CUTTACK 28-Jun-2015 3
Barring minor reshuffling, most of the office-bearers of Odisha Weightlifting Association (OWA), including president Chakradhar Behera and secretary Narayan Sahu were unanimously re-elected for a four-year term in the annual general meeting held at Barabati Stadium here today.
In the reshuffling, Arjuna Awardee Bijay Kumar Satpathy, Chitta Ranjan Swain and Kishore Kumar Behera became new vice-presidents, while Rabi Pratihari and Janaki Ballabh Mishra nominated as new joint-secretaries.
Indian Weightlifting Federation observer B Venkataramaya, State Sports Department observer Gyana Ranjan Parida and Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera were present in the meeting.
OWA office-bearers: President: Chakradhar Behera; Working president: Nilamani Sahu; Adviser: Biswanath Patra; Vice-presidents: Laxmi Narayan Rout, Manoranjan Das, Hari Prasad Pattnaik, Bijay Kumar Satpathy, Chitta Ranjan Swain, Kishore Kumar Behera; Secretary: Narayan Sahu; Joint-secretaries: Ramesh Chandra Padhi, Rabi Pratihari, Janaki Ballabh Mishra; Treasurer: Surya Narayan Satapathy. Executive members: Jajnya Narayan Nanda, Gagarin Nayak, Durga Madhab Nayak.
