BENGALURU: K. Govindaraj was unanimously re-elected as president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) at its annual general body meeting here on Sunday.
Chander Mukhi Sharma was re-elected secretary-general even as the BFI promised a host of new ideas and tournaments.
A new six-team women’s league would be held inside the next three months, The Hindu quotes Govindaraj as declaring. “We plan to hold it in six cities first. Depending on how it goes, we will take it to other centres,” he said.
Plans are also afoot to restructure the national championships, with a new committee constituted for the purpose, the daily further reported.
“The committee will give us its proposal in the next 45 days. We intend to have a zone-wise competition before the final round. We will have more matches, which will give us a chance to look at more talent,” said Govindaraj.
The BFI president was confident that the men’s team’s performances would improve.
Other BFI plans include conducting a 3×3 tournament of its own and establishing a scholarship for young players.
BFI office bearers:
President: K Govindaraj; sr. vice president: Teja Singh Dhaliwal; vice presidents: Seema Sharma, Om Prakash, Ajay Sud, Gautam Ganguly, Ajeet Singh Rathore; secretary-general: Chander Mukhi Sharma; treasurer: V. Raghothaman; associate secretary: Chengalraya Naidu, Jugraj Singh, Kulvinder Singh Gill, and Ralin de Souza.
