Hockey India Explained

Hockey India
Sport:	Field hockey
Affdate:	2011
Regionyear:	2011
Headquarters:	New Delhi, India
President:	Dilip Tirkey
Secretary:	Bhola Nath Singh
Coach:	Craig Fulton
Womenscoach:	Harendra Singh
Url:	https://hockeyindia.org/
Countryflag:	India

Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men's and women's field hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting the sport.^[1] It was formed after the Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in 2008.^[2]

Hockey India was established on 20 May 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).

Hockey India, with the assistance of the Sports Authority of India and Department of Sports, trains players at sub-junior, junior and senior level. The governing body is responsible for training the coaches, as well as educating and equipping technical officials and umpires.

Hockey India launched its own logo in a ceremony on 24 July 2008. It resembles Ashok Chakra of Indian flag. It is made up of hockey sticks.^[3]

Hockey India manages four squads that represent India in international field hockey: the India men's national field hockey team, the India women's national field hockey team, the India men's national under-21 field hockey team, and the India women's national under-21 field hockey team.

Member units

Hockey India's Member Units are divided into four separate categories, namely Permanent Members, Associate Members, Academy Members and Hockey Members.^[4]

State and UT hockey associations

Hockey Andaman and Nicobar
Hockey Arunachal
Assam Hockey
Hockey Bengal
Hockey Bihar
Chhattisgarh Hockey
Delhi Hockey
Goans Hockey
Hockey Gujarat
Hockey Haryana
Hockey Himachal
Hockey Jammu and Kashmir
Hockey Jharkhand
Hockey Karnataka
Kerala Hockey
Hockey Madhya Pradesh
Hockey Maharashtra
Manipur Hockey
Hockey Mizoram
Hockey Nagaland
Hockey Association of Odisha
Le Puducherry Hockey
Hockey Punjab
Hockey Rajasthan
Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu
Telangana Hockey
Tripura Hockey
Uttar Pradesh Hockey
Hockey Uttarakhand

Competitions

Hockey India National Championships

These National Championships are divided into two divisions, to ensure that participating teams are competing in a fair, equal environment, and against teams with similar level of skills.

Below is the list of National Championships that Hockey India conducts every season:

Hockey India Senior Men National Championship
Hockey India Senior Women National Championship
Hockey India Junior Men National Championship
Hockey India Junior Women National Championship
Hockey India Sub-Junior Men National Championship
Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship
Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (Women)
Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (Men)
Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship (Mixed)

Leagues

Hockey India League

All India Hockey Tournaments

Beighton Cup
Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament
Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament
All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament
All India Scindia Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
All India Swami Shradhanand Hockey Tournament
All India Guru Teg Bahadur Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
Mahant Raja Sarwesjwardas Memorial All India Tournament
All India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
All India Trades Cup Hockey Tournament
All India Police Hockey Championship
Aga Khan Hockey Tournament
All India K.D Singh Babu Memorial Invitation Prize Money Hockey Tournament
Lychettira Hockey Cup/Kodava Hockey Festival
Bombay Gold Cup
Liberals All India Hockey Tournament

Executive board members

The following are the members of the executive board of Hockey India.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Name	Position
Dilip Tirkey	President
Asima Ali	Vice president
SVS Subramanya Gupta	Vice president
Bhola Nath Singh	Secretary general
Sekar J. Manoharan	Treasurer
Arti SIngh	Joint secretary
Sunil Malik	Joint secretary
Arun Kumar Saraswat	Executive board member
Asrita Lakra	Executive board member
Gurpreet Kaur	Executive board member
V Sunil Kumar	Executive board member
Tapan Kumar Das	Executive board member

Officers and employees

The following are the officers and employees of Hockey India.^[8]

Vacant – CEO
Cdr R. K. Srivastava – Executive director
B. N. Bhushan – Joint director
Ranjit Gill – Joint director
Kuldeep Singh – Sr. Manager – protocol
Rakesh Kumar – Sr. manager – purchase and administration
Ahad Azim – Sr. manager – coordination
Mahender Singh Negi – Assistant Manager - Purchase & administration
Bhupender Singh – Assistant manager coordination
Ankit Walia – Assistant manager coordination
Priyanka Yadav – P.A. to CEO
Vaishali Rathore – Senior officer coordination
Bhagyashree Das – Officer coordination
Vishal Sengar – Officer coordination
Akash Choubey – Officer coordination
Amit Rai – IT Executive
Manohar Lal – Office assistant
Davender Kumar Sharma – Project manager - CSR

Past office bearers

Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of Indian Hockey Federation^[9] ^[10] and Hockey India:^[11]

Presidents	Tenure
Indian Hockey Federation (1925–2008)
Col. Bruce Turnbull^[12]	1925 – 1927
Major Ian Burn-Murdoch	1927 – 1930
R. E. Powell	1930 – 1931
A. M. Hayman	1931 – 1934
Joseph William Bhore^[13]	1934 – 1935
Kunwar Jagdish Prasad	1935 – 1936
N. N. Sircar	1936 – 1938
Mohd. Zaffurullah Khan	1938 – 1939
	1939 – 1944
Azizul Haque	1944 – 1946
	1946 – 1958
Ashwini Kumar^[14]	1958 – 1974
	1974 – 1980
I. M. Mahajan	1980 – 1983
Raja Bhupinder Singh	1983 – 1985
	1985 – 1987
R. Prasad	1987 – 1994
	1994 – 2008
Hockey India (since 2009)
A. K. Mattoo	2009 – 2010
	2010
Narinder Dhruv Batra (interim)	2010
Mariamma Koshy	2010 – 2014
	2014 – 2016
Mariamma Koshy	2016 – 2018
Rajinder Singh (Interim)	2018
Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad	2018 – 2020
Gyanendro Ningombam	2020 – 2022
	2022 - Incumbent

Hockey India Awards

Hockey India instituted the Hockey India Awards from 2014 for recognition of hockey players for promoting field hockey as a sport on the national and international platform.^[15]

Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Men)

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Women)

Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Men)

2014: Harmanpreet Singh
2015: Harjeet Singh
2019: Vivek Sagar Prasad
2022: Sanjay Rana
2023: Uttam Singh

Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Women)

2014: Namita Toppo
2015: Preeti Dubey
2019: Lalremsiami
2022: Salima Tete
2023: Mumtaz Khan

Dhanraj Pillay Award for Forward of the Year

Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year

Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year

Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year

Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution

2014: Harendra Singh
2015: Baldev Singh
2019: Sports Authority of India
2022: BG Joshi
2023: Pritam Rani Siwach

Hockey India President's Award for Outstanding Achievement

2014: One Thousand Hockey Legs
2015: Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy
2019: Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha
2022: Vandana Katariya
2023: Hockey Ace Foundation

Hockey India President Award for Technical Official

2022: Harkirat Singh Sokhi
2023: Mohammad Moghul Muneer

Hockey India President award for Umpire / Umpire Manager

2022: Raghuprasad RV
2023: Gurinder Singh Sangha

Notes and References

Web site: Hockey India Gets Recognition. 7 October 2021. 7 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230707045314/https://www.lawinsport.com/blogs/indian-sports-law/item/hockey-india-gets-recognition-indian-boxing-federation-suspended-bidding-opens-for-indian-super-league-and-no-f1-race-in-2015. live.
Web site: Indian Hockey Federation suspended after bribery scandal. 7 October 2021. 7 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007154901/https://playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2008/indian-hockey-federation-suspended-after-bribery-scandal/. live.
Web site: Hockey India League Logo Launch. 28 September 2012. 7 October 2021. 7 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007160409/https://www.hockeyindia.org/photos/hockey-india-league-logo-launch. live.
Web site: Member Units Detail . Hockey India . 11 February 2022 . 11 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220211111217/https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/member-units/member-units-detail . live .
Web site: Elections of Office Bearers and Members of the Executive Board, 2022. Hockey India. 23 September 2022. 24 September 2022. 24 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161220/https://www.hockeyindia.org/static-assets/waf-images/uploadfile/f7/5c/83/77ff71ab-f227-44e2-87d3-872b616c01fd.pdf. live.
Web site: Dilip Tirkey becomes first player-president of Hockey India. The Times of India. 23 September 2022. 24 September 2022. 24 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924055131/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/dilip-tirkey-becomes-first-player-president-of-hockey-india/articleshow/94399458.cms. live.
Web site: Dilip Tirkey elected new Hockey India president. The Telegraph. 23 September 2022. 24 September 2022. 23 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923140535/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/dilip-tirkey-elected-new-hockey-india-president/cid/1888370. live.
Web site: Officers and Employees . Hockey India . 24 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924164816/https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/rti . live .
Book: Portrait Of Indian Sport . Macmillan . D'Mello . Anthony . 83 . 1959 . 5 September 2022 .
Web site: About Us - History . indiahockey.org . 9 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123040837/http://indiahockey.org/aboutus_history.php . 23 January 2009 .
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Web site: How The Indian Hockey Federation Was Formed . Bharatiya Hockey . 24 September 2022 . 24 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924232055/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/calendar/calbulletins.asp?year=2020&mon=dec&bkmark=IHF . live .
Web site: The World's Hockey Champions 1936 . Bharatiya Hockey . 24 September 2022 . 12 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412151256/http://bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/champions/preOlympics/page4.htm . live .
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Web site: Hockey India Annual Awards . Hockey India . 4 September 2022 . 4 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220904054226/https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/hockey-india-annual-awards . live .