Bengaluru, May 19 -- India's sporting future is increasingly being scripted not just on the field, but in boardrooms, policy rooms, and command centres-with the ambition of a 2036 Olympic bid emerging as the guiding force behind a wider structural overhaul of the country's sports ecosystem.
At the third edition of the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit Powered by Leaders, held at the Padukone Dravid Centre of Excellence, discussions converged on a single underlying theme: India is entering a decisive decade where sport is being redefined as both a national project and an economic opportunity.
The most forward-looking narrative came from the government's sports leadership. Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS, Secretary, union Department of Sports, d...