Senior Staff
Mir Ranjan Negi is a former national level hockey player for India. Mr Negi coached the men’s team at the Asian Games of 1998 – the team went on to win the gold medal, a feat achieved by India after a gap of 32 years. In 2002, coached India’s field hockey team for women to a gold medal victory at the Commonwealth Games.
Ashok Kumar is a former national level hockey player and Arjuna awardee. He is the son of Indian hockey legend Dhyanchand. The highlight of his career was the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur where he scored the all-important goal to win the Gold Medal for India.
Padmashree Ms Selma D’Silva is a former captain of the Indian Women’s hockey team, which she led to win at the Asian Championship. She also played at the World Cup, Asian Games and the Olympic Games.
Mayur Pandey is a National level hockey player who is currently CEO of the Youth Development Programme of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
Ahmed Aftab Naqvi is a founding member of abhifoundation. He leads strategy and decision making and is in charge of the growth of the organisation.
Panel of Coaches
Mukul Pandey is a FIH (International Hockey Foundation) certified coach. He is also the coach of the Mumbai team for the PHL (Premiere Hockey League) and senior coach for the team of Maharashtra
Helen Mary is an International hockey player. She represented our country for a record 12 years and is an Arjuna Awardee. She is an international hockey player who specialises in goalkeeping.
Hardeep Singh is the Assistant Director of Sports at the prestigious Khalsa College. He is also a national level umpire.
Laxman Rao is a national level player who represented team Karnataka for PHL.
Nooruddin Shaikh is a former Maharashtra state police coach.