Dharmendra pradhan

The All India Football Federation: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) plans to create a robust three-stage pan-India structure for talent scouting and recruitment for its ambitious FIFA-AIFF Talent Academy. In a joint effort with the Indian Ministry of Education and FIFA, the federation desires to integrate the ground-breaking ‘Football 4 School’ programme as a pathway to create a channel in identifying talent, scouting, and recruitment for its 'FIFA-AIFF Talent Academy'.

In this regard, AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, along with FIFA High Performance Expert Ged Roddy and Philippe Senderos called upon Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Education & Skill Development in Delhi to present the blueprint and to seek Ministry’s support in reaching the last-mile connectivity to the remotest schools in rural India.

With an aim to prepare India's inland squad for the future FIFA U17 World Cup events, AIFF's blueprint attempts to create a funnel for the best talents available for its FIFA-AIFF Talent Academy on year-by-year basis.