BHUBANESWAR 14-Sep-2013 284
Orissa High Court Justice (Retd) A S Naidu was today elected as the new president of Hockey Odisha, replacing Dr Ananga Mohapatro, while Pratap Satpathy retained his post as general secretary for a four-year term (2013 to 2017).
Both the president and general secretary along with eight vice-presidents, four joint-secretaries and one treasurer were elected unopposed in the general body meeting at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
The number of posts for vice-president was increased from six to eight, while the of assistant secretaries was changed to joint-secretaries and the number was raised from two to four.
According to HO secretary Satpathy, the number of posts for vice-presidents and joint-secretaries was increased to give women opportunity to get involved in the administrative affairs of the sport in Odisah. ``We made the changes to give 30 per cent positions to women in our state body,`` said Satpathy.
From among the previous office-bearers, Olympian Michael Kindo was dropped from the post of vice-president. Hockey India observer and Hockey Haryana secretary Sunil Malik, State Sports Secretary Hrushikesh Tripathy and Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera were present in the meetng.
HOCKEY ODISHA OFFICE-BEARERS:
President: Justice (Retd) A S Naidu.
Vice-presidents: Dr Ananga Kumar Mohapatro (Life member), Srimanta Sahoo (Life member), Akshaya Kumar Choudhury (DHA, Sundargarh); Augustin Ekka (Jagatsinghpur, DHA); Anandini Dorji (Bolangir, DHA); Trishna Goswami (Sunshine Club, Cuttack); Laxmidhar Mohanty (DAA, Sambalpur); Sanjubala Mohanty (DHA, Khurda).
General secretary: Pratap Satpathy (Life member).
Joint-secretaries: Pranab Kishore Pattanaik (Life member), Prabir Pattanaik (DHA, Khurda), Firdaus Yasmeen (DHA, Angul), Namita Nanda (Dhenkanal, DHA).
Treasurer: Amar Kumar Mohanty (Cuttack, DHA).
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PHOTO: Hockey Odisha president Justice A S Naidu and general secretary Pratap Satpathy in Cuttack on Sept 14, 2013.
