Committees

Advisory & Finance Committee:

Scope: Raise the finances for the federation, advice the federation on the budget and expenditure on different heads.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	S. Sundaresan	Chairman
2	J.K.Bhosale	Member
3	Kawaljit Singh	Member
4	Kishen Goyal	Member
5	Hema Deora	Member

Disciplinary and Ethics Committee:

Scope: Advice federation on the code and conduct of players, directors and other technical staff.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Prasad Keni	Chairman
2	S. Sundareshan	Member
3	Kawaljit Singh	Member
4	MRG Apparao	Member
5	Arijit Guha	Honorary advisor

Indian Team selection Committee:

“It was unanimously resolved that any  team selected by the BFI to represent India at international events shall comprise only of players who are Indian passport holders. Only such players shall be eligible to participate in selection trials conducted by the Federation to select the team for any such international events . This shall be the official policy of the Federation.”

Scope:

• Study, approve and endorse the selection of players to represent India recommended through the procedures laid down by the technical development committee.
• Advice federation on selection of Indian teams representing the country.
• Select Indian teams

Men:

Sr. No.	Name	Rank	Designation
1	Prasad Keni	Senior Master	Chairman
2	Ashok Ruia	Grand Master	Member
3	R.Venkatesh	Life Master	Member
4	SK Iyengar	Senior Life Master	Member
5	Joyjit SenSarma	Life Master	Member

Women & Mixed:

Sr. No.	Name	Rank	Designation
1	Prasad Keni	Senior Master	Chairman
2	Ashok Ruia	Grand Master	Member
3	Ajay Khare	Grand Master	Member
4	Vinay Desai	Senior Life Master	Member
5	SK Iyengar	Grand Master	Member

Directors Accreditation Committee:

Scope: Advice federation on appointments of directors, up gradation and promotion methods, Code and conduct for directors, educate directors for proceeding during the event.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	MRG Apparao	Chairman
2	R. Venkatesh	Member
3	Sudhir Agarwal	Member
4	T.C.Pant	Member
5	Ajay Brahmachari	Member

BFI System Policy:

Scope: Advice federation on bidding Systems suitable for events in India, Code and conduct for directors to implement and administer bidding methods, educate directors for proceeding during the event.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	MRG Apparao	Chairman
2	T.C.Pant	Member
3	Vinay Desai	Member
4	Anil Padhye	Member
5	Jaggy Shivdasani	Member

Event format and Conditions of Contest (COC) Committee:

Scope: Advice federation on formats suitable for events in India, Create events and general conditions of contest, SCOC and revise the BFI Handbook to the existing bridge environment in India.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Subhash Gupta	Chairman
2	Sudhir Agarwal	Member
3	Jitesh Agarwal	Member
4	T.C.Pant	Member
5	MBV Subrahmanyam	Member

Junior Development Committee:

Scope: Advice federation on junior development, promotion, selection etc.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	J K Bhosale	Chairman
2	Kishen Goyal	Member
3	Hemant Pande	Member
4	To be co opted	Member
5	To be co opted	Member

Women Girls Development Committee:

Scope: Advice federation on Women development, promotion, etc.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Prasad Keni	Chairman
2	Hema Deora	Member
3	D.V.Ravi	Member
4	K.P. Bhaskar	Member
5	Pramila Saraf	Member

Media and Publicity:

Scope: Create infrastructure to spread the awareness of the game in general masses. Involve media, give publicity, etc.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Anand KS Samant	Chairman
2	Subir Roy	Member
3	Anil Padhye	Member
4	Debashish Ray	Member
5	Hemant Pande	Member

Education Promotion and Teaching:

Scope: Create infrastructure, Syllabus, propagate to schools and colleges.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Ravi Raman	Chairman
2	Anil Padhye	Member
3	Arun Bapat	Member
4	R Venkatesh	Member
5	Debashish Ray	Member
6	Kishan Goyal	Member