Former India hockey captain Zafar Iqbal was nominated convenor of an ad hoc committee of the Arjuna Awardees Association on Monday.

“We decided to step down to pave way for new faces”, said outgoing President Bishan Singh Bedi.

The ad hoc committee will decide the date and process of election of office bearers.

The committee: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Anwar Sultan, Moraad Ali Khan and Ashok Pandit (shooting); Ashwini Nachappa and Bhim Singh (athletics); Zafar Iqbal and Jagbir Singh (hockey) ; Chetan Chauhan (cricket); Khajan Singh and Arti Pradhan (swimming); Kunjarani Devi and Jyotsna Mukherjee Dutta (weightlifting); Bhuvneshwari Kumari (squash); Damyanti Tambe (badminton), Rajkumar Sangwan (boxing); Khushi Ram and Dalel Singh (basketball); Rajender Singh (powerlifting); Subash Verma (wrestling); Ramesh Singh , Ram Mehar Singh and Ashan Kumar (kabaddi), Amit Luthra (golf); Manjit Dua (table tennis) and Sanjeeva Kumar Singh (archery).

source: http://www.thehindu.com / Sports> Other Sports / New Delhi / December 13th, 2011