Hockey India
Introduction '''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 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 Ashok Chakra of Indian flag. It is made up of hockey sticks.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.
Hockey India Member Units Hockey India's Member Units are divided into four separate categories, namely Permanent Members, Associate Members, Academy Members and Hockey Members.===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 and office bearers 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. *  Elena Norman – CEO* Cdr R. K. Srivastava – Executive director* B. N. Bhushan – Joint director* Ranjit Gill – Joint director* Kuldeep Singh – Sr. Manager – protocol* Vikram Pal – Sr. Manager – Competitions and Development* 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* Indrashis Chatterjee – Officer coordination* Vishal Sengar – Officer coordination* Akash Choubey – Officer coordination* Manohar Lal – Office assistant* Davender Kumar Sharma – Project manager - CSR* Deepak Kumar Mishra – Procurement manager - CSR
Past office bearers ===Presidents===The following is a list of presidents of Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India: Presidents  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 Khawaja 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 K. P. S. Gill  1994 – 2008 '''Hockey India (since 2009)''' A. K. Mattoo  2009 – 2010 Vidya Stokes  2010 Narinder Dhruv Batra ''(interim)''  2010 Mariamma Koshy  2010 – 2014 Narinder Dhruv Batra  2014 – 2016 Mariamma Koshy  2016 – 2018 Rajinder Singh ''(Interim)''  2018 Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad  2018 – 2020 Gyanendro Ningombam  2020 – 2022
Hockey India awards Hockey India instituted the "Hockey India Annual Awards" from 2014 for recognition of hockey players for promoting field hockey as a sport on both 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 (Men – under 21)===* 2014: Harmanpreet Singh* 2015: Harjeet Singh* 2019: Vivek Sagar Prasad* 2022: Sanjay* 2023: Uttam Singh===Asunta Lakra award for upcoming player of the year (Women – under 21)===* 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 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
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