Olympic Task Force (OTF) met Union #Sports Secretary, Sh. Injeti Srinivas, IAS today and submitted it's final repor... https://t.co/OqBMZsXyXE — SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) 1502433548000in "Preparation of 2020 #Tokyo @Olympics & @paralympicgames " keeping in mind the athlete-centric, coach-led and sy... https://t.co/5F6X7qoARj — SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) 1502433555000as it lays the foundation of the Long-Term Athlete Development that is needed for #India to win beyond #Tokyo. "In the intervening period between its second and third meetings, the OTF members also conducted a workshop in Ahmedabad, where various stakeholders came and shared their suggestions on the way forward. At the same time, another group met the coaches and Project Officers of SAI, to understand their issues and how to help coaches to produce champions.The task force also organised a workshops and town-hall type meetings in different parts of the country to give the common man and sports lovers a chance to interact and give their suggestions for the improvement of the standard of sports in India. Additionally, the OTF actively sought inputs from the sports fans through social media and email.Apart from Gopichand and Rasquinha, the other six members of the task force are India's lone individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra , School Sports Promotion Board head Om Pathak, hockey coach S Baldev Singh, who runs an academy in Shahabad, GL Khanna (Professor and Dean of Exercise and Physiology at Manav Rachna International University at Faridabad), Times Group Digital chief editor Rajesh Kalra and Sports Authority of Gujarat director general Sandeep Pradhan.Last week, Pradhan was appointed deputy director general of SAI.

Source: Times of India August 11, 2017 11:11 UTC