The Maharashtra State Basketball Association has been reinstated into the BFI fold after a gap of six years following MSBA’s AGM and elections held on Friday, July 4.
The newly elected body will administer the sport in the State from 2025-2029.
A total of 31 District associations affiliated with MSBA attended the AGM and elections that saw Sandip Joshi, former mayor of Nagpur, MLC and president of the Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA), elected as the new MSBA president at its AGM
While Joshi became the first official from NDBA Nagpur to become the president of the MSBA, Mumbai’s Govind Krishnan Muthukumar retained the post of general secretary and Ibrahim Lakdawala will serve as the treasurer.
“I am committed to developing national and international level players in Maharashtra. Our priority is to build modern and efficient infrastructure for the players to train and hone their skills,” said Joshi.
The returning officer for the elections was Adv Abhishek Salian. Observers for the election were Shakti Sinh Gohil from the BFI and Pradeep Gandhe from the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA).
The four vice presidents of the MSBA include Vikrant Patil, S Ramakrishnan, M Venkatesh and Bhavesh Kuchanwar. Pune’s Lalit Nahata and Amravati’s Jayant Deshmukh have been elected as the two associate secretaries.
The new executive members of the MSBA include Shrinivas Sape, Manoj Reddy and Ashwin Chandel. The four district representatives of the committee include Ratnagiri, Nanded, Jalgaon and Beed.
