Handball Federation of India

The Handball Federation of India (Hindi: हैंडबाल फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया) (HFI) is the administrative and controlling body for team handball in India. The organisation is a member of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1974.In India Handball was founded by Sh. Jagat Singh Lohan from Haryana who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras (now Chennai). He was the first Secretary General of Handball Federation of India.^[1][2] In 2010, the federation elections were held under observers from the Sports Ministry as it had given prior intimation to the ministry about its Annual general meeting (AGM) and subsequent elections, this created a precedent for other sports federations in the country.^[3]

About

Handball Federation of India (HFI)
Sport	Handball
Year of formation	1972
President	Dr. M. Ramasubramani
Headquarters
Address	K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
Country	India
Secretary General	Mr. Anandeshwar Pandey
Founder of HFI	Mr. Jagat Singh Lohan (Rohtak, Haryana)

Formation

In India Handball game and Handball Federation of India was founded by Mr. Jagat Singh Lohan from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras (now Chennai). He was the also the first Secretary General of Handball Federation of India. Mr. Lohan was founder/father of Handball, Netball and Throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing Handball Federation of India. 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 (Haryana) in the year 1972. Haryana won the Gold Medal and Vidharba got the Silver Medal. Handball Federation of India (HFI) manages Handball in India. Handball is a sport in India, played at local level in India but hasn't made it big in domestic level. India has yet to make an impact at International level and the World Cup.

HFI Presidents

HFI Secretary Generals

Office Bearers

Handball Federation of India has a well organised structure elected by democratic way i.e., elections.

HFI Executive Committee

Head Coach of National Teams

Category	Head Coach	Country
Senior Men	Mr. Mohinder Pal	India
Senior Women	Mr. Shivaji Sindhu	India

Title Holders (Handball)

• TBD = To be decided

Title Holders (Beach Handball)

• TBD = To be decided

Affiliated Associations

1. Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
2. Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
3. Assam Handball Association
4. Bihar Handball Association
5. Chandigarh Handball Association
6. Chhattisgarh Handball Association
7. Delhi Handball Association
8. Goa Handball Association
9. Gujarat Handball Association
10. Haryana Handball Association
11. Himachal Pradesh Handball Association
12. Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
13. Jharkhand State Handball Association
14. Karnataka Handball Association
15. Kerala Handball Association
16. Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
17. Handball Association of Maharashtra
18. Manipur Handball Association
19. Meghalaya Handball Association
20. Mizoram Handball Association
21. Mumbai Handball Academy, Mumbai
22. Nagaland Handball Association
23. National Handball Academy, Bhilai
24. Odisha Handball Association
25. Puducherry Handball Association
26. Punjab Handball Association
27. Railways
28. Rajasthan Handball Association
29. Services
30. Sikkim Handball Association
31. Sports Authority of India
32. Tamil Nadu Handball Association
33. Telangana Handball Association
34. Tripura Handball Association
35. Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
36. Uttrakhand Handball Association
37. West Bengal Handball Association

Sponsors

• Shiv Naresh

See also

• India women's national handball team

References

1. ↑ "List of Federations:Handball Federation of India". International Handball Federation. Retrieved Jan 30, 2013. 
2. ↑ "Member Federations 2009-2012". Asian Handball Federation (AHF). Retrieved Jan 30, 2013. 
3. ↑ "Sport Ministry appoints observer for BAI election". Zee News. June 8, 2010. Retrieved Jan 30, 2013. 

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
African Handball Confederation (CAHB)	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CAF CHA CGO COD COM CIV CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GHA GEQ GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAR MAD MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Asian Handball Federation (AHF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW ǂ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMN PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
European Handball Federation (EHF)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FRO FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)	ASA AUS COK FJI GUM KIR NRU NZL PNG SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN
Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)	Caribbean ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI Central America BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN Northern America CAN GRL MEX USA South America ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Affiliated Members	ENG FSM MHL MNP NCL SCO TAH WLF
ǂ = suspended by the IHF

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