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Revision as of 19:40, 21 January 2024
K. Arumugam (born 1958) is an Indian hockey journalist,[1] author and hockey historian based in New Delhi. He has written over a dozen hockey books[2] and runs an Indian hockey website, stick2hockey.com.[3] He is also the founder of Hockey Citizens Group, a NGO, which runs projects to promote and spread hockey in India through projects like One Thousand Hockey Legs (OTHL). OTHL aims to train 500 students from schools and underprivileged backgrounds every year.[4]
Early life and background
Arumugam hails from Tamil Nadu. He studied at Presidency College and completed his graduation from IIT, Chennai. Later, he moved to Delhi to work as a water scientist. But he quit his Central Government job to focus full time on his hockey work.
Projects
One of the main projects One Thousand Hockey Legs (OTHL) was started in 2008.[5] The project which was started at the turn of the century aims to train 500 students below 15 years, from select schools, to make 1000 hockey legs.[6] OTHL selects schools and enters into a partnership, provides coaches and equipment and the school has to provide a space and time to develop a hockey team. Starting with Delhi, the OTHL schools were started in Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur and Puducherry.[4] In Delhi, OTHL runs in 18 government schools. Overall it trains over 4000 students in 90 schools across five cities.[5] The cost of about Rs.12 lakhs a year is spent by Arumugam on his own with part of the support coming from donations from friends and the proceeds from his hockey books.
Award
He was awarded Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar by President Pranab Mukherjee on 29 August 2016, the Sports Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was also awarded the Hockey India President's Outstanding Achievement Award for the years 2015 and 2016.[6]
Dhyan Chand chapter in text books
Arumugam's article title, the Wizard, was taken from one of his books, the Great Indian Olympians[7] and was include in the Class XI English text books by NCERT (2002-2003).[3]
References
- ^ "Game for more". The Indian Express. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ archive, From our online (2012-05-16). "Finally, a book on TN hockey heroes". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b "September 2002 Bulletin". www.bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b "This man quit being scientist to nurture hockey dreams". Hindustan Times. 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b Ghoshal, Shuvro (2016-01-14). "Interview with K. Arumugam, the man who quit his high-paying job to teach hockey to underprivileged kids". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b Antony, Judith Mariya (2022-05-05). "Man with a plan: Nurturing young hockey dreams". The Patriot. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "BOOK REVIEW/ AWARDS, ACCOLADES AND DEDICATION". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.