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About Author::He is one of the highly qualified football experts with good
experience in Indian football, and his involvement in Indian football is of more than
a decade.
He is presently working in All India Football Federation as Director
Vision (Head of Football Development). Before joining AIFF he had a successful
tenure with Chandigarh Football Academy, where he played a crucial role in
setting up a good structure and programme for the Academy, and the products
of the academy is continuously doing well and many of them represented India in
the various age group teams.
He has achieved wide range of professional qualifications and his highest qualification is Doctorate Degree in Physical
Education (Specialized in Football). Other qualification includes in the areas of
sports management, coaching, and he was also privileged to under go courses
organized by AFC and UEFA.
He was also involved in teaching for good period of time during his stay in
Chandigarh, where he was a Guest Faculty in Sports Management with Punjab
University and Guest Lecturer in three Colleges affiliated to Punjab University.
His academic achievements are note worthy and he was awarded Junior and
Senior Research Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Govt. of India from
1996 to 2000, and thus he was engaged in full time research for four years, and
completed four research projects in Sports and Football.
He is now established as a good football administrator and also involved in
charitable work with two NGOs for the development of community through sports.
He also plans to start charitable online football help site to help the community.
He played football at University level and playing career was cut short by a
serious knee injury at the age of 21 years but his passion for football motivated
him to concentrate on academics related to sports in general and football in
particular, and thus he could develop himself to what he is today.
Since 1998 he is writing for various magazines and web sites on different issues
related to football. We are very happy that he has agreed to write for us on
various issues highlighting important aspects of world football.
The article posted in the site reflects the view points and ideas of the author
concerned, and viewpoints in no way relate to the organisation, the author is
associated with directly or indirectly.
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