Seven members from Jharkhand were made part of the Archery Association of India (AAI) committees for 2020-24, which were constituted by AAI president and union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda on July 1.

Joint secretary of AAI and secretary of the Seraikela-Kharsawan District Archery Association Sumanta Chandra Mohanty, who is credited for bringing raw talents from the hinterland to the mainstream , has been made part of the rules committee and the ethics and disciplinary committees.

Jamshedpur-based Dronacharya awardee and secretary of the state archery outfit Purnima Mahto is a member of coaches’ panel.

Nominees in the tribal area development committee comprise Jharkhand Archery Association (JAA) vice presidents Bailey Bodhanwala and Neha Mahto, along and mentor Harender Singh, and Olympian Reena Kumari, who represented India at the 2004 Athens Olympics and is a mentor at Sports Authority of India, Ranchi.

Members in this committee will have to focus on the development of archery in tribal areas of Jharkhand, northeast and other pockets across the country.

L. Murty, also from Jamshedpur, and vice-president of the JAA, is a member of the technical committee.

Munda, a former chief minister, has taken up the earnest promotion of tribal archers in the hinterland.

A virtual meeting of the tribal areas development panel is scheduled on Wednesday.

The panel will work for the development of archery, particularly in the tribal and backward areas and set a road map to identify hidden, grassroots talent and nurture them for mainstream archery.

Other AAI panels include the core, advisory, finance, selection, archers’, para archery, media and ceremonial committees.