“I just came across this tidbit in an interview with Sepp Blatter about FIFA’s “Win with India in India” program (initiated in 2007)…” (From A Left Wing)

Blatter backing football in India
“Joseph S. Blatter has touched down in India and will be exploring the country between now and 18 April, as he pays his first official visit since taking over as FIFA President. He previously travelled to the world’s second-most populous nation in 1978, taking in Madras (Chennai) and Bangalore as FIFA Director of Technical Development Programmes, and then returned for the Asian Games in 1982.” (FIFA)