Handball Federation of India – Wikipedia

Administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in the Republic of India

Handball Federation of India, Rohtak (Hindi: हैंडबॉल फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया, रोहतक) (HFI) is the governing body for handball in India. HFI is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Rohtak. HFI is a member of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1974.^[1] It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation. HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Lohan, a Jat from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras (now Chennai). He was also the first secretary general of HFI.^[2]

Formation[edit]

In India, sport of handball and HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Lohan, a Jat from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras. He was also the first Secretary general of HFI. Lohan was founder of handball, netball and throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during the Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing HFI. The founding member states were Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Vidharbha and Jammu and Kashmir. The 1st Senior National Handball Championship was held at Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, in the year 1972. Haryana won the gold medal and Vidharba got the silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

HFI presidents[edit]

HFI general secretaries[edit]

HFI executive committee[edit]

Following is the HFI Executive committee for the term 2022 – 2025.

Designation	Name	State
Life-president[note 1]	Padma Shri Dr. Roshan Lal Anand	Punjab
President	Digvijay Chautala	Haryana
Sr. vice-president	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu, MP	Jharkhand
Vice-president	Braj Kishore Sharma	Bihar
	Nassarudeen Musali	Kerala
	Yogesh Mehta	Delhi
	Vacant
	Vacant
Secretary General	Pritpal Singh Saluja	Madhya Pradesh
Joint Secretary	Nand Kishore Sharma	Himachal Pradesh
	Randhir Singh	Maharashtra
	Shyamla Pavan Kumar	Telangana
	Varuni Negi	Delhi
	Vacant
Treasurer	Dr. Gursharan Singh Gill	Punjab
Executive Member	Ravinder Singh	Chandigarh
	Rama Shankar Sharma	Uttarakhand
	Birendra Kumar Behera	Odisha
	Jile Singh	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
	Ashutosh Sharma	Jammu and Kashmir
	Vacant
	Vacant

Head coaches[edit]

The following are the head coaches of the Indian national handball teams:

Category	Head coach	State
Handball
Men	Vinod Kumar	Services Sports Control Board
Women	Mohinder Lal	Sports Authority of India
Junior men	Hassan Imam	Jharkhand
Junior women	Sunil Kumar	Chandigarh
Youth men	Praveen Kumar Singh	Sports Authority of India
Youth women	Arvind Kumar Yadav	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Beach handball
Men	Inderjeet Singh Randhawa	Punjab
Women	Priyadeep Singh	Rajasthan
Youth men	Inderjeet Singh Randhawa	Punjab
Youth women	Ziarul Rahaman Mondal	West Bengal
Wheelchair handball
Wheelchair handball	Anand Bajirao Mane	Maharashtra

Current title holders[edit]

Category	Men’s	Women’s
Indian Premier Handball League	TBD	TBD
Senior National Handball Championship	Punjab (March 2020)	RSPB (Dec 2019)
Handball at National Games	SSCB (Feb 2015)	Haryana (Feb 2015)
HFI Federation Cup	SSCB (Sep 2019)	Uttar Pradesh (Sep 2019)
HFI Inter-Zonal Handball Championship	TBD	TBD
Junior (U-19) National Handball Championship	SAI (Jan 2020)	Himachal Pradesh (Feb 2020)
Sub-Junior (U-15) National Handball Championship	Delhi (Nov 2019)	Himachal Pradesh (Oct 2019)
Mini (U-12) National Handball Championship	Haryana (?)	Haryana (Oct 2012)
Senior National Beach Handball Championship	Data unavailable	Data unavailable
Beach Handball at National Games	Chhattisgarh (Feb 2015)	Delhi (Feb 2015)

• (Month and year of event)
• TBD = To be decided

Competitions hosted[edit]

HFI had hosted following international championships:

Affiliated members[edit]

State associations

1. Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
2. Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
3. Assam Handball Association
4. Bihar Handball Association
5. Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai
6. Goa Handball Association
7. Gujarat Handball Association
8. Haryana State Handball Association, Bhiwani
9. Himachal Pradesh Handball Association, Bilaspur
10. Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur
11. Karnataka Handball Association
12. Kerala Handball Association
13. Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
14. Handball Association of Maharashtra
15. Manipur Handball Association
16. Meghalaya Handball Association
17. Mizoram Handball Association
18. Nagaland Handball Association
19. Odisha State Handball Association
20. Punjab Handball Association
21. Rajasthan State Handball Association
22. Sikkim Handball Association
23. Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai
24. Telangana Handball Association
25. Tripura Handball Association
26. Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
27. Uttaranchal Handball Association
28. West Bengal State Handball Association

Union territories associations

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
2. Chandigarh Handball Association
3. Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
4. Handball Association of Delhi
5. Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
6. Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
7. Lakshadweep Handball Association
8. Pondicherry State Handball Association

Other units

1. Association of Indian Universities
2. Central Industrial Security Force
3. Central Reserve Police Force
4. Mumbai Handball Academy
5. National Handball Academy
6. Railways Sports Promotion Board
7. Services Sports Control Board
8. Sports Authority of India

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