Nitin Narang elected as new AICF President

The AICF General Body, following the National Sports Code, unanimously elected the new set of office bearers for the term 2024-27 in a meeting held in New Delhi on Sunday.

Nitin Narang, the newly elected president of the All India Chess Federation. | Photo Credit: AICF

Haryana’s Nitin Narang has been elected as the new president of the All India Chess Federation (AICF).

The AICF General Body, following the National Sports Code, unanimously elected the new set of office bearers for the term 2024-27 in a meeting held in New Delhi on Sunday.

Narang replaces Sanjay Kapoor as President. Dev A Patel of Gujarat succeeds Bharat Singh Chauhan, as the new Secretary while International Arbiter Shri Dharmendra Kumar of Bihar is the new Treasurer, replacing Naresh Sharma.

♟️ AICF elections: Shri Nitin Narang and Shri Dev A Patel take charge ♟️

Following the National Sports Code, the 🇮🇳 AICF General Body unanimously elected the new set of office bearers for the term 2024-27 headed by Shri Nitin Narang of Haryana as President and Shri Dev A Patel… pic.twitter.com/brrLotXBIN

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The General Body has also elected six vice presidents: Anil Kumar Raizada of Uttar Pradesh, Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua of West Bengal, Raghvendra Singhania of Chhattisgarh, D P Anantha of Karnataka, Mahaveer Ranka of Rajasthan, Repo Ronya of Arunachal Pradesh and six joint secretaries, namely Kandarpa Kalita of Assam, Prasanta Kundu of Tripura, Soibam Mangijao Singh of Manipur, H Lalthlamuana of Mizoram, Sanjeev Thakur of Himachal Pradesh and Manish Kumar of Jharkhand.