Handball Federation of India

Handball Federation of India (HFI) is the governing body for handball in India. HFI is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Rohtak. It is a member of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1974. It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation. Originally, HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras Chennai. He was also the first secretary general of HFI.

Formation
In India, sport of handball and HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan, also founder of netball and throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during the Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing HFI. The founding member states were Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Vidharbha and Jammu and Kashmir. The 1st Senior National Handball Championship was held at Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, in the year 1972. Haryana won the gold medal and Vidharba got the silver medal.

Executive committee
Following is the HFI Executive committee for the term 2022 – 2025.

Head coaches
The following are the head coaches of the Indian national handball teams:

Current title holders

 * (Month and year of event)
 * TBD = To be decided

Competitions hosted
HFI had hosted following international championships:

Affiliated members

 * State associations
 * 1) Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
 * 2) Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
 * 3) Assam Handball Association
 * 4) Bihar Handball Association
 * 5) Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai
 * 6) Goa Handball Association
 * 7) Gujarat Handball Association
 * 8) Haryana State Handball Association, Bhiwani
 * 9) Himachal Pradesh Handball Association, Bilaspur
 * 10) Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur
 * 11) Karnataka Handball Association
 * 12) Kerala Handball Association
 * 13) Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
 * 14) Handball Association of Maharashtra
 * 15) Manipur Handball Association
 * 16) Meghalaya Handball Association
 * 17) Mizoram Handball Association
 * 18) Nagaland Handball Association
 * 19) Odisha State Handball Association
 * 20) Punjab Handball Association
 * 21) Rajasthan State Handball Association
 * 22) Sikkim Handball Association
 * 23) Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai
 * 24) Telangana Handball Association
 * 25) Tripura Handball Association
 * 26) Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
 * 27) Uttarakhand Handball Association
 * 28) West Bengal State Handball Association


 * Union territories associations


 * 1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
 * 2) Chandigarh Handball Association
 * 3) Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
 * 4) Handball Association of Delhi
 * 5) Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
 * 6) Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
 * 7) Lakshadweep Handball Association
 * 8) Pondicherry State Handball Association


 * Other units


 * 1) Association of Indian Universities
 * 2) Central Industrial Security Force
 * 3) Central Reserve Police Force
 * 4) Mumbai Handball Academy
 * 5) National Handball Academy
 * 6) Railways Sports Promotion Board
 * 7) Services Sports Control Board
 * 8) Sports Authority of India