Devendra Jhajharia has been elected the President of Paralympic Committee of India
- Devendra Jhajharia has been elected the President of Paralympic Committee of India.
- India’s sports ministry has recently removed the suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India.
- The committee was suspended by the ministry after it failed to conduct elections on time.
- Deepa Malik was the previous president of the committee. Malik assumed charge in 2020.
- The first-ever Para Shooting World Cup in India is being conducted in New Delhi from March 9 to 15.
- 50 countries with almost 500 athletes will be taking part in this event.
- Devendra Jhajharia won two gold medals for India at the Paralympics.
- He won his first Paralympics gold in Athens in 2004. He won the second one in Rio in 2016.
- He also won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympics.
