August 13, 2008 : A Spokesman of the State Government said here today that as per recent notification, the name of the Directorate of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali has been changed in the name of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India, now Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha and re-named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali.