Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation Nominated to International Olympic Committee(IOC)

Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundationhas been nominated as a candidate to be a new member, pending election, of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), headquartered at Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday June 03,2016

The election will be held at the 129th IOC Session that will take place in Rio de Janeiro between 2nd and 4th August 2016.

The independent selection process follows a new procedure for recruitment of IOC members based on the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendations.

Once elected, she will continue to be a member until the age of 70.

Note

Nita Ambani is the first Indian woman to be nominated to the IOC.

Sir Dorabji Tata was the first Indian representative in the IOC while Raja Randhir Singh is currently a honorary member of the IOC and he was a member from 2000-2014.

Technically, as per the Olympic Charter and the IOC rules, the category under which Nita Ambani is being considered is the one for volunteers who represent the IOC and Olympic Movement in their country. They are not delegates of their country within the IOC.
The retirement age for such nominees is until they reach 70 years.

Since December 1999, the number of members has been limited to 115, which includes a maximum of 70 individual members, 15 active athletes, 15 representatives of the International Federations, and 15 representatives of the NOCs. The term of office of members is 70 years for those whose election took place after 1999.

The 70 IOC members (excluding those from International Federations, athletes and representations of National Olympic Committee) are volunteers who represent the IOC and Olympic Movement in their country.