Sport in India Olympic Associations is to promote the Olympic sport and to ensure co-ordination among the State Sports Associations. In 2010–11, the total budget for sports and physical education schemes is . Hockey, in which India has an impressive record with eight Olympic gold medals, is said to be the national sport. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Award are India's highest awards for achievement in sports, while the Dronacharya Award is awarded for excellence in coaching. India has been criticised for neglecting women in sports, as depicted in the film "Chak De! India", where women's sports associations are under-sponsored
Akanksha Singh is a National Institute of Sports basketball coach. Together they are also known as Singh sisters. Priyanka is a (NIS basketball coach and Priyanka's husband is NIS basketball coach, Manish Kumar. Sister Divya Singh worked with the University of Delaware basketball team. Akanksha Singh Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989) in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and captain of India Women's National Basketball Team. She has played for the national team since 2004. She and her sisters, Divya Singh, Prashanti Singh, and Pratima Singh, are known as "fantastic four" of Delhi women’s basketballers and also known as