OFFICE BEARERS

Sunday, December 14, 2025
Vivek Kohli and Arun Banerjee Elected President and Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association.
Sanjeev Pathak Appointed Chairman
Lucknow, 14 December 2025 — The elections of the Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association (UPTTA) were successfully conducted today in Lucknow. Former national player and Chairman of Stage Global, Mr. Vivek Kohli, was unanimously elected President, while Mr. Arun Kumar Banerjee was elected Secretary General unopposed.
The elections were held in accordance with the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 (Act No. 25 of 2025), Government of India.
Mr. Tanay Hazari served as the Returning Officer for the election process.
Mr. Rajiv Ratan Singh, Joint Secretary, Table Tennis Federation of India (Bihar), attended as the Observer from TTFI.
Mr. Atul Sinha, RSO, Lucknow, attended as the Observer from the Sports Directorate, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. S. K. Tiwari attended as the Observer from the Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association.
Former national player Mr. Sanjeev Pathak has been nominated as the Chairman of the Association.
The office bearers are for the term 2025-29.
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The following were nominated for the various Sub Committee of the Association: - Selection Committee – Chairman- Sri Sanjeev Pathak (Kanpur), Convenor – Sri Sanjeev Kapoor, Members - Mrs. Sarita Vishwanath Gokarn (Varanasi), Sri Atin Rastogi (Lucknow), Sri Swarn Singh Thakur (Jhansi) All former State Player. President, Hony. Secretary, Chairman Technical Committee and Chief Referee of the State Championship will be the Ex. Officio Member. Technical & Classification Committee – Chairman- Sri N. K. Lahiry (Lucknow) Convenor – Sri Amit Kumar Singh (Lucknow) Members - Sri Akash Yadav (Lucknow) Arif Niyaz (Sultanpur), Sri Aniket Singh (Lakhimpur Kheri), Mrs. Saumya Sinha (Varanasi) Sri Pramod Singh Yadav (Ambedkar Nagar) All International Umpires. Veteran’s Committee: - Chairman : Dr. Parvinder Singh Sahmey (Pilibhit) Convenor - Sri P. K. Jain (Lucknow), Members: Sri B. P. Tiwari (Lucknow), Sri Ambuj Agarwal (Lucknow), Sri Alok Tiwari (Sonbhadra), R. K. Tandon (Lucknow) H.S. Negi (Lucknow), S.K. Srivastava (Allahabad) Development Committee: Chairman – Dr. Sanjay Munshi (Prayagraj) Convenor – Members – Mohd. Imran (Barabanki), Sri Puneet Kumar (Hapur), Sri Satyam Tripathi (Kushinagar) Deepak Singh (Ballia), Bharat Agarwal (Hardoi), Bhupendra Singh (Azamgarh), Vineet Chaurasiya (Gorakhpur). Coaching Committee: - Chairman – Sri Parag Agarwal (Lucknow) – National Coach Convenor - Sri Dhirendra Kumar, NIS , Members - Sri Yogendra Agarwal (Lucknow), Sri Vibhor Khare (Ghaziabad), Sri Ebadur Rahman (Allahabad), Sri Sanjeev Saxena (Bareilly), Sr Mridul Khilnani (Noida) and Sri Saurabh Poddar (Agra) Para Committee – Chairman – Sri Amit Kumar Singh (Lucknow) Convenor – Sri Ashutosh Dixit (Mathura), Sri Pawan Sharma (Prayagraj), Sri Shashi Bhushan Singh (Chitrakoot), Miss Prachi Pandey (Kanpur), Sri Brijendra Singh (Lucknow) Women’s Commission – Chairman - Mrs. Geeta Tandon Kapoor (Kanpur), Convenor - Mrs. Sarita Vishwanath Gokarn (Varanasi) Dr. Alka Sharma (Agra), Mrs. Lilly (Gautam Budh Nagar) and Smt. Vandana Maheshwari (Bareilly) Media Committee – Chairman - Shubankar Yadav (Unnao) Disciplinary Committee – Chairman – Sri Vivek Kohli (President, UPTTA), Sri Arun Kumar Banerjee (Hony. Secretary, UPTTA), Members - Sri Kumar Vineet (Vice President, UPTTA), Sri Sanjeev Pathak (Chairman, UPTTA) and Sri N. K. Lahiry (Lucknow), Sri Rishi Raj Tyagi (Ghaziabad) and Sri Nirmoy Mittra (Lakhimpur) Athlete Commission – Chairman – Sri Shyam Kumar (Gautam Budh Nagar), Sri Parag Agarwal (Lucknow), Mrs. Anju Shankar (Lucknow), Sri Abhishek Yadav (Kanpur ), Mrs. Sarita V. Gokarn (Varanasi) Finance Committee – Chairman – Sri Kumar Vineet, IAS, Sri Sanjiv Pathak (Kanpur), Dr. Parvinder Singh Sahmey (Pilibhit), Sri Rishi Raj Tyagi (Ghaziabad), Sri P.K. Jain (Lucknow) |
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