MS Gill replaced as Sports Minister by Ajay Maken

[sameerph]

I think good news for Indian sports as sports minister MS Gill got replaced by relatively young Ajay Maken in the recent cabinet reshuffle.

Maken talls positively in his first interview -

I don't want a confrontational approach: Ajay Maken

[Sandeep]

As long as the Budget allocated to sports is so little, I don't think any minister can do much. And I don't see any sports minister (young or old) putting any effort to gather corporate support for the Indian sports/leagues.

[sameerph]

New sports minister seems quite active on his twitter account & has also asked for suggestions for improving the sports in India '-

http://twitter.com/ajaymaken

Largest no. of sports loving people in world! Still so low in medals tally. A shame! How to improve? Suggest to me at minister.yas@nic.in

I think some of from Sports-India should send some suggestions or we can have a consolidated response after getting ideas from forums members. What say ?

[Atithee]

Just invite him to join our forum. We are always full of ideas . This can be his one stop shop.

[Varma]

You are spot on, Atithee! For any sports administrator who is sincere and serious about making big reforms, this forum can be a source for a lot of constructive ideas to implement.

From my part, I had sent out an e-mail to him with a link to our forum and a briefing of what goes on here. Let's hope he takes notice.

- Varma

[gbelday]

Great Varma! I just hope he doesn't turn out to be another one of those bureaucrats! Our system is capable of transforming (and messing up) folks with the best of the intentions.