- Dilip Tirkey was unanimously elected as the President of Hockey India (HI).
- Tirkey was a former hockey captain of India. He was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1998 Asian Games.
- A former player and an Olympian has become the head of Hockey India for the first time in history.
- Tirkey has played 412 international matches as a defender in his career.
- He represented India at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.
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