Sports & Allied News
JAMMU, Jan 07:
Giving Jammu and Kashmir the status of priority state, Handball Federation of India (HFI) has made three more appointments in its National team from the Union Territory.On a visit to Jammu, the top officials of the HFI announced the nominations of Narendera Mahajan as Associate Vice President, former chief coach NSNIS Patiala, JS Soodan as Advisor and Sandeep Verma as PRO of the Federation.Formal letters of appointments were handed over all the three individuals by senior vice president (Administration), Dr Anandeshwar Panday in the presence of HFI president, Jagan Monhan Rao and treasurer, Vinay Kumar Singh.”Handball of J&K has a rich history and the erstwhile state has given India a number of international players. So, we have accorded priority to J&K in terms of representation in the Federation.
We expect the new and young team in the J&K Handball Association (JKHA) turn the things around and revive the game to its old glory,” Dr Panday told SAN.Young president of the HFI, Jagan Monhan Rao also praised the newly elected office bearers of JKHA. “The new J&K unit has got international player, Ranjit Singh as president. We have accorded priority to J&K in terms of improved infrastructure and representation at the National level,” speaking on the occasion, Jagan said. In turn, former India captain and president of JKHA, Ranjit Singh expressed his gratitude to the HFI. “We are thankful to the HFI for giving so much importance to J&K. Such gestures further encourage us to do more for the promotion of the game and welfare of the players,” expressing his thanks to the HFI, president of JKHA, Ranjit Singh said. Among those present from JKHA were chairman, Narindera Mahajan; senior vice president, Ashwani Kumar Raina; vice president, Prabal Kumar; general secretary, Rajesh Chandan; joint secretary, Sanjeev Singh and executive member, Jinder Pal.
