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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |