PANAJI: HN Narahari Rao, veteran film critic and film society activist, has been elected President of the Indian Chapter of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

MK Raghavendra was elected Secretary at the Annual General Meeting of FIPRESCI India held in Panaji.

While N Vidyashankar was elected Treasurer, the Executive Committee members are Rafique Baghdadi, Madhu Eravankara, and Premendra Mazumdar.

The outgoing President, Sudhir Nandgaonkar, was also unanimously named President Emeritus as recognition of his past services to FIPRESCI India.