The objectives of the Council's sport program are to encourage relations
between Australian and Indian sports people and organisations, and to
demonstrate and promote Australian expertise in sports services and products.

During 1998-99 the Council provided funding to the Australian Sports
Commission for the first year of a planned two-year program of sports capacity
development in India, comprising workshops in India by high-performance
Australian coaches in three selected sports, and four-week placements at
Australian Institute of Sport facilities in Australia by Sports Authority of
India officials.

The Council provided funding to the Australian Sports Commission for the first year of a two-year program of sports capacity development in India by Australian coaches in selected sports. As a key part of this program, Perth-based canoeing and kayaking coach Lynda Lehmann discusses stroking techniques with her Indian counterparts at the Sports Authority of India canoeing and rowing facilities at Alleppey in Kerala.