The Sports Ministry on Tuesday invited applications for the post of Chairperson and two members in the National Sports Board, which will act as the central authority for granting recognition to sports bodies and ensuring their compliance with governance and financial standards mandated by the sports law passed last year.
The appointment in the National Sports Board will be made on the recommendations of a Search-cum-Selection Committee headed by cabinet secretary T V Somanathan.
Olympic bronze-winning former shooter Gagan Narang and weightlifting great N Kunjarani Devi are also in the five-member committee. The other members are: Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao, and Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) Executive Council member Lt General (Retd) Harpal Singh.