All-India Carrom Federation

The All India Carrom Federation (AICF) 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 Gaud and A. Maria Irudayam.

History

The state associations as its members. 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 7th July 1977. The Federation was recognized by the Sports Council of India on 26th October 1970. It became the member of the International Carrom Federation on 15th 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 recognizedClarifyme|date=February 2008 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/UTClarifyme|date=February 2008 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.Clarifyme|date=February 2008 , 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.Clarifyme|date=February 2008

The Federation has also made bilateral arrangements with various countries for organizing "Test Series"Clarifyme|date=February 2008 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.Clarifyme|date=February 2008

Officials

* President: SarabJit Singh (IPS)Clarifyme|date=February 2008 , Chandigarh
* Executive President: A. Subba Rao
* Vice-Presidents: P. K. Hazarika (Assam), Bharat bhushan (Bihar), B. K. Harnath (Hyderabad), M. Shekhri (Chandigarh), S. P. Verekar (Goa)
* Assistant Vice-Presidents: D. B. Gupta, Ratan Singh, Ashok Mittal, Rajiv Shrivastav, Vijay Tulpule
* General Secretary: S. K. Sharma (Haryana)
* Asstistant General Secretary: P. Raveendran (Kerala)
* Treasurer: Khurshid Khan (M.P.)
* Joint Secretaries: North Zone – Gurinder Singh (Punjab); South Zone – S. Uday Kumar (Pondichery); West Zone – Kunja Phanse (Gujrat); North East – Rupak Debroy (Tripura), East Zone – Mukul Jha (Jharkhand)

Affiliated Institutions

North

* Punjab State Carrom Association
* Haryana Carrom Association
* Delhi Carrom Association
* J & K Carrom Association
* Chandigarh Carrom Association
* Himachal Pardesh Carrom Association
* Uttaranchal Carrom Association

outh

* Tamil Nadu Carrom Association
* Hyderabad Carrom Association
* Andhra Pardesh Carrom Association
* Karnatka Carrom Association
* Kerala Carrom Association
* Pondiacherry Carrom Association
* Andaman & Nicobar carrom Association

West

* Rajasthan Carrom Association
* Maharashtra Carrom Association
* Vidharba Carrom Association
* Gujrat Carrom Association
* Goa Carrom Association

East

* Carrom (29") Association of Bengal
* Orissa Carrom Association
* Sikkim Carrom Association

North East

* Assam Carrom Association
* Meghalaya Carrom Association
* Manipur Carrom Association
* Tripura Carrom Association

Center

* Uttar Pardesh Carrom Association
* Bihar Carrom Association
* Chattisgarh Carrom Association
* Jharkhand Carrom Association
* M.P. Carrom AssociationClarifyme|date=February 2008

Institutions

* Banks Sports Board
* Life Insurance Corporation of India Sports Board
* Indian Airlines
* Reserve Bank of India sports board
* Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
* DOEACC
* All India Electricity Sports Board
* BSNL Sports board & Cultural Board
* Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Control Board
* Defense Accounts Sports Control Board
* Indian Accounts & Audit Dept. Sports Board
* Indian Medical Association Sports Board
* ISRO sports & Recreation Club
* Major Ports Sports Control Board
* Postal Sports Control Board
* United India Sports & Cultural Council

=References=
* http://sportal.nic.in/index.aspClarifyme|date=February 2008
* [http://www.pscamohali.googlepages.com Punjab State Carrom Association]
* Souvenir 2004, AICF, New DelhiClarifyme|date=February 2008