TTFI will not hire Foreign coach

India's official Table Tennis Federation, TTFI will not hire a foreign head coach for the Rio Olympics of 2016. Instead, top officials have decided to appoint two Asian coaches for the Junior TT teams.

This decision is expected to have adverse consequences on the Women's team and does not affected the Men's team (whose members train in Europe).

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TTFI moving up the ATTU and ITTF ladder

India's clout in the World of Table Tennis is increasing exponentially.

Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) Secretary General, Mr Dhanraj Choudhary, has been re-elected as the Honorary Treasurer of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) at the General Council Meeting of the Asian body. Former Table Tennis great Cai Zhenhua of China and  Tony Yue of Hong Kong were elected President and secretary general.

It is worth noting that Dhanraj Choudhary was recently elected to the Board of Directors of ITTF at the Paris World Championships venue.

Other TTFI officials who earned terms on the ATTU were TTFI President Mr P C Chaturvedi (elected to General Council as member), TTFI Sr Vice President Mr Rajeev Bodas (nominated as Chairman of the Coaching and Junior Committee).

Ganeshan Neelakant Iyer, who has proven his mettle by conducting several international events as chief referee in India as well as abroad, was nominated to the Technical Committee as a full member.

These developments are very important for Table Tennis in India

TTFI supports Ajay Chautala after he is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

The Table Tennis Federation of India supported it's President and Haryana MLA, Ajay Chautala, who was sentenced by a CBI court for 10 years imprisonment. The court ruled that Chautala was involved in a teacher's recruitment scam.

The federation said that Chautala did not plan to stand for re-election. TTFI has recently amended their constitution to adhere to the Sports Code by its Ministry.

Swedish Coach for India Table Tennis Team

Anders Johansson, a well know Swedish coach is set to take over the reigns of the Indian Table Tennis team. The last foreign coach, Massimo Constantini did not continue after the last Commonwealth and Asian games. Constantini now trains Rajul Seth's wards at the Milpitas center in the US.

Johansson is currently the coach of Ochsenhausen, in the league where India's top player, Sharath Kamal plays.

SAI has agreed to pay $5000 as monthly remuneration, with the remaining costs being borne by the TTFI.