Indian sports wrap, September 19: Parth Jindal appointed new Tamil Nadu Judo Association president
Members of the Tamil Nadu Judo Association during the election of office-bearers for the 2026–2029 term in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Members of the Tamil Nadu Judo Association during the election of office-bearers for the 2026–2029 term in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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Parth Jindal elected president of Tamil Nadu Judo Association
Parth Jindal, the founder of JSW Sports, has been elected president of the Tamil Nadu Judo Association (TNJA), taking formal charge after serving as its interim head.
Jindal entered the association through its Thanjavur district unit, where he served as vice-president, before moving into the State body. His election places him at the helm of a programme aimed at expanding judo at the grassroots and creating a stronger pathway for Tamil Nadu’s leading judokas.
Vijaya Mohana Murali, TNJA’s former president and now chief executive officer, said Jindal supported judo for more than a decade before taking a formal role in the association. Murali also said Jindal was a brown belt in the sport.
“He has been supporting judo with zero expectations,” Murali told Sportstar. “He didn’t want to become president or anything. He didn’t have any such expectations.”
Jindal already has an established presence in Indian sport through JSW Sports and the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), its high-performance centre in Bellari, Karnataka. Murali said that experience, coupled with Jindal’s personal association with judo, made him a suitable choice to lead the TNJA’s next phase.
The association’s immediate plan is to increase the number of qualified instructors working at the grassroots. Alongside that drive, it intends to identify, assess and further develop promising judokas, with selected athletes training at IIS and, where required, abroad.
The programme will be implemented in six-month phases over the next three years. The opening phase will concentrate on coach development and preparing existing athletes to compete at the international level.
Murali said Jindal had become interim president before the agreement involving JSW, the Tamil Nadu government and the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu was reached. He stressed that the partnership was not the reason for Jindal’s elevation but would support the association’s development plans.
According to the TNJA, the election was conducted by Advocate Elephant Rajendran, the election officer, and overseen by High Court-appointed observer Justice Govindarajan and Tamil Nadu Olympic Association observer Latha.
- Jayantho Sengupta
Published on Sep 19, 2026
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