Bhubaneswar: As per the final scrutiny held at Cuttack on Wednesday the office bearers of Odisha Olympic Association (OOA) for the term 2025-2029 elected uncontested. Single nomination has been filled for each post 1 President, 6 Vice Presidents, 1 General Secretary, 2 Joint Secretaries, 1 Treasurer, and 11 Council Members.
Samir Mohanty, Avijit Pal and Rabi Sankar Pratihari have been elected as president, general secretary and treasurer respectively.
The election notification was published on 27th February 2025. The last date for submission of nominations was 17th March 2025, followed by scrutiny of nominations on 19th March 2025. The final result will be declared on 30th March 2025 at the Odisha Olympic Association Meeting Hall, located at Horse Gate, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.
Following the scrutiny process, the list of valid candidates for the posts is as follows:
President: Samir Mohanty
Vice Presidents (6 positions): Kamala Kanta Pandey, Binod Dash, Pratap Satpathy, Nalini Kumar Das, Dulal Chandra Pradhan, Dr. Janardan Dash
General Secretary: Avijit Paul
Joint Secretaries (2 positions): Harinarayan Pujari, J. Kameswar Rao
Treasurer: Rabi Sankar Pratihari
Council Members (11 positions): Abhaya Mohapatra. Ajaya Behera, Dr. Hariprasad Pattanayak, Kishore Kumar Mishra, Bijaya Behera, Dhiren Pallai, Manoj Kumar Shaw, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Birendra Kumar Behera, Prasanna Kumar Rout, Dr. Goura Gobinda Samant.
