BHUBANESWAR 18-Jul-2010 391
Orissa Rifle Association (ORA) was revived after a gap of around 13 years with the nomination of a 21-member new governing body at Utkal Karate School in Bhubaneswar today. According to media reports, the reconstituted body includes president and Planning and Coordination Minister A U Singhdeo, general secretary Hari Prasad Pattnaik, chief adviser and Orissa Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera, two advisers, six vice-presidents, one patron, one joint secretary, one assistant secretary, one treasurer and six executive members.
The new body claimed that it would seek affiliation from National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to enable shooters from the state to compete at the national and international level. The new body also announced to develop infrastructure facility for the sports in the state and organise domestic competitions.
ORA Governing body: Asirbad Behera (chief adviser); Surendra Singhbhoi, Abhimanyu Sahu (advisers); K N Singhdeo (patron), A U Singhdeo (president); Hari Prasad Pattnaik (general secretary); Rajendra Chandra Deb, C R Swain, Debasish Bhattacharjee (vice-presidents); DG Police, DG NCC, Director of Sports and Youth Services (ex-officio vice-presidents); Ashish Nayak (joint secretary); Balabhadra Das (assistant secretary); Gourishyam Mohapatra (treasurer); Satyabrata Samal, Chandrakanta Badajena, Gouri Mohanty, Puspendra Deb, Bijay Chandra Deb, Sailendra Chandra Deb (executive members).
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PHOTO: New governing body members of Orissa Rifle Association pose in Bhubaneswar on July 18, 2010.
