International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month. The meeting is likely to discus India's bid for 2024 Olympic Games , besides the development of sports in the country. The date of the meeting has been tentatively fixed on 27th of this month. The invite was handed to Bach, a former Olympian fencer who hails from Germany, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Sports Secretary Ajit Sharan and IOA President N Ramachandran. IOC honorary member Randhir Singh told PTI that IOC chief calling on Prime Minister signals that the world body wants to see India as a major sporting power capable of hosting Olympic Games. India has time till September 15 if it wants to bid for the 2024 Olympics and the process to send the 'Expression of Interest' has already started in January.