HYDERABAD, June 8 (PTI): Veteran journalist G Viswanath of The Hindu (Mumbai) was retained as the president of the Sports Journalists� Federation of India (SJFI) at its AGM held at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. Subodh Malla Barua of Dainik Asom (Guwahati) will remain the secretary for 2014-16 period.
The following are the office-bearers and Executive Committee: President: G Viswanath (Hindu Mumbai); Vice-Presidents: A Vinod (Hindu Kerala), DV Garud (Bangalore), Saraju Chakraborty (Tripura) and Vikas Pande (Indore); Secretary: Subodh Malla Barua (Dainik Asom, Assam); Joint Secretary: Prashant Keni (Loksatta, Mumbai); Treasurer: R Kaushik (Wisden, India, Bangalore); Ex Comm: SS Ramaswamy (PTI, Mumbai), Biswajit Sharma (Tripura), R Narayanan (TN), KC Vijayakumar (The Hindu, Bangalore), Ratan Chakraborty (Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata), Sambir Mohapatra (Odisha), Amitabha Das Sharma (The Hindu Kolkata).
The 1st executive committee meeting co-opted the following: Suhas Nayse and Kishore Bagde (Nagpur).
