BFI 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	Sarthak Behuria	Chairman (Finance Head)
2	S Sunderashan	Co- Chairman
3	Maneesh Bahuguna	Member
4	Kishen Goyal	Member
5	DB Choudhary	Member
6	Smt. Monica Jajoo	Member

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  National Ranking Policy and advise of Ranking Committee & Technical development committee as well the guidelines as per Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and Sports Authority of India.
• Appraisal of the performance of the athletes as per the selection camps and recommendations of National coach and appointed coaches.
• Select Indian teams for Men/Open/Mixed/Women and Seniors Category as applicable.

All events:

Sr. No.	Name	Rank	Designation
1	S Sunderashan	BFI President	Chairman
2	Anand KS Samant (National Coach)	Grand Master	Member
3	Debasish Ray	Grand Master	Member
4	C.M. Kulkarni (Hon Sec.)	National Master	Member
5	SK Iyengar	Grand Master	Member

Athletes Commission:

Scope: To ensure communication between the federation and the players and advice federation with regard to the national implemented policies, tournament schedules and formats, redress of player grievances, training and talent development programs and players welfare.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	B Satyanarayana	Member
2	Rajeshwar Tewari	Member
3	Sumit Mukherjee	Member
4	Pranab Bardhan	Member
5	Arun Bapat	Member
6	Jaggy Shivdasani	Member
7	Arvind Srinivasan	Member
8	KR Venkatraman	Member
9	Puja Batra	Member
10	Hema Deora	Member
11	Bindiya Naidoo	Member

Ethics Commission:

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

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Sarthak Behuria	Chairman
2	Maneesh Bahuguna	Member
3	Sudhir Aggarwal	Member
4	Anand KS Samant	Member
5	Hemant Pande	Secretary (hemantspande@yahoo.co.in)

BFI Technical Development Committee :

Scope: Advice federation on procedure for selection process, system policies,  bidding Systems suitable for events in India, Code and conduct for directors to implement and administer bidding methods, education to directors for proceeding during the event.

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Anand KS Samant	Chairman
2	Sumit Mukherjee	Member
3	R Venkatesh	Member
4	Sudhir Aggarwal	Member
5	Sandeep Thakral	Member
6	B Satyanarayana	Member
7	R Krishnan	Member
8	Vinay Desai	Member
9	Debasish Ray	Member
10	TC Pant	Secretary tcpant@hotmail.com

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	Sudhir Aggarwal	Chairman
2	Pradeep Kulkarni	Member
3	R Venkatesh	Member
4	T.C.Pant	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	T.C.Pant	Chairman
2	Sudhir Agarwal	Member
5	MBV Subrahmanyam	Member

Junior Development Committee:

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

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Kishen Goyal	Chairman
2	Maneesh Bahuguna	Member
3	Hemant Pande	Secretary (hemantspande@yahoo.co.in)

Women & Girls Development Committee:

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

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Maneesh Bahuguna	Chairman
2	Monica Jajoo	Member
3	Srihari Varghese	Member
4	Manjit Oberai	Member/Secretary
5	Sheetal Bansal	Member
	Mini Naidoo	Member
	Sonal Pakvasa	Member

Sexual Harassment Committee:

Scope: With a view to addressing complaints concerning sexual harassment of women sportspersons and to promote healthy environment in sports and take strict measures against offenders in a timely manner

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Sarthak Behuria	Chairman
2	Monica Jajoo	Member
3	Hemant Pande	Member/Convener
4	Anand KS Samant	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	Debasish Ray	Chairman
2	Subir Roy	Member
3	Anil Padhye	Member
5	Hemant Pande	Member

Education Promotion and Teaching:

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

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Anand KS Samant	Chairman
2	Ravi Raman	Member
3	Vinay Desai	Member
4	R Venkatesh	Member
5	Debasish Ray	Member
6	Anil Padhye	Member
7	Nirmal Rajagopalan	Member