Picture Credit : @Abhinav_Bindra/X
An Abhinav Bindra-led Task Force set up by the Sports Ministry has pointed out “systemic deficits” in India’s sports administration, including “inadequate and ill-equipped” athletes for governance roles, and recommended the setting up of an autonomous statutory body to train a specialised cadre that would also feature IAS officers.
The 170-page report of the Task Force has been submitted to Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, said “all its recommendations will be implemented”.
To address the current “gaps” that ail the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the National Sports Federations (NSFs) and the state departments, the committee has recommended that a National Council for Sports Education and Capacity Building (NCSECB) be set up under the Ministry “to regulate, accredit, and certify sports administration training.”
The Task Force on Capacity Building of Sports Administrators, chaired by @Abhinav_Bindra, has submitted its report focusing on supporting India’s goal of becoming a Top-10 sporting nation by 2036, to the Department of Sports.
Read the report here: https://t.co/LpdFmBF4sF https://t.co/qe7kvMX3pG— Dept of Sports MYAS (@IndiaSports) December 30, 2025
The nine-member Task Force was set up in August this year and featured, among others Adille Sumariwala and former Target Olympic Podium Scheme’s CEO Cdr. Rajesh Rajagopalan.
The panel highlighted lack of a professional cadre of sports administrators, and outdated training opportunities for them with “limited focus on competencies or continuous professional development.” It also said that most athletes are “ill-equipped” when it comes to skills needed to transition from their sporting careers into administrative roles.
“This report is both diagnostic and prescriptive. It identifies the structural, functional, and systemic gaps that currently constrain sports governance, but more importantly, it charts a roadmap for transformation,” said Bindra in its preface.
