Vasudevan Baskaran (born 17 August 1950) is a former field hockey player and coach from Tamil Nadu, India. He captained the India, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, then part of the Soviet Union. Thereafter he coached and mentored several players for the Indian team. He was the head coach of the India hockey team at the 1998 and 2006 Hockey World Cup. Now he lives with his family in Besant Nagar in Chennai, India. Career After the Olympic gold victory, Baskaran had coached India several times, the last time at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach. Currently he is the Chief Coach of Bhopal Badshahs in World Series Hockey league. Awards He was awarded the Arjuna Award in (1979–1980) for his performance as a player in Olympic Games. See also List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics Field hockey in India References External links Bharatiya Hockey 1950 births Living people Indian field hockey coaches Field hockey players from Chennai Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Loyola College, Chennai alumni Olympic medalists in field hockey Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games