All India DanceSport Federation
{{Short description|Indian sport federation}}
{{third-party|date=August 2018}}
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|name = All India DanceSport Federation
|abbrev = AIDSF
|logo = All India DanceSport Federation logo.png
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|sport = Dancesport
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|jurisdiction = India
|membership = 18 State Associations{{cite web |title=Affiliates |url=http://www.indiandancesport.org/affiliates.php |website=All India DanceSport Federation |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
|founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003}}
|aff = World DanceSport Federation
|affdate = 20 June 2007
|region = Asian DanceSport Federation
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|headquarters = 135, Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha{{cite web |title=Contact |url=http://www.indiandancesport.org/contact.php |website=All India DanceSport Federation |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
|president = Arvind Kumar
|vicepresident =Subhrant Singh
|secretary = Biswajit Mohanty{{cite web |title=Executive Committee |url=http://www.indiandancesport.org/executive.php |website=www.indiandancesport.org |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
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|url = http://www.indiandancesport.org
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The All India DanceSport Federation (AIDSF) is the national sports federation for dancesport in India.
The AIDSF was founded in 2003.{{cite web |title=indiandancesport.org |url=http://www.indiandancesport.org/aboutus.php |website=www.indiandancesport.org |accessdate=25 July 2018}} It is a full member of the World DanceSport Federation, and has been affiliated to the body since 20 June 2007. However, the AIDSF is not recognized by the Indian Olympic Association.{{cite web |title=Details of WDSF member AIDSF - All India Dance Sport Federation {{!}} World DanceSport Federation at worlddancesport.org |url=https://www.worlddancesport.org/Member/Detail/All_India_Dance_Sport_Federation-1769# |website=www.worlddancesport.org |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
Organization structure
The AIDSF is composed of several State Associations, which are in turn composed of numerous District Associations. Each District Association is made up of registered dance clubs based within that district. Dancers in India can register any of these dance clubs.{{cite web |title=STRUCTURE OF ALL INDIA DANCESPORT FEDERATION |url=http://www.indiandancesport.org/structure.php |website=All India DanceSport Federation | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153316/http://www.indiandancesport.org/structure.php | archive-date=2018-07-25 | url-status=dead }}
The AIDSF is administered by the President, the senior Vice President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary General, two Joint Secretaries, the Treasurer, and six Executive Committee Members.
Competitions
There are five levels of dancesport competition sanctioned by the AIDSF. Club Level competitions are conducted by individual clubs and participants include only members of that club. State level competitions are conducted by State Associations and participants include any dancers registered with a club that is registered to District Association within the State Association. In All India Invitational competitions, a State Association invites dancers from any State Association in the country to compete. There is no contestant limit in these competitions, and as such, any number of participants can be invited.
National Level competitions are the highest level domestic dancesport competition. These events are organized annually by the AIDSF, and are hosted by a different State Association every year. Each State Association may send a maximum of two dancers to represent their state at the tournament. These dancers are selected by State Associations based on the results of State Level competitions conducted by each individual State Association. These State Level competitions are generally held around month prior to the National Level tournament.
The AIDSF also organizes selections rounds to pick dancers to represent India at Asian and World Dancesport Championships.