Outgoing Himanta Biswa Sarma was re-elected unopposed as the President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) for another term of four years from 2022 to 2026 at the General Body Meeting held in Guwahati on March 25 (Friday).
Notably, Sarma, who is the current Chief Minister of Assam, is also the Badminton Asia Vice President and a member of the Badminton World Federation Executive Council member.
Former junior national coach Sanjay Mishra would be the new General Secretary with incumbent Ajay Kumar Singhania becoming Vice President in the new Executive Council.
Maharashtra Badminton Association President Arun Lakhani will be the new treasurer.
“Badminton has been in the ascendancy in India for the last two decades and we are committed to continue that rise by providing better facilities to players and a robust governance system,” Sarma said after being re-elected.
President: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Vice President: Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Ajay Kumar, Anbumani Ramadoss, Narhar Thakur, Oma Datt Sharma, Pullela Gopichand, Ratu Techi, Sekhar Chanda Biswas, S Muralidharan, Viraj Sagar Das and Watizulu Suzumeren Jamir
Hon General Secretary: Sanjay Mishra
Hon Treasurer: Arun Hanumandas Lakhani
Joint Secretaries: Anil Krishna Rao Choughule, Konda Prabhaker Rao, KK Sharma, Mayur V Parikh, N Shyamkumar Singh, Omar Rashid, P Anakamma Choudary and Surinder Mahajan
Executive Members: BS Mankoti, Bamang Tago, H Lalnunsiama, Krishnanand Jaiswal, Nileen Kumar, Pradeep Srikrishna Gandhe, Pynbianglang Laloo, Sukanta Das, Sanjib Kumar and Ve Arunachallam
