Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, commonly known as National Institute of Sports (NIS), is the academic wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's largest sports institute located in city of Patiala. Is India's first sports museum.
History Founded on 7 May 1961, the institute was renamed as Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in January 1973. It was merged with SAI in 1987. Spread over 268 acres, NIS is housed in the Old Moti Bagh Palace of the erstwhile royal family of Patiala State, which was purchased by Government of India after Indian Independence.
NIS Directors S. No.NameTenure1.M. K. Kaul7 May 1961 – 18 May 19612.Sant Singh18 May 1961 – 17 July 19643.M. S. Chopra17 July 1964 – 30 April 19674.B. S. Jaiswal30 April 1967 – 14 Jan 19705.M. C. Dhawan14 Jan 1970 – 2 June 19706.S. D. Chopra2 June 1970 – 3 July 19707.Roshan Lal Anand4 July 1970 – 30 Nov 19868.S. K. Chaturvedi30 Nov 1986 – 13 Dec 19869.C. M. Muthiah13 Dec 1986 – 30 April 199010.D. K. Tondon30 April 1990 – 30 May 199511.D. N. Mathur30 May 1995 – 2 Feb 199612.ASV Prasad2 Feb 1996 – 30 June 199813.O. P. Bhatia30 June 1998 – 2 Dec 199814.Gurbux Singh2 Dec 1998 – 30 June 199915.B. S. Ahluwalia30 June 1999 – 30 April 200416.B. K. Sinha, IPS30 April 2004 – 16 Nov 200417.M. P. Ganesh16 Nov 2004 – 31 July 200618.L. S. Ranawat31 July 2006 – 31 Oct 201419.S. S. Roy31 October 2014 – 14 Nov 201920.Raj Singh Bishnoi16 Nov 2019 – Present
Memorabilia Today, several items of sports memorabilia, like a hass weighing 95 kg, used by The Great Gama, Major Dhyan Chand's gold medal from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, and PT Usha's 1986 Seoul Asiad shoes, are housed at the National Institute of Sports Museum.A rare museum, The Tribune (Chandigarh), 24 November 2001.
Departments Department of sports medicine Department of exercise physiology Department of sports biochemistry Department of sports anthropometry Department of sports psychology Department of sports nutrition Department of General theory & methods of training Department of biomechanics
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External links National Institute of Sports, Patiala