New Delhi: Md Mushtaque Ahmad was Monday named as the new president of Hockey India (HI) following the VIIIth Hockey India Congress and Elections here.
Ahmad, who formerly held the post of general secretary, takes over from outgoing president Rajinder Singh after being elected unopposed, a media release said.
Manipur Hockey’s Gyanendro Ningombam will take over as the senior vice-president, while Asima Ali of Hockey Jammu & Kashmir and Bhola Nath Singh of Hockey Jharkhand will serve as vice-presidents.
Hockey Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajinder, who held the top post after Mariamma Koshy had reached the retirement age earlier this year, has been elected as the new general secretary 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 was entrusted with the responsibility of joint secretary along with Firoz Ansari of Chhattisgarh Hockey.
Meanwhile, Arti Singh of Hockey Rajasthan, M Renuka Lakshmi of Hockey Tamil Nadu and SVS Subramanya Gupta, currently the president of Hockey Karnataka, were all elected unopposed as executive members of HI.
RP Singh and Joydeep Kaur were re-appointed as Athlete representatives after their nomination from the executive board was ratified in the Congress.