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{{Infobox sport governing body
|name= Squash Rackets Federation of India
|logo= Logo_Squash_Rackets_Federation_of_India.jpg
|logosize=
|sport= [[Squash (sport)|Squash]]
|abbrev = SRFI
|founded =
|aff =
|affdate =
|region = [[Asian Squash Federation]]
|regionyear =
|location = [[Chennai]]
|president = Debendranath Sarangi
|chairman =
|chiefexec =
|secretary = K.Rajendiran
|coach = Cyrus Poncha
|Development officer = Harish Prasad
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|url = https://www.indiasquash.com/
|countryflag= India
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The '''Squash Rackets Federation of India''' or '''SRFI''' is the [[India]]n governmental apex body for the game of [[squash (sport)|squash]]. It conducts the National Squash Championship, and promotes the game through the state level squash bodies, and provides training facilities and selects the squad for the Indian team. It also chooses coaches for the national team (presently [[Cyrus Poncha]] and Major S. Maniam). The rise of squash worldwide with many players in the top 100 worldwide and India's higher rankings worldwide are a testament to the hard work put in by the administrators and players over the last decade.

Among the major facilities created by the SRFI is the [[Indian Squash Academy]],<ref>[http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/srfi-taking-squash-to-the-masses/ Cyrus Poncha blog]</ref> which hosted the World Team Championship in 2007.<ref>http://wmt2007.com/press.htm {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Conflict between the SRFI and squash athletes came to a fore in 2005, when the government was conferring the [[Dronacharya Award]] on SRFI affiliated squash coach Cyrus Poncha. India's number one squash player [[Joshna Chinappa]] wrote a letter to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs that she never trained under Poncha, and that he had misused her name to get the Dronacharya Award.<ref>
{{cite news
|url = http://www.rediff.com/sports/2005/sep/03squash.htm
|title = SRFI rally behind Poncha
|author = Shobha Warrier
|date = 2005-09-03
}}</ref>
The SRFI chairman Ramachandran then produced testimonials from Joshna where she acknowledges the support of SRFI and Poncha.

In 2008, the SRFI chose a woman's squad for the Asian championships without [[Dipika Pallikal]], who was then training in Egypt, after having recently won the under-17 British Open. The federation cited irregularities in the paperwork in informing the group about her absence due to training,<ref>
{{cite news
|title = Justice eludes squash player Dipika Pallikal
|author = Sambuddha Dutt
|date = 2008-02-05
|publisher=[[NDTV]]
|url = http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/showsports.aspx?id=SPOEN20080040477&ch=2/6/2008%205:11:00%20AM}}</ref> but it was felt that this might have been a rivalry with the [[Mittal Champions Trust]] which had been sponsoring her training abroad.

The SRFI maintains the website, Indiasquash.com which announces the national squash calendar and other details.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Squash Rackets Federation of India|url=https://www.indiasquash.com/|website=www.indiasquash.com|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>

== Activities ==
The various activities conducted by the SRFI during the year include:

* Coaching camps
* Tournaments (national and international)
* Daily training at the Indian Squash Academy
* Referee clinics
* Participates in international competitions
* Level 1, 2 & 3 coaching courses
* Development activities at tier 2 and 3 cities

==Rise of Indian squash==
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==Postings==
In February 2015, the federation appointed Harish Prasad as the national development officer. Since his appointment, squash in India has seen steady risen as he has focussed on conducting events for players, coaches and referees. Harish has been instrumental in implementing various initiatives for the development of the game.

In June 2015, Debendranath Sarangi and K Rajendiran were elected unopposed as president and secretary-general respectively of the Squash Rackets Federation of India at its Extraordinary General Meeting.

In July 2016, Egyptian coach Ashraf el Karagui was appointed by the Sports Authority of India to serve Indian squash. Within a short span he has made significant difference to the junior and senior players. Currently India's top two players, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik train with Ashraf and praise him for the changes he has brought to their game.

In February 2017, Debendranath Sarangi was elected as the vice-president of the Asia Squash Federation with a two-thirds majority at the 37th ASF Annual General Meeting. Sarangi is the second Indian to become the vice-president of the ASF.

In July 2017, SRFI President Debendranath Sarangi was elected as a member of the [[World Squash Federation]]'s ethics committee.

==See also==
* [[India men's national squash team]]
* [[India women's national squash team]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website |https://www.indiasquash.com/}}

{{Sports governing bodies in India}}
{{National Members of the World Squash Federation Federation}}

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Squash Rackets Federation of India - Revision history

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