Paralympic Committee of India

Paralympic Committee of India
भारत के पैरालम्पिक समिति

Paralympic Committee of India  भारत के पैरालम्पिक समिति logo

Logo
National Paralympic Committee
Country  India
Code IND
Continental
Association
APC
President Shri. Rajesh Tomar [1]
Secretary General Shri. Chandrashekar .J
Website paralympicindia.org.in

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events.

The organisation was founded in 1992 as the Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India.[2]

History

In 1992 M. Mahadeva and others started an organization at national level for the promotion and development of sports for the physically challenged and named it the PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SPORTS FEDERATION OF INDIA. This was registered in 1994 with the registrar of co-operative societies, Bangalore, Karnataka. Its first President was Rathan Singh. The objectives of this organization were to promote sports for the disabled in India. Its aims included: identifying disabled athletes throughout India, imparting necessary training to them and preparing them to take part in State, National and International Sports meets.

The organization affiliated itself to the International Paralympic Committee, as well as the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation; the FESPIC Federation, covering countries in the Far East and South Pacific regions; and the Asian Paralympic Committee.

The Paralympic Committee of India was given public authority status by the RTI Act of 2005.

Aims & Objectives of Paralympic Committee

Events

Medals Rank: 15 : Gold 3, Silver 14, Bronze 16, Total = 33

87 Indian Para Athletes participate at the India at the 2014 Asian Para Games in 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 Official Album.

[3] 101 Indian athletes participate at the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China.

See also

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