Sir,
Below, kindly find the press release for Kishor Bandekar elected as
Treasurer of AICA
Kishor Bandekar elected as Treasurer of All India Chess Federation
PANJIM, JUNE 30: Goa Chess Association Secretary Kishor M Bandekar in
recognition of his ongoing efforts to promote chess in the country has
been elected as the ‘Treasurer’ of the All India Chess Federation (AICF)
being part of helm of affairs of the federation.
Bandekar was elected unopposed in the general election of central
council held recently for a three-year term (2017-2020). It’s the first
time that a Goan representative has been elected to the treasurer’s post
for AICF, the governing body for chess in India.
Bandekar was pleased with the appointment, “I am glad that the members
have given me a chance to serve the Federation. Together with the
members I shall strive hard to promote chess in the country. The aim is
start a chess culture in the country and get as many people play the
game,” said Bandekar, who served as the Joint Secretary of AICF for the
last two terms.
R Venketrama Raja CMD of Ramco Group of Companies has been re-elected
for 2nd term as President of AICF and Bharatsingh Chowan as Secretary of
AICF in 15 members central council represented by all affiliated states
of India.
Bandekar was the member of the Executive Committee of the Goa Chess
Association in 1981 and was vice President in 2005-09, Treasurer in
2009-2013, Secretary in 2013-17 and re-elected unopposed as the
Secretary of the GCA for the term 2017-21.
He is also FIDE Arbiter and Rated player1982. He was instrumental in
forming sub chess associations in each taluka of the state as per
directives of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development. During his
last tenure as Secretary of GCA he actively worked along with other
committee and taluka members in organising 4 national tournaments in
Goa.
The GCA has 12 elected members in its executive committee and 12
affiliated taluka chess associations. The newly elected President of GCA
& MLA from Curchorem Nilesh Cabral has already promised to develop chess
in the state of Goa.
Caption: Kishore Bandekar (centre) being garlanded by newly elected
Joint Secretaries Kapil Saxena from Madhya Pradesh and Bhavesh Patel
from Gujarat.
Regards,
Carol Mascarenhas
(FlashEye PR)
