I Hemochandra elected as exec council member of IOA
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 17 2017:
I Hemochandra Singh, former MLA, Singjamei AC, who is also the president of Manipur Olympic Association, has been elected to the prestigious Executive Council Member of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the recently held annual general meeting and election of Indian Olympic Association on December 14, 2017 at Olympic Bhavan, B-29, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi .
Manipur Olympic Association extended heartfelt congratulations to all newly elected President, Secretary General and all office bearers and members of Executive Council of Indian Olympic Association for a term of four years in a statement issued by the association .
Newly elected officials of the IOA are, Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, Hockey India as president and RK Anand, Jharkhand Olympic Association as senior vice-president.
8 vice presidents elected on the same day include Adille, J Sumairiwala, Athletic Federation of India, Bp Baishya, Indian Weightlifting Federation, VD Nanavati, Swimming Federation of India, Sudhansu Mittal, Kho Kho Federation of India, Sunaina Kumari, Bowling Federation of India, K Govindraj, Basketball Federation of India, Kuldeep Vats, Delhi Olympic Association and Karan Chautala, Luge Federation of India .
Rajeev Mehta (Fencing Association of India) has been elected as secretary general while Anandeshwar will occupy the treasurer post.
Dr Surinder Mohan Bali, Ice Hockey Association of India, Rakesh Gupta, Indian Triathlon Federation, Nam-dev Sampat Shrigaonkar, Modern Pantathlon Federation of India, Onkar Singh, Cycling Federation of India, DV Sitaram Rao, National Rifle Association of India and Vikram Singh Sisodia, Chhattisgarh Olympic Association were also elected to the post of joint secretary .
10 newly elected executive council members include Adhip Das, Orissa Olympic Association, Ajit Banerjee, Bengal Olympic Association, Balbir Singh Kushwah, Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association, Digvijay Singh, Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association, Dushyant Chautala, Table Tennis Federation of India, Gurudutta D Bhakta, Goa Olympic Association, I Hemochandra Singh, Manipur Olympic Association, VN Prasood, Wrestling Federation of India, Rupak Debroy, Tripura Olympic Association and Abhijit Sarkar, Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association .
Dr Malav Shroff, Yatching Association of India has also been elected as the member of the Athletic Commission.