Charles Cornelius
Charles Cornelius is an Olympic Medalist and Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper who represented the India men's [national field hockey team|Indian national hockey team] in the [1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympic Games] and 1973 Hockey World Cup. Started his Hockey career as coach for the Punjab Hockey Team in the year 1977 and retired as Administrator-Officer on Special Duty in the year 2001.
- Selected as a special trainer for hockey goal keeping by the Indian Hockey Federation in the Year 1980.
- Served as the national hockey coach for Sports Authority of India and has trained both the junior and the senior men's hockey teams.
- Been a selection committee member for the junior and senior national hockey teams since 1980.
- Successfully dealt with the state govt and state sports councils, Snipes field stations, and Nehru Yuvak Kendras on behalf of NIS as a zonal officer for the South Zone for more than 15 yrs.
- In addition, overseen and managed the field wing coaches of the jurisdictions with adequate first hand experience about the field work.
- Functioned as one of the administrators for the Asian Games in the year 1982, SAF Games in the year 1995, and many other international tournaments held in India.