Joshi ends Nagpur's 68-year wait, becomes city's first basketball official to head MSBA
Joshi, who is the president of the Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA), was elected unopposed as the new MSBA president during the AGM and elections held at the Indian Gymkhana in Matunga, Mumbai, on Friday.
While Joshi became the new head of MSBA, NDBA secretary Bhavesh Kuchanwar was named vice president of the state association. Mumbai's Govind Krishnan Muthukumar has been elected secretary, and Ibrahim Lakdawla will serve as treasurer of MSBA.
After the MSBA officials came to know about the reinstatement of its affiliation with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) — that was kept in abeyance since March 1, 2019 — the state basketball body officials started the election process. The NDBA actively participated in the election process.
On June 27, the BFI finally reinstated the affiliation of MSBA (a copy of the affiliation is with TOI), which was under dispute for the last six years.
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A total of 31 district associations affiliated with MSBA attended the AGM, and a new body for the term 2025-2029 was elected.
In addition to Kuchanwar, the other three vice presidents of MSBA are Vikrant Patil, S Ramakrishnan, and M Venkatesh. Pune's Lalit Nahata and Amravati's Jayant Deshmukh have been elected as the two associate secretaries of MSBA. The new executive members of MSBA include Shrinivas Sape, Manoj Reddy, Sashikant Nandgaokar, and Ashwin Chandel.
The four district representatives of the committee are from Ratnagiri, Nanded, Jalgaon, and Beed.
The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) appointed observers for the election process. Shakti Sinh Gohil of Gujarat represented the BFI, and Pradeep Gandhe was the MOA observer. The returning officer for the elections was advocate Abhishek Salian.
In his post on X after becoming the head of MSBA, Joshi said, "I am committed to developing national-level players in Maharashtra, building modern infrastructure and finding solutions to players' problems. This position is a moment that proves the strength of Nagpur's sports world."
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