalaya
!Medal
|{{INRConvert|7.5|m}}
!Year
| -
!Host Country
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|Odisha
|{{INRConvert|60|m}}
|{{INRConvert|40|m}}
|{{INRConvert|25|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/>
|-
|Punjab
|{{INRConvert|22.5|m}}
| -
| -
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|Rajasthan
|{{INRConvert|30|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|Sikkim
|{{INRConvert|30|m}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|Tamil Nadu
|{{INRConvert|30|m}}
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|{{INRConvert|10|m}}
|{{INRConvert|0.5|m}}
| -
| -
| -
|<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=26 June 2021 |title=Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announces Rs 3 crore to Olympic gold medallists from Tamil Nadu|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/chief-minister-mk-stalin-announces-rs-3-crore-to-olympic-gold-medallists-from-tamil-nadu/articleshow/83873318.cms|work=Times of India|location= |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Weightlifting
|Telangana
|[[Karnam Malleswari]]
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|2000
| -
|{{AUS}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Boxing
|Uttarakhand
|[[Mary Kom]]
|{{INRConvert|15|m}}
|Bronze
| -
|2012
| -
|{{GBR}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Badminton
|Uttar Pradesh
|[[Saina Nehwal]]
|{{INRConvert|60|m}}
|Bronze
|{{INRConvert|40|m}}
|2012
|{{INRConvert|20|m}}
|{{GBR}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="cash_award"/>
|-
|-
|Badminton
|West Bengal
|[[P. V. Sindhu|Pusarla Venkata Sindhu]]
|{{INRConvert|2.5|m}}
|Silver
|{{INRConvert|1.5|m}}
|2016
|{{INRConvert|1|m}}
|{{BRA}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|<ref name="home_state"/>
|-
|-
|Wrestling
|[[Sakshi Malik]]
|Bronze
|2016
|{{BRA}}
|}
|}
==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==
==See also==
*[[India at the Olympics]]
*[[India at the Olympics]]
*[[India at the Commonwealth Games]]
*[[Paralympic Committee of India]]
*[[Paralympic Committee of India]]
*[[Sport in India]]
*[[Sport in India]]
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Indian Olympic Association
Indian Olympic Association logo
Country/Region India
CodeIND
Created1927; 98 years ago (1927)[1]
Recognized1927
Continental
Association		OCA
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
PresidentP. T. Usha
Secretary GeneralRajeev Mehta
Websiteolympic.ind.in

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) 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 plays with the name of Team India. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association, responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games.[2]

Early history

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Indian Olympic Association, 1942

Background and early years: The background behind the creation of the Indian Olympic Association was related to 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 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).[3] Sir 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, Sondhi and 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 International Olympic Committee as India's national Olympic organisation.[1] In 1928, Maharaja Bhupindra Singh took over as Indian Olympic Association president.[4]

Early tasks:

  • Sending Teams to the Olympics: In its first decade, the Indian Olympic Association selected sportspersons to represent India 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 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.[5]

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 (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

S.No. Name Tenure
1. Sir Dorabji Tata 1927–1928
2. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh 1928–1938
3. Maharaja Yadavindra Singh 1938–1960
4. Bhalindra Singh 1960–1975
5. Om Prakash Mehra 1975–1980
6. Bhalindra Singh 1980–1984
7. Vidya Charan Shukla 1984–1987
8. Sivanthi Adithan 1987–1996
9. Suresh Kalmadi 1996–2011
10. Vijay Kumar Malhotra * 26 April 2011 – 5 December 2012
11. Abhay Singh Chautala 5 December 2012 – 9 February 2014
12. Narayana Ramachandran 9 February 2014 – 14 December 2017
13. Narinder Dhruv Batra 14 December 2017 – 25 May 2022
14. Anil Khanna* 25 May 2022 – 21 August 2022
15. Adille Sumariwalla* 27 August 2022 – 10 December 2022
16. P. T. Usha[6] 10 December 2022 – present[7]

* Acting

IOA Secretary Generals

S. No. Name Tenure
1. A. G. Noehren 1927–1938
2. Guru Dutt Sondhi 1938–1952
3. 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. Roshan Lal Anand 1986–1987
10. Randhir Singh 1987–2012
11. Lalit Bhanot 2012–2014
12. Rajeev Mehta 2014–2022

IOA Executive Council

Following is the IOA Executive Committee for the 2022–2026 term.[8]

Designation Name National Sports Federation /
State Olympic Committee
President P. T. Usha Athletes Commission of the IOA
Senior Vice-President Ajay Patel National Rifle Association of India
Vice-Presidents Rajlaxmi Singh Deo Rowing Federation of India
Gagan Narang Athletes Commission of the IOA
Treasurer Sahdev Yadav Indian Weightlifting Federation
Joint Secretaries Kalyan Chaubey All India Football Federation
Alaknanda Ashok Badminton Association of India
Executive Council Members Amitabh Sharma Ice Skating Association of India
Bhupender Singh Bajwa Wushu Association of India
Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh Indian Golf Union
Rohit Rajpal Athletes Commission of the IOA
Dola Banerjee Athletes Commission of the IOA
Yogeshwar Dutt Athletes Commission of the IOA
Athletes' Commission Members Mary Kom
NA
Sharath Kamal
NA

State Olympic Associations

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Olympic Association
  2. Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association
  3. Arunachal Pradesh Olympic Association
  4. Assam Olympic Association
  5. Bihar Olympic Association
  6. Chandigarh Olympic Association
  7. Chhattisgarh Olympic Association
  8. Delhi Olympic Association
  9. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Olympic Association
  10. Goa Olympic Association
  11. Gujarat State Olympic Association
  12. Haryana Olympic Association
  13. Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association
  14. Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association
  15. Jharkhand Olympic Association
  16. Karnataka Olympic Association
  17. Kerala Olympic Association
  18. Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association
  19. Maharashtra Olympic Association
  20. Manipur Olympic Association
  21. Meghalaya State Olympic Association
  22. Mizoram Olympic Association
  23. Nagaland Olympic Association
  24. Odisha Olympic Association
  25. Pondicherry Olympic Association
  26. Punjab Olympic Association
  27. Rajasthan Olympic Association
  28. Sikkim Olympic Association
  29. Tamil Nadu Olympic Association
  30. Olympic Association of Telangana
  31. Tripura State Olympic Association
  32. Uttarakhand Olympic Association
  33. Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association
  34. West Bengal Olympic Association
  35. Railways Sports Promotion Board
  36. Services Sports Control Board

National Sports Federations

Further information: List of national sports governing bodies in India for various sports.

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.[9]

IOC Permanent Olympic Sports

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
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 Yachting Association of India
Shooting National Rifle Association of India
Table Tennis Table Tennis Federation of India
Taekwondo India Taekwondo
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.

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

Sport National Federation
Billard Billiards and Snooker Federation of India
Bowling Bowling Federation of India
Karate Karate India Organisation (KIO)
Netball Netball Federation of India
Squash Squash Rackets Federation of India
Wushu Wushu Association of India

Others

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

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.[10] The election of Lalit Bhanot as Secretary General was considered controversial by some due to his alleged involvement in the Commonwealth Games Scam.[11]

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.[12][13] 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.[14] 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.[15] India still did not have its three competitors play under the national flag at the Winter 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. With the support of Abhay Singh Chautala, the president of the World Squash Federation, Narayana Ramachandran, was instead elected.[16]

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.[17]

Multi-sport events hosted by IOA

Social media

The IOA is present on social media, with the Press Office of the Committee running an official Facebook[18] page, as well as Twitter[19] and Instagram[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] The logo was created by Smitten an international design firm founded in Chennai by Smita Rajgopal.[23][24]

Recognition of athletes and coaches

From the 2016 Summer Olympics, Olympic medallists and their coaches have been given advance consideration for the National Sports Awards if they have not already received one.[25]

As of 2021, the Indian Olympic Association recognises Olympic medallists with the following cash prizes: ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) for gold medallists, ₹4 million (US$46,000) for silver and ₹2.5 million (US$29,000) for bronze. Coaches of Olympic medallists receive ₹1.25 million (US$14,000), ₹1 million (US$11,000) and ₹0.75 million (US$8,600), respectively.[26]

National level

Olympic medallists are rewarded by the Government of India with the following cash prizes as of 2021: ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) for gold medallists, ₹5 million (US$57,000) for silver and ₹3 million (US$34,000) for bronze.[27]

State and union territory level

At the state/territorial level, Olympians receive cash awards of various amounts, depending on their home region.

Monetary awards for Olympians and coaches by state/territory (as of 2021)
State/Union Territory Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Olympic qualifier Coach of gold medallist Coach of silver medallist Coach of bronze medallist Refs
Andhra Pradesh ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) ₹5 million (US$57,000) ₹3 million (US$34,000) ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) - - - [28][29]
Assam ₹10 million (US$110,000) ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) ₹5 million (US$57,000) ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) ₹1 million (US$11,000) ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) ₹0.3 million (US$3,400) [30]
Chandigarh ₹60 million (US$690,000) ₹40 million (US$460,000) ₹25 million (US$290,000) - - - - [27]
Chhattisgarh ₹60 million (US$690,000) ₹40 million (US$460,000) ₹25 million (US$290,000) - - - - [27]
Delhi ₹30 million (US$340,000) ₹20 million (US$230,000) ₹10 million (US$110,000) - - - - [27]
Goa ₹10 million (US$110,000) - - - - - - [31]
Gujarat ₹50 million (US$570,000) - - ₹1 million (US$11,000) - - - [27][32]
Haryana ₹60 million (US$690,000) ₹40 million (US$460,000) ₹25 million (US$290,000) ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) - - - [27][33]
Himachal Pradesh ₹20 million (US$230,000) - - - - - - [31]
Jammu and Kashmir ₹5 million (US$57,000) - - - - - - [31]
Jharkhand ₹20 million (US$230,000) - - - - - - [31]
Karnataka ₹50 million (US$570,000) - - - - - - [27]
Kerala ₹10 million (US$110,000) - - - - - - [31]
Maharashtra ₹10 million (US$110,000) ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) ₹5 million (US$57,000) - - - - [31]
Manipur ₹12 million (US$140,000) ₹10 million (US$110,000) ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) - - - - [34]
Meghalaya ₹7.5 million (US$86,000) - - - - - - [31]
Odisha ₹60 million (US$690,000) ₹40 million (US$460,000) ₹25 million (US$290,000) - - - - [27]
Punjab ₹22.5 million (US$260,000) - - ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) - - - [31]
Rajasthan ₹30 million (US$340,000) - - - - - - [31]
Sikkim ₹30 million (US$340,000) - - - - - - [31]
Tamil Nadu ₹30 million (US$340,000) ₹20 million (US$230,000) ₹10 million (US$110,000) ₹0.5 million (US$5,700) - - - [35]
Telangana ₹20 million (US$230,000) - - - - - - [31]
Uttarakhand ₹15 million (US$170,000) - - - - - - [31]
Uttar Pradesh ₹60 million (US$690,000) ₹40 million (US$460,000) ₹20 million (US$230,000) - - - - [27]
West Bengal ₹2.5 million (US$29,000) ₹1.5 million (US$17,000) ₹1 million (US$11,000) - - - - [31]

See also

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