Narinder Dhruv Batra

Narinder Dhruv Batra (born 19 April 1957, India) was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2019 to 2022.

Education Batra studied at the Amar Singh College where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1977. He then went on to study law at the University of Kashmir, where he received his Bachelor in 1981. He received two honorary Doctorates in Philosophy from the Teerthanker Mahaveer University in 2012, and from the Manav Rachna Educational Institutions in 2019.

Career From 1997 until 2010, then again from 2012 until 2014, Batra was President of the Hockey Jammu & Kashmir. In 2014 until 2016, he was the President at Hockey India. He was the Chairman for the Hockey India League from 2012 to 2016, and for the Organising Committee of nine international hockey tournaments in India between 2012 and 2015.

Batra was also treasurer for the Delhi & District Cricket Association from 2003 to 2013, and vice-president of the Asian Hockey Federation from 2003 to 2013.

For the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) he was vice-president from 2012 until 2014, then associate vice-president from 2013 until 2017, when he was then elected president.

He became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2019, and was a member of the IOC Olympic Channel Commission in 2020. Which led to him stepping down as president of the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) as well as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in 2022. At the same time, he stepped down as member of the IOC. Shortly after his resignation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case against him for allegedly misusing Hockey India funds.

Sports career Batra played hockey from 1970 until 1980, where he competed at various levels.