for the Indian hockey squad. The team coached by him won the silver medal at the Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994. Mr. Zafar Iqbal is a strong proponent of hard work, team spirit, camaraderie and symbiotic partnership amongst team members. He stresses upon the adoption of modern innovations like sports physiology and psychology in Indian sports administration. He also believes that universities are the nurseries for talent, honing them to represent the country and he has contributed time and again to AMU, making it a nurturing ground for budding talent. Widely and rightly acknowledged by the print and electronic media as the ‘Gentleman of Hockey. The country conferred Mr. Zafar Iqbal with the highest honour for a sportsman, the “Arjuna Award” in 1983. In 2012, the President of India honoured him with the “Padma Shri” for his invaluable services and the U. P. Government gave him the highest citizen award of the state, “Yash Bharti” in 1994. He was felicitated at the ‘Golden Greats’ platform by ‘Hockey India’ along with 34 other Olympic Gold Medalists in 2012. In recognition of his indispensable services to the nation, Aligarh Nagar Nigam has befittingly named a road after him and in 2013, in honour of his commitment to the revival of hockey at AMU, the university presented him with the D.Litt. Honoris Causa at its 60th Annual Convocation. See also List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics Field hockey in India References External links IndiaTimes Sports interview Olympic field hockey players of India 1956 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for India Sportspeople from Aligarh Aligarh Muslim University alumni Recipients of the Arjuna Award Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Indian male field hockey players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games