Aspy Adajania

Aspy Darabshaw Adajania was an Indian sports administrator involved with the sport of Boxing. He was the secretary of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) in 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1991 and the chairman of the Bombay Boxing Association. He was credited with the development of Indian amateur boxing by bringing in Cuban boxing coach, Blas Iglesias Fernandez, the first foreigner to receive the highest Indian coaching award, the Dronacharya Award, for coaching Indian boxers. He served as a member of the Executive Committee and the Grievance Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.