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Aiff: City’s Sarthak Appointed State Development Manager At Aiff | Jaipur News
Jaipur: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Sarthak Mishra as the manager, state development, to promote the sports throughout the country.
The Jaipur youngster became the first person from Rajasthan to get a job with the national football federation. The 28-year-old Sarthak took charge of his new role last week at the AIFF headquarters in New Delhi and is quite excited about the new challenge.
Sarthak has a fairly long experience in football having worked for a number of years in Australia. His experience in Australia certainly helped him in securing a job in India with AIFF. He was working as a manager in Western Australia and was involved in promotion of the beautiful game in that Australian state.
“I am happy to be associated with the AIFF. I always wanted to work in our country after working in Australia for several years. Based on my work Down Under, I got a job with our national federation as they wanted some senior person in that position. My experience from Australia will contribute towards advancing the sport in India. I was doing a similar role in Australia, and I have addressed identical challenges before,” Sarthak told TOI on Tuesday.
The standard of football in India has been steadily improving and the AIFF has launched a Vision 2047 to make the country reach among the best footballing nations in the world.
“The AIFF is very serious about making India visible on the global stage in another two decades. They have launched several initiatives to raise the standard of football in the country. The only way to raise the bar faster is to develop each state in the nation. If states do their job sincerely then it will automatically boost the game,” said Sarthak.
The AIFF is targeting the grassroot level and wants the affiliated states to conduct various activities like organising competitions, conducting professional leagues and coaching camps. Being the only manager, Sarthak will have to coordinate with all the 36 affiliated units of the AIFF and encourage them to do the necessary things for the better.
“My primary goal would be to assist the state associations in the best possible manner. From capacity building to multi year strategic plans, we will make sure that the states in the country are collectively flourishing. This will enable the country to streamline talent and perform better in the long term,” said Sarthak.
The AIFF gives a maximum of Rs 24 lakh assistance per year to each state. The national federation expects each state to act professionally and utilize the funds in a most proper way.
“There is a cap of Rs 24 for each state. If a particular state runs their activities in the professional way, then they will get the allotted amount. The AIFF expects each state to conduct tournaments, camps, leagues, referees’ clinics and other footballing activities throughout the year. These state units also need to hire professional staff to run the activities smoothly. My job is to see whether states are doing it properly or not. I will be acting as a bridge between AIFF and states,” said Sarthak.
The Jaipur youngster became the first person from Rajasthan to get a job with the national football federation. The 28-year-old Sarthak took charge of his new role last week at the AIFF headquarters in New Delhi and is quite excited about the new challenge.
Sarthak has a fairly long experience in football having worked for a number of years in Australia. His experience in Australia certainly helped him in securing a job in India with AIFF. He was working as a manager in Western Australia and was involved in promotion of the beautiful game in that Australian state.
“I am happy to be associated with the AIFF. I always wanted to work in our country after working in Australia for several years. Based on my work Down Under, I got a job with our national federation as they wanted some senior person in that position. My experience from Australia will contribute towards advancing the sport in India. I was doing a similar role in Australia, and I have addressed identical challenges before,” Sarthak told TOI on Tuesday.
The standard of football in India has been steadily improving and the AIFF has launched a Vision 2047 to make the country reach among the best footballing nations in the world.
“The AIFF is very serious about making India visible on the global stage in another two decades. They have launched several initiatives to raise the standard of football in the country. The only way to raise the bar faster is to develop each state in the nation. If states do their job sincerely then it will automatically boost the game,” said Sarthak.
The AIFF is targeting the grassroot level and wants the affiliated states to conduct various activities like organising competitions, conducting professional leagues and coaching camps. Being the only manager, Sarthak will have to coordinate with all the 36 affiliated units of the AIFF and encourage them to do the necessary things for the better.
“My primary goal would be to assist the state associations in the best possible manner. From capacity building to multi year strategic plans, we will make sure that the states in the country are collectively flourishing. This will enable the country to streamline talent and perform better in the long term,” said Sarthak.
The AIFF gives a maximum of Rs 24 lakh assistance per year to each state. The national federation expects each state to act professionally and utilize the funds in a most proper way.
“There is a cap of Rs 24 for each state. If a particular state runs their activities in the professional way, then they will get the allotted amount. The AIFF expects each state to conduct tournaments, camps, leagues, referees’ clinics and other footballing activities throughout the year. These state units also need to hire professional staff to run the activities smoothly. My job is to see whether states are doing it properly or not. I will be acting as a bridge between AIFF and states,” said Sarthak.
