The office bearers of the National Rifle Association of India were elected for four-year term.

Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo was unanimously elected National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president during the General Body Meeting of the NRAI held in Mohali, Punjab on Thursday. Pawan Singh was elected secretary general.  

The elections of the NRAI were conducted under the aegis of Justice (Retd) Nirmaljit Kaur, who was the Returning Officer (RO).

Pawan Singh, administrators and technical official was unanimously elected as secretary general.

The elections also put in place a new Executive Committee and a new Governing Body, the highest decision-making body of the national governing body of shooting sport in India.

 “Indian Shooting has currently seen its most successful phase in history both in terms of success and popularity that has also increased our responsibilities manifold. I thank the entire General Body for restoring faith in me and my team. We promise to leave no stone unturned to accelerate the growth of the shooting sport, which is one of the Olympic disciplines, in the country,” the newly elected NRAI president said.

Pawan Singh said: “All the functions in the NRAI are already online, from registration to results. The next step will be to use technology efficiently. We want to leverage AI and performance data to identify talented shooters across the country. My focus will be on using technology to find and nurture promising athletes from every corner of India.”

“We also want to train coaches and shooters for coaching so that they have an alternate career when they retire and can earn from the sport,” Pawan Singh added.

Amit Sanghi was elected as the senior vice president of the Governing Body.

Kanwar Sultan Singh and Sushma Singh were elected vice-presidents in the 15-member Executive Committee (EC). The four sportspersons in the EC were Olympic bronze medalist Gagan Narang, Kunti Malik, Zorawar Singh Sandhu and Elavenil Valarivan respectively.

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