Shaji Prabhakaran, Delhi Football president named as new AIFF secretary general

New Delhi: Shaji Prabhakaran, the president of Delhi Football and a longtime administrator, was named the new secretary general of the All India Football Federation on Saturday (AIFF).

The AIFF's newly created executive committee, which is led by president Kalyan Chaubey, made the selection, which went according to plan.

The decision was taken during the new dispensation's first executive committee at the Football House and was chaired by Chaubey.

The president proposed Prabhakaran's name as the new secretary general of the AIFF, which was unanimously approved by all the members, the AIFF said in a statement.

Prabhakaran, who was at the forefront of the group of people who wanted a change in the functioning of the AIFF, did not contest the apex body's elections here on Friday when Chaubey became the federation's first player president in its 85-year existence.

Welcoming the members, the AIFF president said: "This is the first time that six former eminent players are part of the Committee as per the order of the Honourable Supreme Court. We need to work together, and at no time should any personal ego come as a roadblock to our endeavour to take Indian football forward together. Discipline is the key to success, and we need to be accountable as per the deadlines set."

With PTI inputs