All-India Carrom Federation

All-India Carrom Federation
State/Country: India
Founded: 19th century
Headquarters: New Delhi
Affiliated To: International Carrom Federation
President: Sarabjit Singh
General Secretary: S. K. Sharma
Affiliated Institutions: 29 Indian states, 15 institutes

The All India Carrom Federation (AICF) (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय कैरम फेडरेशन ) is India's national sport federation for the indigenous game of carrom, sanctioning six to seven national-level tournaments per year. It is India's representative body in the International Carrom Federation. The AICF has 15 regional and 28 state subnational affiliate institutions, the largest of which is the Maharashtra Carrom Association, further subdivided into local organisations.

The president of the federation (as of 2007) is Sarabjit Singh, and its general secretary is S. K. Sharma. Recent national champions include R. M. Shankra, Ravinder Goud and A. Maria Irudayam.

History

The state associations as its member. Shri C. Cunnaiah of Tamil Nadu was the General Secretary and Shri Hedvekar of Maharashtra was elected as its President. It got itself registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 at Madras on 7 July 1977. The Federation was recognized by the Sports Council of India on 26 October 1970. It became the member of the International Carrom Federation on 15 October 1988 and played a pivotal role in the formation of the International Federation. In 1991, the Government of India included the game of carrom in its list for the purpose of recruitment under sports quota in Government offices/ organizations. The Asian Carrom Confederation became affiliated with the AICF in September 1995.

The All-India Carrom Federation and the game of carrom was recognized by the Indian Olympic Association on 26 October 1997. The game of carrom was also recognized by the School Games Federation of India in 1996.

The organisation at present has 31 Indian state/UT associations and 15 Institutions as its affiliates. The Working Committee of the Federation is elected for a term of four years. The last elections to the Federation were held in August 2003 at Goa. AICF regularly conducts national championships for sub-junior, junior, and senior (older adult) divisions. It also conducts institutional national championships., the All-India Federation Cup, and various other all-India ranking and prize-money tournaments every year. It has so far conducted 96 national championships for sub-junior, junior and senior players, and has introduced cadet (under 12 years of age) and youth (under 21 years of age) national championships.

The Federation has also made bilateral arrangements with various countries for organizing "Test Series" competitions. India and Sri Lanka are playing Test Series on regular basis. The Federation hosted two World Championships in Delhi: the 1st World Carrom Championship in 1991 and the 3rd World Carrom Championship in 2000.

Officials

All India Panel Umpires

1. S. K. Abdul Jaleel. Andhra 2. S.K. Ajmatullah. Andhra 3. K. Ramesh. Andhra 4. T. Srinivasa Rao. Andhra 5. D.S.R. Murthy. Andhra 6. Manoj Kumar Das. Assam 7. Rana Sharma. Assam 8. Mridul Talukdar. Assam 8. Prasanta Neog Assam 9. Pinto Mukherjee. Bengal 10. Debabrata Ghoshal. Bengal 11. Hussain Irshad. Bihar 12. Rajneesh Sinha. Bihar 13. Sanmir Verenkar. Goa 14. Dinanath. Goa. 15. Ms Nirmala Mahant. Gujarat 16. Ms Kamna Yadav. Haryana 17. J.S. Saroha. Haryana 18. Shashwat. Haryana 19. Zaheeruddin Khan. Hyderabad 20. Srinivasa Rao. Hyderabad 21. S. Shobhanraj. Hyderabad 22. Karoda Singh. Hyderabad 23. H. Shivaji Rao. Karnataka 24. G. Jayakumar. Karnataka 25. B. Rama. Karnataka 26. B.C. Krishna Swamy. Karnataka 27. Dutta Salagare. Maharashtra 28. Shekhar S Chavan. Maharashtra 29. Ramesh S Chavan. Maharashtra 30. Ketan Chikale. Maharashtra 31. Suhas Karbhari. Maharashtra 32. Ashish Bagkar. Maharashtra 33. Sri Ranjan Mohanty. Orissa 34. Laxmikant Mishra. Orissa 35. R. Srinivasan. Tamil Nadu 36. G. Jayakumar. Tamil Nadu 37. A.K. Asthana. U.P 38. Ajay Kumar Sharma. U.P 39. Mukund Nagpurkar. Vidarbha 40. Ramteke. Vidarbha 41. C. Senthamizh Kumaran. Puducherry

State/regional associations

North

South

West

East

Center

Institutional members

References

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