South Asian Games 2016: The Dash to the North East

Abstract

Rajiv Yadav as the Secretary, Department of Sport (DoS), Ministry of Sports and Youth affairs (MoYS), had been for the last six months, fully involved in organizing the South Asian Games. Normally, such events were primarily conducted by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the government had a minor role. However, in this case, the government was forced to play a much larger role due to certain circumstances. He was still wondering about the implications of a deep government involvement in organization of such events. He also felt that the games had been a success especially given the short duration in which everything was organized. Yadav wanted to identify the key factors that helped make the game a success and also areas of improvement. He was also worried about the nature of India’s participation in the games. Though the team always won a handful of medals at the event, some of the top athletes belonged to a different class and faced little competition at the games.

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Exhibit 1: Venues for SAG

Year

Games

Host City

Country

1984

I

Kathmandu

Nepal

1985

II

Dhaka

Bangladesh

1987

III

Calcutta

India

1989

IV

Islamabad

Pakistan

1991

V

Colombo

Sri Lanka

1993

VI

Dhaka

Bangladesh

1995

VII

Madras

India

1999

VIII

Kathmandu

Nepal

2004

IX

Islamabad

Pakistan

2006

X

Colombo

Sri Lanka

2010

XI

Dhaka

Bangladesh

2016

XII

Guwahati, Shillong

India

2018

XIII

Kathmandu

Nepal

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Games

Exhibit 2: Medals tally (SAG 2010)

Rank

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

India

90

55

30

175

2

Pakistan

19

25

36

80

3

Bangladesh

18

23

56

97

4

Sri Lanka

16

35

54

105

5

Nepal

8

9

19

36

6

Afghanistan

7

9

16

32

7

Bhutan

0

2

3

5

8

Maldives

0

0

2

2

Total

158

158

216

532

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_South_Asian_Games

Exhibit 3: All-time medal table (till 2010)

Rank

NOC

Participated

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

India

12

1088

632

326

2046

2

Pakistan

12

323

412

393

1128

3

Sri Lanka

12

210

351

553

1114

4

Nepal

12

79

122

272

473

5

Bangladesh

12

67

177

403

647

6

Afghanistan

3

20

25

54

99

7

Bhutan

12

2

16

53

71

8

Maldives

12

0

3

9

12

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Games

Exhibit 4: Meetings held for SAG 2016

Meeting

Number of times the meetings were held

Executive Committee meetings

10 + 1 special meeting

Finance Committee meetings

8 + 1 special meeting

Internal Working Group*

19 meetings

Games Time Monitoring Group

6 meetings

Chef De Missions

9 meetings

Organizing Committee Review Meetings

8 meetings

Meetings held at PMO

2 meetings (October 20, 2015 and December 14, 2016)

Meetings held at MHA

7 meetings

Meetings held at Finance & Expenditure Department

2 meetings

Ambassadors’ Meeting for all SAARC Nations

1 meeting (December 1, 2015)

*The Internal Working Group was constituted on September 9, 2015 with the first meeting held November 18, 2015

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 5: Appointments made for SAG 2016 and joining dates

Appointment

Date of Joining

CEO-Guwahati SAGOC – DG SAI

December 2, 2015

Joint CEO SAGOC

November 17, 2015

Formation of WhatsApp group between state governments and SAGOC

December 7, 2015

Chief Secretary Mr. R. T. Jindal as part of EC and Principal Advisor

January 30, 2016

Start date of SAGOC at Nidhi Bhawan Office

December 1, 2015

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 6: The organising committee (SAG 2016)

S. No.

Designation

Position

1

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister for Youth Affairs & Sport (I/C), Government of India

Chairman

2

Shri V. K. Pipersenia, Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Guwahati

Member

3

Shri P. B. O. Warjri, Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong

Member

4

Shri N. Ramachandran, President, Indian Olympic Association

Co-Chairman

5

Shri Rajiv Yadav, IAS, Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

Member

6

Shri Jarnail Singh, Secretary General, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Member

7

Shri Injeti Srinivas, IAS, Director General, Sports Authority of India & CEO-Guwahati, Organising Committee, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Convener

8

Shri Rajeev Mehta, Secretary General, Indian Olympic Association

Co-Convener

9

Shri R. K. Sharma, CEO-Shillong, Organising Committee, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Member

10

Smt. Kiran Soni Gupta, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

Member

11

Shri Tara Datt, IAS, Principal Advisor, Organising Committee, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Member

12

Shri Avinash Joshi, IAS, Joint CEO, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Member

13

Shri Mihir Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

Member

14

Shri C. L. Denzongpa, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Guwahati

Member

15

Shri Onkar Kedia, Joint Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

Member

16

Shri Virendra Nanavati, Nominee, Indian Olympic Association

Member

17

Shri Anil Khanna, Nominee, Indian Olympic Association

Member

18

President/Secretary, Assam Olympic Association

Member

19

President/Secretary, Meghalaya Olympic Association

Member

20

Shri Ajay Tewari, Commissioner & Secretary, Department of Sport & Youth Welfare, Government of Assam

Member

21

Shri F. R. Kharkongor, Commissioner & Secretary, Department of Education & Sports, Government of Meghalaya

Member

22

Shri Akhilesh Das Gupta, Chairman of Games Technical Conduct Committee, 12th South Asian Games 2016

Member

23

Shri Toshen Bora, National Level Football Player (Assam)

Member

24

Shri Chiranjib Choudhuri, General Secretary, Meghalaya Table Tennis Association and former sportsperson (Meghalaya)

Member

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 7: Dates on which delegations were sent to various member nations*

Nation

Date

Bangladesh

January 17 – 20, 2016

Bhutan

January 15 – 16, 2016

Maldives

January 25 – 27, 2016

Nepal

January 15 – 16, 2016

Pakistan

January 5 – 7, 2016

Sri Lanka

December 29 – 30, 2015

Note: The decision to send delegations was taken on December 8, 2015.

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 8: Venues for games (SAG 2016)

S. No.

Sport

Name

Address

Seating Capacity

1

Athletics and Football

Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium

Assam

30,000

2

Basketball and Handball

Nabin Ch. Bordoloi AC Indoor Stadium

Guwahati

2,000

3

Cycling

Velodrome at LNIPE

Sonapur

500

4

Hockey

Moullana Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium

Assam

2,000

5

Shooting

Shooting Range

Kahlhipara

500

6

Swimming

Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex

Guwahati

1,500

7

Squash

R.G. Baruah Sports Complex

Assam

600

8

Volleyball and Wrestling

D.T.R.P Indoor Stadium

Guwahati

1,000

9

Weightlifting

Bhogeswari Phukanani Indoor Stadium

Guwahati

800

10

Archery

Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex

Guwahati

6,000

11

Boxing and Wushu

N.E.I.G.R.I.H.M.S Indoor Stadium

Shilong

1,200

12

Judo and Table Tennis

Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex – Indoor Hall

Shilong

1,000

Source: http://sports.mapsofindia.com/south-asian-games/venues.html

Exhibit 9: Promotion on Facebook

Organising Committee – XII South Asian Games 2016: Official Facebook page

Figure
Facebook Insight: Showcasing the post with highest reach, views and likes

Figure

Source: MoYS

Figure

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 10: Promotion on Twitter

SouthAsianGames2016 @OCSAG2016: Official Twitter account

Figure
The official Twitter account had 1796 followers with 368 tweets during the games time including 140 photos and video

Figure

Figure

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 11: Promotion on YouTube

Organising Committee – XII South Asian Games: Official YouTube channel

Figure

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 12: Medals tally (SAG 2016)

Rank

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

India (IND)

188

90

30

308

2

Sri Lanka (SRI)

25

63

98

186

3

Pakistan (PAK)

12

37

57

106

4

Afghanistan (AFG)

7

9

19

35

5

Bangladesh (BAN)

4

15

56

75

6

Nepal (NEP)

3

23

34

60

7

Maldives (MDV)

0

2

1

3

8

Bhutan (BHU)

0

1

15

16

Total

239

240

310

789

Note: A total of 789 medals in 226 events in 22 sports was on offered in disciplines like Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Field hockey, Football, Handball, Judo, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, and Wushu

Source: MoYS

Exhibit 13: Budgetary allocation and actual expenditure in respect of Department of Sports

Year

Budgetary allocation (in INR million)

Actual expenditure (in INR million)

Plan

Non-Plan

Plan

Non-Plan

2011–12

6,090.0

512.9

6,067.4

512.9

2012–13

6,000.0

600.0

5,982.4

596.5

2013–14

8,090.0

650.0

7,530.3

650.0

2014–15

7,050.0

670.0

7,008.0

664.6

2015–16

9,526.8

820.0

9,520.0

818.9

Source: MoYS

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