As many as six administrators and ex-international players of Odisha have been inducted into various committees of All India Football Federation as the members. According to a press release from Football Association of Odisha, the induction of the Odisha administratos/ex-internationals were made during the executive committee meeting of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in Kolkata today.

Among the six, FAO joint-secretary Avijit Paul was inducted as member of AIFF Finance Committee as well as chairman of State Development Committee. These would be additional posts for Paul who has already been elected as an AIFF Executive Committee member.

Former India men team mid-fielder Rajendra Prasad Singh has been nominated as a member of the Advisory Commttee (Football Development), while former India Women Team captains Sradhanjali Samantaray and Sasmita Mallick as members of Womens Committee and Competition Committee respectively.

Former India Women Football Team coach Mohammad Shahid Jabbar has been chosen as a memner of the Futsal Committee, while Anup Patra has been inducted into Beach Soccer Committee.

The AIFF Executive Committee meeting was chaired by its president Kalyan Chaubey. On the matter of the National Awards, the Committee recommended that Arun Ghosh, Shabbir Ali and IM Vijayan be nominated for the Padma Shri, Manoranjan Bhattacharya for the Major Dhyan Chand Award and Jeje Lalpekhlua for the Arjuna Award.
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PHOTO: Office-bearers and members at the Executive Committee meeting of the AIFF in Kolkata on 19 Sept 2022.