Suresh Kalmadi Suresh Kalmadi ( born May 1 , 1944 , Pune , Maharashtra ) is an Indian politician and businessman . He is from the Indian National Congress . He is the president of the Indian Olympic Association , Asian Athletics Association , South Asian Athletic Federation and Athletics Federation of India . He studied at St . Vincent 's High School , Pune and Fergusson College , Pune . In 1960 , he joined the National Defence Academy , Pune . In 1964 , he joined the Air Force Flying Colleges in Jodhpur and Allahabad . He served the Indian Air Force from 1965 to 1974 as a pilot participating in the 1965 war and 1971 war with Pakistan . In 1977 , he became the president of the Youth Congress , Pune and in the next year , the Youth Congress , Maharashtra which he served for 3 years . He has been a member of the Rajya Sabha continuously since 1982 . He owns Sai Service Ltd. , the biggest dealership of Maruti Udyog Ltd. in Mumbai . In 1989 , he started the Pune Festival which is an annual socio-cultural event held in Pune . External links His website  This article about an Indian politician is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Indian politician stubs | Indian politicians | 1944 births | Living people In other languages : Svenska 