Services Sports Control Board


Services Sports Control Board is a sports board run by the Indian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1919 as the Army Sports Control Board in March 1919 and was later renamed to Services Sports Control Board after it was reconstituted. The board is represented as Services in the National Games of India. It has been one of the leading winners in the National Games.
As a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it governs the sport of cricket in the Indian Armed Forces and administers the Services cricket team. It is also an associate member of the All India Football Federation and administers the Services football team.

History

This organization was first started as the Army Sports Control Board in March 1919 on the same lines as the ASCB in the United Kingdom. The Commandant, Army School of Physical Training was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Board. Later the Sports organizations of the three Services were amalgamated on 3 April 1945 with the approval of the then Commander-in-Chief and the Services Sports Control Board; India was formed.

Organizational structure

In the initial years when the board was known as the Army Sports Control Board, each service was represented on this Board and constituted as per the following: -
President - The Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters.
Members - An officer each from three Services.
Secretary - An officer holding the appointment of GSO-2 in the Military Training Directorate, Army Headquarters.
In the year 1947, the Chiefs of Staff Committee had approved the reconstitution of the Services Sports Control Board with an Inter-Services character. Following this, the organizational structure has also undergone some changes. The three services would now run the Services Sports Control Board in rotation for a period of tenure being three years. The tenure involves the change of President and Secretary every three years from each of the three services. The three Joint Secretaries, one each from each Service are for the tenure of four years each.
Group Captain R. K. Raksha is the current serving secretary of the board, He started his tenure from February 2013.

List of Secretaries of Services Sports Control Board (1945–present)