Chanakya Choudhary, vice-president (corporate services) of Tata Steel and president of Jamshedpur Sporting Association, has appointed Mukul Choudhari as chairman of the football sub-committee.

JSA are organisers of the local soccer league.

JSA secretary Avinash Kumar said Rohit Kumar Singh, manager (youth teams and operations,JFC) has been appointed assistant secretary.

The chairman post fell vacant following the demise of incumbent S. Zubair Alam in April this year.

Choudhari, an experienced football administrator, is also the chief of sports excellence in Tata Steel.

A few more changes in the JSA set up is also expected. The Association is patronised by Tata Steel.

The local football league is one of the oldest sporting fixtures in the eastern zone. The league has been conducted in Jamshedpur for over seven decades now. It is played for nearly two months, with around 80 matches. As many as 44 clubs and institutions compete in the tournament held in the Premier Division, the Super Division and ‘A’ Division.

The fixture could not take place last year in view of Covid-19 pandemic. Though the league is likely to meet the same fate this year too but officials are hopeful that the tournament was possible due to relaxation in Covid restrictions.

“The Covid-related situation has improved and sports activities have resumed . We are hopeful about the tournament taking place. However, we don’t want to make any decision (about organising the league) in a hurry. We would like to wait before taking any decision related to the fixture,” the JSA functionary said.

Logistics involved in conducting the event, grounds, fixtures and registrations etc, needs to be worked out first before going ahead with the tournament.