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. It was formed after the Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in 2008.
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 the Ashok Chakra on the Indian flag. It is made up of hockey sticks.
Hockey India manages the following 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, the India women's national under-21 field hockey team, the India men's national under-18 field hockey team and the India women's national under-18 field hockey team. It also manages India men's national hockey5s team, India women's national hockey5s team, India men's national under-18 hockey5's team and India women's national under-18 hockey5's team.
Member units Hockey India's member units are divided into four separate categories: permanent members, associate members, academy members and hockey members.
State and UT hockey associations Hockey Andaman and Nicobar Hockey Andhra Pradesh Hockey Arunachal Assam Hockey Hockey Bengal Hockey Association of Bihar Hockey Chandigarh Hockey Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar and Haveli & Daman & Diu Hockey Delhi Hockey Goans Hockey Hockey Gujarat Hockey Haryana Hockey Himachal Hockey Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Jharkhand Hockey Karnataka Hockey Keralam 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 Hockey Telangana 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.
NamePositionDilip TirkeyPresidentAsima AliVice presidentSVS Subramanya GuptaVice presidentBhola Nath SinghSecretary general Sekar J. ManoharanTreasurerArti SinghJoint secretarySunil Malik Joint secretaryArun Kumar SaraswatExecutive board memberAsrita LakraExecutive board memberGurpreet KaurExecutive board memberV Sunil KumarExecutive board memberTapan Kumar DasExecutive board member
Officers and employees The following are the officers and employees of Hockey India.
Cdr R. K. Srivastava – director general B. N. Bhushan – director Ranjit Gill – director Vikram Singh – director - competitions & hockey development Kuldeep Singh – joint director Rakesh Kumar – joint director Ahad Azim – joint director Jaspreet Singh – officer in charge - media & communications Mahender Singh Negi – assistant manager - purchase & administration Bhupender Singh – assistant manager - coordination Ankit Walia – assistant manager coordination Priyanka Yadav – PA 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 the Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India:
President Tenure Indian Hockey Federation (1925–2008) Col. Bruce Turnbull 1925–1927 Major Ian Burn-Murdoch 1927–1930 R. E. Powell 1930–1931 A. M. Hayman 1931–1934 Joseph William Bhore 1934–1935 Kunwar Jagdish Prasad 1935–1936 N. N. Sircar 1936–1938 Mohd. Zaffurullah Khan 1938–1939 Khwaja Nazimuddin 1939–1944 Azizul Haque 1944–1946 Naval Tata 1946–1958 Ashwini Kumar 1958–1974 M. A. M. Ramaswamy 1974–1980 I. M. Mahajan 1980–1983 Raja Bhupinder Singh 1983–1985 M. A. M. Ramaswamy 1985–1987 R. Prasad 1987–1994 Kanwar Pal Singh Gill 1994–2008 Hockey India (since 2009) A. K. Mattoo 2009–2010 Vidya Stokes 2010 Narinder Batra (interim) 2010 Mariamma Koshy 2010–2014 Narinder Batra 2014–2016 Mariamma Koshy 2016–2018 Rajinder Singh (interim) 2018 Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad 2018–2020 Gyanendro Ningombam 2020–2022 Dilip Tirkey 2022–present
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.
Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2014: Balbir Singh Sr. 2015: Shankar Lakshman 2019: Harbinder Singh 2022: Amit Singh Bakshi 2023: Gurbux Singh
Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Men) 2014: Birendra Lakra 2015: P. R. Sreejesh 2019: Manpreet Singh 2022: Harmanpreet Singh 2023: Hardik Singh
Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Women) 2014: Vandana Katariya 2015: Deepika Thakur 2019: Rani Rampal 2022: Savita Punia 2023: Savita Punia
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 2014: Akashdeep Singh 2015: Rani Rampal 2019: Mandeep Singh 2022: Vandana Katariya 2023: Vandana Katariya
Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year 2014: Manpreet Singh 2015: Ritu Rani 2019: Neha Goyal 2022: Manpreet Singh 2023: Sushila Chanu
Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year 2014: Deepika Thakur 2015: Kothajit Singh 2019: Harmanpreet Singh 2022: Deep Grace Ekka and Amit Rohidas 2023: Harmanpreet Singh
Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year 2014: P. R. Sreejesh 2015: Savita Punia 2019: Krishan Pathak 2022: P. R. Sreejesh 2023: Krishan Pathak
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's Award for Technical Official 2022: Harkirat Singh Sokhi 2023: Mohammad Moghul Muneer
Hockey India President's Award for Umpire / Umpire Manager 2022: Raghuprasad RV 2023: Gurinder Singh Sangha
Hockey India League
References
External links Hockey India