The founder member of the Nehru Hockey Society, Shiv Kumar Verma, died on 23 August 2011. He was associated with with the activities of the Nehru Hockey Society for 47 years. He was at the helm of affairs and led from the front when a group of people came together to form the Nehru Hockey Society following India’s defeat in the hockey final of the 1960 Olympics.
Verma later became the honorary secretary and administrator of the s Nehru Hockey Society. He was instrumental in ensuring the inclusion of junior, sub-junior and champion college tournaments. Verma was responsible for bringing the junior, sub-junior, women’s and college tournaments under the Nehru Society fold.
He had also ensured that the Nehru hockey tournament for men was held every year from its inception in 1964.
Diversifying from hockey, Verma also served as the secretary of the Korfball Federation of India, in one spell.
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