Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia was elected as the new president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).

Appointment

Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia was elected as the new president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI). Jhajharia, javelin thrower, who has secured three medals at the Paralympics, including two golds and a silver, was elected to the top post of the organisation and has taken over the post from Deepa Malik, a Paralympics silver medalist athlete. He had won a gold medal each in the 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Paralympics in the F46 disability category, was the only candidate in the fray for the top post. Jayawant Hammanawar, an international coach and referee from Goa, was elected unopposed as the secretary general. R. Chandrashekhar and Satya Prakash Sangwan will be the two vice-presidents, while Sunil Pradhan was the lone candidate for the treasurer’s post. Lalit Thakur and T. Diwakara are the two joint-secretaries.


      The Sports Ministry had in February 2024 suspended the government recognition of PCI "due to delay in holding the election after the expiry of the term of the executive committee of PCI" and non-compliance with its guidelines.

     

     

 

     


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