Maharashtra Basketball Turmoil Finally Ends: Association Elections Held
On 27th June, the BFI finally reinstated the affiliation of the MSBA which had been under dispute for the last six years.
On 4th July 2025, the Maharashtra State Basketball Association (MSBA) held its AGM and conducted elections to elect its new body for the term 2025-2029. These positive developments followed after Basketball Federation of India’s long-awaited reinstatement of the affiliation of the MSBA, which had been under dispute for the last six years, on 27th June.
A total of 31 District Associations affiliated with MSBA attended the AGM and elections. The returning officer for the elections was Adv Abhishek Salian. The Observers for the election were Shakti Sinh Gohil from the BFI and Pradeep Gandhe from the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA).
Former Nagpur mayor, MLC and president of the Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA) Sandip Joshi has been elected as the new president of Maharashtra State Basketball Association (MSBA).
First MSBA President from Nagpur
While Sandip Joshi became the first official from NDBA Nagpur to become the president of the MSBA, Mumbai’s Govind Krishnan Muthukumar retained the post of Hon Gen Secretary and Ibrahim Lakdawala will serve as the Treasurer of the MSBA.
Outlining his vision for Maharashtra Basketball, the new President of MSBA – Sandeep Joshi said:
“I am committed to developing national and international level players in Maharashtra. Our priority is to build modern and efficient infrastructure for the players to train and hone their skills.”
The four vice presidents of the MSBA include Vikrant Patil, S Ramakrishnan, M Venkatesh and Bhavesh Kuchanwar. Pune’s Lalit Nahata and Amravati’s Jayant Deshmukh have been elected as the two associate secretaries of the MSBA. The new executive members of the MSBA include Shrinivas Sape, Manoj Reddy and Ashwin Chandel. The four District Representatives of the committee include Ratnagiri, Nanded, Jalgaon and Beed.
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