The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of the Indian Golf Union was successfully conducted at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on December 15 under the supervision of Returning Officer Justice (Retd) Rameshwar Singh Malik.
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The meeting commenced once the quorum was achieved. Key agenda items included:
1. Approval of the minutes of the last AGM.
2. Adoption of the Annual Report.
3. Appointment of auditors.
4. Approval of the accounts for the financial year 2023-2024.
All items on the agenda were discussed and unanimously passed by the members. As part of the AGM, elections for IGU’s office-bearers and Governing Council for the term 2024-2026 were elected unopposed since the number of candidates matched the number of available positions.
The following office-bearers were elected:
• President: Mr. Brijinder Singh
• Honorary Secretary: Mr. S.K. Sharma
• Honorary Treasurer: Mr. Sanjiv Rattan
Additionally, the nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee
(Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh
Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank
Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh) and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).
The election process was observed by a representative from the Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports (MYAS) and conducted in strict adherence to the Model Election Guidelines and the Memorandum of Association (MOA). The process was transparent, impartial, and in full
compliance with all relevant regulations.
The new Governing Council led by Brijinder Singh, who was re-elected as President of the
Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second two-year term (2024-2026) on Sunday, plans to
continue the good work started back in 2022.
This includes introducing the National Squad System, strengthening the partnerships with
R&A (world rules governing body) and Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), enhancing
the National Golf Academy of India (NGAI), making rogue State Golf Associations (SGAs)
compliant under IGU byelaws and creation of an excellence centre that build bench
strength of talented golfers.
“The main work of the new team is to carry forward the good work we have done in the last few years. They are good golfers, most of them have been part of the Governing Council with me previously as well. We are very clear on our growth path and we will continue to work in that direction,” Brijinder Singh said.
Talking about the State Golf Associations (SGAs) controlled by the Army, he said: “The case
of State Golf Associations (SGAs) housed in Army cantonments should have been looked
into earlier. We would like to handhold them and make them compliant. In case they don’t
get compliant we will have to look for other alternatives. But we don’t want to disrupt our
functioning SGAs. Our first objective will be to make the Army SGAs compliant and make
them part of the system.”
