The Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected the President of BAI (Badminton Affiliation of India) for an additional 4 years from 2022 to 2026 on Friday. This is the second term of Sarma as earlier Sarma took over the post of the president of BAI on 2017 and ran 4 years.
It is noted that CM Sarma is also the Badminton Asia Vice president and a member of the Badminton World Federation Executive Council.
The Former junior national coach Sanjay Mishra is elected the new general secretary of BAI and Pullela Gopichand is elected the Vice President.
“badminton has been in the ascendancy in India for the last two decades and we are committed to continue that rise by rise providing better facilities to players and a robust governance system”, Sarma said after elected the BAI President again.