Netball Federation of India

Netball Federation of India (NFI) (Hindi: भारतीय नेटबॉल महासंघ) is the national governing body of Netball in India. NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated by International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), Asian Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and recoginsed by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India.^[4] NFI was established in 1978 to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of netball in India.^[1] NFI operates all of the Indian national representative netball sides, including the India national netball team and youth sides as well. NFI is also responsible for organizing and hosting netball tournaments within India and scheduling the home international fixtures. Gurbir Singh is the current president of organisation, a former Olympian shooter and father of world #3 shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu.

History

The game of Netball was introduced in India by evangelist Dr. Harry Crowe Buck of Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 at the YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras (now Chennai).^[1] NFI was established in 1978 and on the same year it organised the first Netball Nationals in Jind, Haryana. NFI and netball associations of Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka met during the 1983 Netball World Championships in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body, which resulted in the establishment of Asian Federation of Netball Associations in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[5]

Affiliated Members

NFI affiliates 28 states' governing bodies of Netball in India.^[6]

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