NEW DELHI: In a new dawn for the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), a fresh set of faces are set to take charge of the body after elections concluded in New Delhi Tuesday.
TTFI elects Meghna Ahlawat as its first woman president, eight-time national champion Kamlesh Mehta takes over as the new secretary general and Patel Nagender Reddy is the treasurer.
The prime mandate of the new electoral committee will be to create an athlete centric federation, while other key focus areas will involve capacity building for state bodies, and bringing in improvement in the competition structure, in order to chart out a concrete and clear pathway for the budding paddlers in the country.
A joint statement issued by Ahlawatand and Mehta reads: “We are grateful that the whole electoral college has bestowed their faith on the newly elected Executive Committee to take forward the legacy of Indian Table Tennis. We assure the followers of the sport in India that the new committee will endeavour to develop the game with players being at the core of everything that we do.”
Ahlawat further stated that she would endeavour to create a more encouraging and healthy environment especially for the youth and the women players.
Elected Members
Meghna Ahlawat – President
Kamlesh Navinchandra Mehta- Secretary General
Dr T Dhevanathan Yadav – Sr. Vice President
Padmaja S Menon – Sr Vice President
Pramod Kumar Chaudhary – Vice President
P Vishwanath Rao – Vice President
Passang Dorjee Megiji – Vice President
C Gunalan – Vice President
Purvesh B Jariwala – Vice President
Rupak Debroy – Vice President
Chetan Gurung – Vice President
Raju Duggal – Vice President
Rinku Acharya – Vice President
Patel Nagender Reddy – Treasurer
Harish Kumar Kakkar – Sr Joint Secretary
B B Subba – Joint Secretary
Saurabh Shukla – Joint Secretary
Samar Jeet Singh – Joint Secretary
Rajive Ratan Singh – Joint Secretary
Dr Alka Sharma – Joint Secretary
Dr Moirangthem Bapin Kumar – E.C Member
A V Vidyasagar – E.C Member
L Sundarvaradhan – E.C Member
Pradeep Joshi – E.C Member
Dr Alka Sharma – E.C Member
