NEW DELHI, Jan 5: Niapung Konia of Arunachal Pradesh has been elected as one of the vice presidents of All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Monday. Konia a native of Daporijo in Upper Subansiri district, is an engineer by profession who is currently serving as Executive Engineer in the Public Health Engineering department, Bomdila Division West Kameng district.
Konia is among six vice presidents of AICF namely DP Anantha, Bhavesh Patel, Vipnesh Bharadwaj, Ajay Ajmera, PC Lalianthanga who were elected in the online elections held on Monday.