By IANS
New Delhi : Badminton Association of India (BAI) president V.K. Verma has been elected secretary-general of the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) at its annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
According to the official BAC website, Verma was the lone Indian to be elected among the office bearers, chosen for a four-year term (2007-11), at Sunday's meeting attended by 42 delegates from 26 countries at the Prince Hotel in the Malaysian capital.
The BAC office-bearers:
President: Sutiyoso (Indonesia); Vice-presidents: Liu Feng Yan (China), Mehdi Karbasian (Iran), Gandi Sulistiyanto (Indonesia), Naqi Mohsi (Pakistan), Mohammad Rashid Al-Abed (Jordan), Amanda Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Secretary-general: V.K. Verma (India)
Treasurer: Kim Hak Suk (South Korea)
Sub-committee heads:
Finance: Amanda Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Development: Malaysia
Events: Surasak Songvorakulpan (Thailand)
Technical: Li Yong Bo (China)
Marketing: Le Dan Xu (Vietnam)
Rules and laws: Junichiro Yamada (Japan)
Publicity & awards: Mohammad Rashid Al-Abed (Jordan)
Regional directors: Liu Feng Yan (East Asia), Mehdi Karbasian (West Asia), Gandi Sulistiyanto (South East Asia) and Naqi Mohsin (South Asia)