Baishya, also a member of Parliament and senior member of Indian Olympic Association Executive Council, will head the IWF Ethics Commission for a four-year term.
The meeting of the IWF Executive Board also appointed heads of various Commissions and chairpersons of three elected committees -- technical, medical, coaching and research.
"In accordance with the new constitution a fully independent Anti-Doping Commission will be established. A Development Program of a scale larger than ever before was approved for the support of the Member Federations, Continental Federations and Regional Federations," the IWF said in a statement.