Virendra Sachdeva, secretary general of the Archery Association of India, has been appointed to the Commonwealth Games Committee, boosting efforts to reinstate archery in the Games.
Archery Association of India secretary general Virendra Sachdeva has been nominated as a member of the Commonwealth Games Committee by the World Archery.
The committee works towards archery's inclusion in the Commonwealth Games programme, promotes the sport across Commonwealth nations and facilitates the sharing of expertise and resources among member countries.
Sachdeva, who is also the Delhi BJP president, has been associated with archery administration since 2008 under the guidance of former Archery Association of India chief Prof V K Malhotra.
Having served in various positions in the Delhi Archery Association and the national body, Sachdeva has played a key role in organising archery events across the country and promoting the sport at the school level over the last 15 years.
He will work alongside committee chairman Robert Fiddyment of Australia, Mohammed Baba Abdullahi of Nigeria, Karl Balisch of Canada, Trina Roberts of Bermuda and Ainsley Ward of Great Britain.
Archery has not featured in the Commonwealth Games since the 2010 Delhi edition.
The sport is currently under consideration for inclusion as an optional discipline at the 2030 Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad, with the Archery Association of India and World Archery actively pushing for its return.