IOA secretary said they had always planned to rope in 3-4 goodwill ambassadors and Salman Khan was first of them.
A disconsolate Sarita had refused to accept her bronze medal at the podium to protest the semifinal loss to South Korean Jina Park.
N Ramachandran was elected as the President of IOA on Sunday.
Abhinav Bindra says the other sports associations need to learn from BCCI.
In the backdrop of Unmukt Chand's college controversy, the Indian Olympic Association urged the government to treat sports excellence at par with academic excellence and formulate a uniform policy to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future.
The Sports Ministry is pinning its hope on the Central Information Commission to bring the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) under the purview of the Right To Information Act.