Pune, Sep 25 : City-based Pawan Singh, co-founder of Gun For Glory Shooting Academy of Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation, and the first Indian to become a jury at Tokyo Olympics for Shooting has been re-elected as the joint secretary-general of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
In an election held at Chandigarh recently, Singh was elected unopposed for the post for second consecutive term of four years.
He thanked all NRAI members for keeping faith in him yet again and expressed the desire to undertake a time-bound effort to create good shooting coaches in India.
Although shooting is getting popular at great pace in India amonst youngsters, the number of coaches is not increasing with the desired speed so there is a big gap between the demand and supply of good quality coaches, Singh said.
There is a need to create about 1,000 shooting coaches on various levels in India in next 3-4 years, he pointed.
Singh is the first and the only Indian to be a part of the jury of ISSF (International Shooting Sports federation) two times. His contribution in successfully organizing the ISSF World Cup in India was widely acknowledged.(UNI)