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{{Short description|Governing body of Field Hockey in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox sport governing body
|name = Hockey India
|abbrev =
|logo = Hockey India Logo.svg
|sport = [[Field hockey]]
|category =
|image =
|caption =
|jurisdiction = {{IND}}
|founded = {{start date and age|2009|df=yes}}
|aff = [[International Hockey Federation]]
|affdate = 2017
|region = [[Asian Hockey Federation]]
|regionyear = 2011
|headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|president = [[Dilip Tirkey]]
|chairman =
|chairperson =
|chiefexec =
|vicepresident = {{ubl
| Nitin Kohli
}}
|director =
|secretary = Bhola Nath Singh
|coach = {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Craig Fulton]]
|womenscoach = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Harendra Singh]]
|sponsor =
|url = https://hockeyindia.org/
|countryflag = India
|replaced = {{ubl
| [[Indian Hockey Federation]]
| (1925–2008)
}}
|membership =
}}

'''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 [[field hockey in India|the sport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawinsport.com/blogs/indian-sports-law/item/hockey-india-gets-recognition-indian-boxing-federation-suspended-bidding-opens-for-indian-super-league-and-no-f1-race-in-2015|title=Hockey India Gets Recognition|access-date=7 October 2021|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707045314/https://www.lawinsport.com/blogs/indian-sports-law/item/hockey-india-gets-recognition-indian-boxing-federation-suspended-bidding-opens-for-indian-super-league-and-no-f1-race-in-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It was formed after the [[Indian Hockey Federation]] was dismissed in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2008/indian-hockey-federation-suspended-after-bribery-scandal/|title=Indian Hockey Federation suspended after bribery scandal|access-date=7 October 2021|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007154901/https://playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2008/indian-hockey-federation-suspended-after-bribery-scandal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 [[umpire (field hockey)|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 [[field hockey stick|hockey sticks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.hockeyindia.org/photos/hockey-india-league-logo-launch|title= Hockey India League Logo Launch|date= 28 September 2012|access-date= 7 October 2021|archive-date= 7 October 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211007160409/https://www.hockeyindia.org/photos/hockey-india-league-logo-launch|url-status= live}}</ref>

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]].

==Member units==
Hockey India's Member Units are divided into four separate categories, namely Permanent Members, Associate Members, Academy Members and Hockey Members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Units Detail |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/member-units/member-units-detail |website=Hockey India |access-date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211111217/https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/member-units/member-units-detail |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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 (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 members==
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The following are the members of the executive board of Hockey India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/static-assets/waf-images/uploadfile/f7/5c/83/77ff71ab-f227-44e2-87d3-872b616c01fd.pdf|title=Elections of Office Bearers and Members of the Executive Board, 2022|website=Hockey India|date=23 September 2022|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=24 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161220/https://www.hockeyindia.org/static-assets/waf-images/uploadfile/f7/5c/83/77ff71ab-f227-44e2-87d3-872b616c01fd.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/dilip-tirkey-becomes-first-player-president-of-hockey-india/articleshow/94399458.cms|title=Dilip Tirkey becomes first player-president of Hockey India|website=The Times of India|date=23 September 2022|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=24 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924055131/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/dilip-tirkey-becomes-first-player-president-of-hockey-india/articleshow/94399458.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/dilip-tirkey-elected-new-hockey-india-president/cid/1888370|title=Dilip Tirkey elected new Hockey India president|website=The Telegraph|date=23 September 2022|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923140535/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/dilip-tirkey-elected-new-hockey-india-president/cid/1888370|url-status=live}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
|-
|[[Dilip Tirkey]]
|President
|-
|Asima Ali
|Vice president
|-
|SVS Subramanya Gupta
|Vice president
|-
|Bhola Nath Singh
|Secretary general
|-
|Sekar J. Manoharan
|Treasurer
|-
|Arti SIngh
|Joint secretary
|-
|Sunil Malik
|Joint secretary
|-
|Arun Kumar Saraswat
|Executive board member
|-
|[[Asrita Lakra]]
|Executive board member
|-
|Gurpreet Kaur
|Executive board member
|-
|V Sunil Kumar
|Executive board member
|-
|Tapan Kumar Das
|Executive board member
|}
{{col-2}}

===Officers and employees===
The following are the officers and employees of Hockey India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers and Employees |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/rti |website=Hockey India |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924164816/https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/rti |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''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
{{col-end}}

==Past office bearers==
===Presidents===
The following is a list of presidents of Indian Hockey Federation<ref>{{cite book |title=Portrait Of Indian Sport |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofinidan00anth |publisher=Macmillan |last1=D'Mello |first1=Anthony |page=83 |date=1959 |access-date=5 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us - History |url=http://indiahockey.org/aboutus_history.php |website=indiahockey.org |access-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123040837/http://indiahockey.org/aboutus_history.php |archive-date=23 January 2009 }}</ref> and Hockey India:<ref>{{cite web |title=HOCKEY INDIA OFFICER BEARERS SINCE FORMATION |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/executive-board |website=Hockey India |access-date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008200513/https://www.hockeyindia.org/about-hi/executive-board |url-status=live }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Presidents !! Tenure
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Indian Hockey Federation]] (1925–2008)'''
|-
| Col. Bruce Turnbull<ref name="bh">{{cite web |title=How The Indian Hockey Federation Was Formed |url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/calendar/calbulletins.asp?year=2020&mon=dec&bkmark=IHF |website=Bharatiya Hockey |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924232055/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/calendar/calbulletins.asp?year=2020&mon=dec&bkmark=IHF |url-status=live }}</ref> || 1925 – 1927
|-
| Major Ian Burn-Murdoch<ref name="bh"/> || 1927 – 1930
|-
| R. E. Powell || 1930 – 1931
|-
| A. M. Hayman || 1931 – 1934
|-
| [[Joseph William Bhore]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The World's Hockey Champions 1936 |url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/champions/preOlympics/page4.htm |website=Bharatiya Hockey |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412151256/http://bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/champions/preOlympics/page4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> || 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<ref>{{cite web |title=A sports lover's century |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/a-sports-lovers-century/article33422896.ece |website=The Hindu |last=Bala |first=Vijayan |date=27 December 2020 |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928020913/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/a-sports-lovers-century/article33422896.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> || 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
|-
| [[Kanwar Pal Singh Gill|K. P. S. Gill]] || 1994 – 2008
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''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
|-
| [[ Dilip Tirkey ]] || 2022 - Incumbent
|-
|}

==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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey India Annual Awards |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/hockey-india-annual-awards |website=Hockey India |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904054226/https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/hockey-india-annual-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award===
* 2014: [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]
* 2015: [[Shankar Lakshman]]
* 2019: [[Harbinder Singh]]
* 2022: [[Amit Singh Bakshi]]
* 2023: [[Gurbux Singh (field hockey)|Gurbux Singh]]

===Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year (Men)===
* 2014: [[Birendra Lakra]]
* 2015: [[P. R. Sreejesh]]
* 2019: [[Manpreet Singh (field hockey)|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 (U21 Men)===
* 2014: [[Harmanpreet Singh]]
* 2015: [[Harjeet Singh]]
* 2019: [[Vivek Sagar Prasad]]
* 2022: [[Sanjay Rana]]
* 2023: [[Uttam Singh (field hockey)|Uttam Singh]]

===Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (U21 Women)===
* 2014: [[Namita Toppo]]
* 2015: [[Preeti Dubey]]
* 2019: [[Lalremsiami]]
* 2022: [[Salima Tete]]
* 2023: [[Mumtaz Khan (field hockey)|Mumtaz Khan]]

===Dhanraj Pillay Award for Forward of the Year===
* 2014: [[Akashdeep Singh]]
* 2015: [[Rani Rampal]]
* 2019: [[Mandeep Singh (field hockey)|Mandeep Singh]]
* 2022: [[Vandana Katariya]]
* 2023: [[Vandana Katariya]]

===Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year===
* 2014: [[Manpreet Singh (field hockey)|Manpreet Singh]]
* 2015: [[Ritu Rani]]
* 2019: [[Neha Goyal]]
* 2022: [[Manpreet Singh (field hockey)|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 Rani 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

==Hockey India League==
{{Main|Hockey India League}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Field Hockey in India}}
{{Sports governing bodies in India}}
{{National members of the International Hockey Federation}}

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[[Category:Sports governing bodies in India|Hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey in India]]
[[Category:Field hockey governing bodies in Asia]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 2008]]
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