NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has set in motion the process of electing its new office bearers for a four-year term with the formal notification of elections during its annual general body Meeting scheduled to be held here on December 14.
The last date for filing nominations is November 29.
“Election of the office bearers and the executive council of the IOA for a term of four years starting from the date of declaration of the result of the elections by the returning officer,” the notification issued by IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta reads.
“This is in continuation of the meeting notice dated October 23, 2017, issued for the AGM of the IOA to be held on 14th December 2017. The emergent executive council and the executive council meetings of the IOA held on November 7th and 9th respectively had decided to shift the venue of the AGM to Delhi,” Mehta further stated.
Elections will be held for one post each of the president, secretary-general, treasurer and senior vice president, eight vice presidents, six joint secretaries, 10 other executive council members and one representative for the athlete commission, PTI reports.
The electoral college will be published by the returning officer on November 26 and the last date of submission of nomination of candidates will be on November 29, the newswire further reports. Scrutiny of the nominations will be held on December 4 and candidates can withdraw their names till December 7. The final list of contestants will be notified on December 8.
The elections will be held through secret ballot and will be declared on the same day.
Incumbent IOA president N Ramachandran, now 69, has said he will take a on call whether to stand for re-election “very soon”.
Ramachandran had taken over as president in the elections held in February 2014 which saw India coming out of a 14-month a suspension imposed by the International Olympic Committee for electing charge-framed persons as office bearers.
