INFOGRAPHICS:
Number of Staff present at different centres
• Physiotherapists and masseurs all adhoc basis (under matriculates working as masseurs/masseuse)
• Patiala—One Sports Medicine Doctor + One Psychologist (contract basis) + One Nutritionist (contract basis) + one anthropometry + one biomechanicist (looking after the engineering section) + one biochemist (on contract).
• Bangalore—One Sports Medicine Doctor + One Physiologist + Two Bio-mechanist + One Nutritionist.
• Delhi—One Senior Scientist in anthropometry (working in the administration) + no lab.
• Shilarro (HP) –SAI High Altitude centre no scientific set up + no doctor even.
• Sonepat: No scientists or any lab.
• Pune: One Sports Medicine Doctor + One physiologist (only at Army Sports Institute) +one invited from Cuba lately in Sports Medicine
• Balewadi:- Ad-hoc arrangement only for doctor + no lab + no scientists.
• Bhopal: No scientific set up.
• Lucknow: No scientific set-up.
• Chennai: (squash) no scientific set up.
• Hyderabad : (Badminton and rowing camps): No scientist + no lab.
• Gandhinagar—0(senior scientist) + 0 (sports medicine doctor).
• Kolkata—Four (One physiology+ one psychologist+ Two sports medicine doctors)
• No video analyst in SAI which is an important tool in modern competitive sports.
• No Orthotics expert + No podiatry expert anywhere in SAI
The aggrieved who have resigned in last four-and-a-half years:
Dr Jolly Roy (psychologist)—Bangalore—now with Malaysian Sports Council
Saju ios5eph (physical trainer)—Kolkata —now with Malaysian Sports Council
Dr Ashok Gosh (Patiala)—Physiologist- worked as professor in Kualalumpur, Malaysia till recently
Dr GL Khanna (Patiala)—Senior Scientific Officer-Working in college Faridabad
Dr Suman Mukhopadhyay (Patiala)—Physiologist—now working as Assistant. Professor, at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE),
Dr Preeti Rishi Lal (Patiala)—nutrition--now working as professor in LSR College, Delhi
Dr Sanjeev Sahni (Patiala)—Psychologist—working as Consultant Naveen Jindal Group
Dr Pratima Rajan (Gandhinagar)—Sports Medicine-working in Mumbai
Dr Rajeev Ahuja (Bangalore)—Sports Medicine-working as practicing sports Physician in Australia
Dr Asis Goswami Kolkatta – exercise physiologist –working as consultant with corporate houses in Kolkutta
Dr P. k. Ramesh Patiala –Sports Medicine-Practicing sports physician in Bangalore
Dr S. k Sinha Kolkatta GTMT –Joined university as Associate professor
Dr S. K Nandi –Patiala – (Sports Medicine)-absent for the last five years-fighting legal battle with SAI
• The retired
Dr Sebastian (Bangalore)
Dr Vimla Bhatia (Patiala)
Dr C.S. Jayaparkash (Bangalore)
Dr Ashok Ahuja (Patiala)
Dr PSM Chandran (Delhi)
• Full Fledged Faculty of Sports Sciences was formed at NIS, Patiala in 1982 with 45 rooms. And now they just have three people to run it • SAI counts GTMT (General Theory and Methodist and Training) as part of sports science experts, but it exist no where in the world now. Basically they are all Mped and physical education trainers. • Comparison: The Australian Institute of Sports Medicine (Canberra) boasts of approximately 80 to 90 member staff at scientists' level
• The Chinese Institute of Sports Medicine ( Beijing) has 170
• The Japan Institute of Sports Medicine (Tokyo) has approx 150 staff at one centre