Gyanendro Ningombam elected as Hockey India president


Gyanendro Ningombam elected as Hockey India president
Gyanendro Ningombam

Manipur’s Gyanendro Ningombam became the first president of Hockey India from the Northeast region. He was elected unopposed at a congress held in New Delhi on Friday. He replaced Mohammed Mushtaque Ahmed, who became the senior vice-president.

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Gyanendro was elected for a two years term. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Manipur Hockey between 2009 and 2014. In fact, he has been associated with Manipur Hockey for over a decade.

He has been actively involved in developing hockey at the grass root level in the Northeast region and is committed to developing the sport further. Gyanendro took over as interim president in July 2020 after Mushtaque Ahmed resigned citing personal commitments.

Hockey India members congratulate Gyanendro Ningombam

Hockey India.

Hockey India took to twitter to congratulate their new president.

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Hockey India secretary general, Rajinder Gill, congratulated both, Gyanendro Ningombam and Mushtaque Ahmed in a statement.

Both Gyanendro and Mushtaque have several years of experience in hockey administration and I am confident their expertise will benefit the sport. Their advice will be instrumental in developing the sport further in the country and their leadership will help us work towards achieving our goals,” he said.

The Hockey India congress also discussed the roadmap towards the resumption of hockey domestic calendars.

We had a very fruitful meeting today with representatives from all State Member Units, there were various key discussion points; resuming the domestic calendar and the need for support of all State member Units in terms of following all the Government Guidelines to hold another successful Annual National Championship in 2021 especially with the COVID-19 situation still prevalent in the country.

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Planning for the upcoming year 2021 was another key discussion point, where the status of competitions for all four National teams were discussed and the need for more International exposure for both the senior and junior teams which will be key in the preparations leading up to the Olympics and Junior World Cups respectively. Our aim is to ensure we leave no stone unturned in the teams’ preparations for the Olympics & Junior World Cups,” Rajinder Gill added.

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