The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) announced the formation of a Special Task Force chaired by Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra to professionalise the Indian sports ecosystem and capacity building of sports administrators. The initiative aims to build India’s first professional sports administration ecosystem, ensuring stronger governance, athlete welfare, data-driven management, a sustainable talent pipeline, and contributing to India’s goal of becoming a Top-10 sporting nation by 2036. The task force in its 170 page report to Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya identified existing challenges including fragmented and ad-hoc training systems, the absence of a professional administration cadre, limited digital tools and data-driven governance, and a lack of structured pathways for athletes to transition into governance roles. The Sports Minister on Tuesday promised to ‘implement all its recommendations’. The Task Force proposed a comprehensive national roadmap for reform across the Sports Authority of India (SAI), National Sports Federations (NSFs), and State Sports Departments. It proposed establishing a National Council for Sports Education and Capacity Building (NCSECB) to regulate, accredit and certify sports administrators nationwide. …