Union Government has appointed veteran sports administrator
Vijay Kumar Malhotra as President of newly established All India Council of
Sports (AICS). With this he became first President of AICS and was given an
equivalent rank of a Minister of State (MoS) in the Union Council of Ministers.
Vijay Kumar Malhotra was born on 3 December 1931 in Lahore
(now in Pakistan) in then undivided British India. He holds a Doctorate in
Hindi Literature. Prior to this appointment, Mr Malhotra was President of
Archery Association of India and had served for 40 years. He also had acted as
the Senior Vice President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and served as
acting President of the IOA after the 2010 Commonwealth Games scandal. AICS
also includes former sportspersons including PT Usha, Baichung Bhutia, N
Kunjarani Devi, Limba Ram, IM Vijayan, and P Gopichand as its members.
About
All India Council of Sports AICS is as an advisory body established in July
2015 to deliberate on matters relating to the development and promotion of
sports and games in the country. Composition: It will be headed by a President
in the rank of Minister of State (MoS). It will include 4 Members of Parliament
(MPs), coaches, experts, sports personalities, administrators and Director
General (DG) of Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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