A. Srinivas has been elected president of the Hyderabad District Swimming Association (HDSA), and S. Giridhar Rao has been elected its secretary. Both were chosen unopposed in an election held on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

The vote sets the leadership for the 2026-2030 term. Neither post went to a contest, and the rest of the executive committee was also picked without a fight at the ballot. For a district sports body, that kind of clean result means the new team can start work without a public split over who runs it.

The full committee

Mukhtar Ahmed was elected vice president. N. Prashanth took the joint secretary’s post, and M. Rajender was named treasurer. The remaining executive committee members were also elected unopposed, completing the team that will run the association through 2030.

The new committee for 2026-2030 was elected unopposed, with A. Srinivas as president and S. Giridhar Rao as secretary.

Why this matters for Hyderabad

The association is based in Hyderabad, which places this leadership change squarely in Telangana. A district swimming body is the point of contact between clubs, coaches and the athletes who train under them. When its officials change, the people who handle local swimming matters change too, and that is why a governance story like this one deserves attention beyond the sports pages.

Swimming in the city rarely makes headlines unless a medal or a record is involved. Leadership announcements like this one are quieter, but they decide who speaks for the sport at the district level. Parents, swimmers and club operators who follow the sport locally now know exactly who holds the top posts.

What the result tells us

An unopposed election is a clear signal. It means no rival slate challenged the officials named in the report, and every post in the new committee was filled by consensus. That usually points to an agreement among members before the vote, though the report itself does not describe how those talks went.

The four-year term gives the new committee a long window. Srinivas and Giridhar Rao take on the top two roles at the start of that period, and the team around them covers vice president, joint secretary and treasurer. Those are the posts that handle administration, coordination and money, so the spread of responsibilities across the committee will matter as the term begins.

The names to remember

The report lists A. Srinivas as president and S. Giridhar Rao as secretary. Mukhtar Ahmed is vice president, N. Prashanth is joint secretary and M. Rajender is treasurer. Other executive committee members were also elected in the same unopposed vote. Each of these names now carries the responsibility of representing Hyderabad’s swimmers within the district structure.

For a sport that depends on pools, coaches and volunteers working together, a settled leadership team is useful. The new committee will be judged on what it does with the next four years, not on the vote alone. The Sunday election closed the question of who leads. The months ahead will show what that leadership delivers for the district’s swimmers.