The tenure of Sandip Pradhan as Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been extended by two years.

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for extension of Central deputation tenure of Sandip Mukund Pradhan IRS , Director General (DG), Sports Authority of India (SAI).

SAI's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for resumption of training in sports facilities was recently approved by the Sports Ministry.

Additionally, SAI Secretary Rohit Bharadwaj, who headed the six-member panel which formulated the SOP. SAI had announced the formation of the six-member committee led by Bharadwaj on May 10. A separate committee headed by Executive Director, TEAMS Division of SAI Radhica Sreeman was formed for formulating SOPs for swimming.