Former Secretary General of Hockey India Mohd Mushtaque Ahmed has been elected unopposed as the president of the national governing body for the sport.
The 8th Hockey India Congress has elected Ahmed as the president of the national federation at the elections held today (Monday). There was no opposition for the lone presidential candidate. Ahmad, who has been the Secretary-General in the previous Hockey India executive, will take charge from the incumbent president Rajinder Singh in what will be a swapping of their respective positions in the outgoing executive.
Hockey Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajinder Singh, who held the president’s post after Mariamma Koshy had reached the retirement age earlier this year, has been elected as the new Secretary General and Tapan Kumar Das of Hockey Assam was re-elected as the Treasurer for a second term. Former Indian Women’s Team Captain Asunta Lakra of Hockey Jharkhand was entrusted with the responsibility of Joint Secretary along with Firoz Ansari of Chhattisgarh Hockey.
Gyanendro Ningombam of Manipur Hockey will take over as the Senior Vice President, Asima Ali of Hockey Jammu & Kashmir and Bhola Nath Singh of Hockey Jharkhand will take over each as Vice Presidents.
Meanwhile, Arti Singh of Hockey Rajasthan, M Renuka Lakshmi of Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and SVS Subramanya Gupta, currently the President of Hockey Karnataka, were each elected unopposed as Executive Members of Hockey India.
Dr RP Singh and Ms Joydeep Kaur were re-appointed as athlete representatives after their nomination from the Executive Board was ratified in the Congress
These are the new 13 Hockey India Board members: President – Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad; Sr. Vice President – Gyanendro Ningombam; Secretary General – Rajinder Singh;
Vice-Presidents – Asima Ali and Bhola Nath Singh; Treasurer – Tapan Kumar Das; Joint Secretary – Asunta Lakra and Firoz Ansari; and Executive Board Member – Arti Singh,
M Renuka Lakshmi and SVS Subramanya Gupta
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