Hockey India


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, the Indian Olympic Association and the Asian Hockey Federation.
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.
WWW hockeyindia.org

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 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 Kerala
  • 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 Telengana
  • 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
  • Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship
  • Hockey India 5-a-side National Championship

Leagues

All India Hockey Tournaments

Executive board members

The following are the members of the executive board of Hockey India.
NamePosition
Dilip TirkeyPresident
Asima AliVice president
SVS Subramanya GuptaVice president
Bhola Nath SinghSecretary general
Sekar J. ManoharanTreasurer
Arti SInghJoint secretary
Sunil MalikJoint secretary
Arun Kumar SaraswatExecutive board member
Asrita LakraExecutive board member
Gurpreet KaurExecutive board member
V Sunil KumarExecutive board member
Tapan Kumar DasExecutive board member

Officers and employees

The following are the officers and employees of Hockey India.Vacant – CEO
  • Cdr R. K. Srivastava – Director General
  • B. N. Bhushan – Director
  • Ranjit Gill – Director
  • Kuldeep Singh – Joint Director
  • Rakesh Kumar – Joint Director
  • Ahad Azim – Joint Director
  • 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
  • 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 Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India:

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

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Men)

Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Women)

Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Men)

Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Women)

Dhanraj Pillay Award for Forward of the Year

Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year

Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year

Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year

Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution

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