The Indian Olympic Association has formed a four-member ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections of the Volleyball Federation of India and also to run the affairs of the National body till the federation’s new executive committee is in place.
Former India tennis player Rohit Rajpal (IOA Executive Council member) is the chairman of the committee with Alaknanda Ashok (IOA joint secretary), former volleyball international S. Gopinath, and Stephen Bock (FIVB head of legal committee and general counsel) being the other members.
“The ad-hoc committee will start functioning soon,” a prominent IOA official told The Hindu on Tuesday. “The trials to select the men’s and women’s teams for the Asian Games (in Hangzhou, China, September) will be held under the ad-hoc committee’s guidance in Bengaluru.”
