Debendranath Sarangi elected Vice-President of Asian Squash Federation

05 February, Chennai

Debendranath Sarangi, IAS, was elected as Vice President of the Asian Squash Federation with two-thirds majority at the 37th ASF AGM held at Hong Kong today.

A release from SRFI here said, Sarangi, who is the President of the Squash Rackets Federation of India, replaces sitting VP and Management Committee M member Syed Razi Nawab of Pakistan.

Sarangi is the second Indian to become the Vice President of the ASF. Mr N. Ramachandran, the former WSF President had earlier served in this post of the Asian body.

A delighted Ramachandran said, “I am extremely happy to learn that another Indian has come into the international body of squash.”

”With the Indian juniors winning the gold medal in the day in the Asian championship, indeed it has been a memorable Sunday for Indian squash”,he added.