All-India Carrom Federation Explained

All India Carrom Federation
Abbrev:AICF
Logosize:250px
Sport:Carrom
Jurisdiction: National
Founded:19th century
Aff:International Carrom Federation
Headquarters:New Delhi, India
President:Rakibul Hussain
Secretary:V. D. Narayan
Url:https://www.indiancarrom.co.in/
Countryflag:IND

The All India Carrom Federation (AICF) (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय कैरम फेडरेशन ) is India's national sport federation for the indigenous game of carrom, sanctioning six to seven national-level tournaments per year. It is India's representative body in the International Carrom Federation. The AICF has 15 regional and 28 state subnational affiliate institutions, the largest of which is the Maharashtra Carrom Association, further subdivided into local organisations.

As of 2007, the federation's president is Rakibul Hussain and its general secretary is Bharti Narayan. Recent national champions include R. M. Shankra, Ravinder Goud and A. Maria Irudayam.

History

The state associations as its member. Shri C. Cunnaiah of Tamil Nadu was the General Secretary and Shri Hedvekar of Maharashtra was elected as its President. It got itself registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 at Madras on 7 July 1977. The Federation was recognized by the Sports Council of India on 26 October 1970. It became the member of the International Carrom Federation on 15 October 1988 and played a pivotal role in the formation of the International Federation. In 1991, the Government of India included the game of carrom in its list for the purpose of recruitment under sports quota in Government offices/ organizations. The Asian Carrom Confederation became affiliated with the AICF in September 1995.

The All-India Carrom Federation and the game of carrom was recognized by the Indian Olympic Association on 26 October 1997. The game of carrom was also recognized by the School Games Federation of India in 1996.

The organisation at present has 31 Indian state/UT associations and 15 Institutions as its affiliates. The Working Committee of the Federation is elected for a term of four years. The last elections to the Federation were held in August 2003 at Goa. AICF regularly conducts national championships for sub-junior, junior, and senior (older adult) divisions. It also conducts institutional national championships., the All-India Federation Cup, and various other all-India ranking and prize-money tournaments every year. It has so far conducted 96 national championships for sub-junior, junior and senior players, and has introduced cadet (under 12 years of age) and youth (under 21 years of age) national championships.

The Federation has also made bilateral arrangements with various countries for organizing "Test Series" competitions. India and Sri Lanka are playing Test Series on regular basis. The Federation hosted two World Championships in Delhi: the 1st World Carrom Championship in 1991 and the 3rd World Carrom Championship in 2000.

List of National Sports award recipients in Carrom, showing the year, award, and gender

Officials

All India Panel Umpires

  1. S. K. Abdul Jaleel, Andhra
  2. S.K. Ajmatullah, Andhra
  3. K. Ramesh, Andhra
  4. T. Srinivasa Rao, Andhra
  5. D.S.R. Murthy, Andhra
  6. S.Madhusudanarao, Andhra
  7. Manoj Kumar Das, Assam
  8. Rana Sharma, Assam
  9. Mridul Talukdar, Assam
  10. Prasanta Neog, Assam
  11. Pinto Mukherjee, Bengal
  12. Debabrata Ghoshal, Bengal
  13. Hussain Irshad, Bihar
  14. Rajneesh Sinha, Bihar
  15. Sanmir Verenkar, Goa
  16. Dinanath, Goa
  17. Ms. Nirmala Mahant, Gujarat
  18. Ms Kamna Yadav, Haryana
  19. J.S. Saroha, Haryana
  20. Shashwat, Haryana
  21. Zaheeruddin Khan, Hyderabad
  22. Srinivasa Rao, Hyderabad
  23. S. Shobhanraj, Hyderabad
  24. Karoda Singh, Hyderabad
  25. H. Shivaji Rao, Karnataka
  26. G. Jayakumar, Karnataka
  27. B. Rama, Karnataka
  28. B.C. Krishna Swamy, Karnataka
  29. Dutta Salagare, Maharashtra
  30. Shekhar S Chavan, Maharashtra
  31. Ramesh S Chavan, Maharashtra
  32. Ketan Chikale, Maharashtra
  33. Suhas Karbhari, Maharashtra
  34. Ashish Bagkar, Maharashtra
  35. S K Abdula, Orissa
  36. Probodh Patnaik, Orissa
  37. R. Srinivasan, Tamil Nadu
  38. G. Jayakumar, Tamil Nadu
  39. A.K. Asthana, U.P
  40. Ajay Kumar Sharma, U.P
  41. Mukund Nagpurkar, Maharashtra
  42. Ramteke, Maharashtra
  43. C. Senthamizh Kumaran, Puducherry
  44. I. Ilansezhiyan, Puducherry
  45. Arjun Kumar Yadav, Chandigarh

State/regional associations

North

South

West

East

Center

Institutional members

External links

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