Hockey Perspectives

Employers of Indian Men Hockey Players

Indian men’s hockey team is riding high after bagging a coveted bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – the country’s first Olympic medal in 41 years – India had won the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The national team consists of players from every nook and corner of the country, who have a secure government job, which allows them to focus on reaping laurels for the country.

Let us take a sneak peek at where our men hockey players are employed.

Player Employers
Harmanpreet Singh      BPCL
Manpreet Singh         Punjab Police SP (Earlier BPCL)
Mandeep Singh         ONGC
Vivek Sagar Prasad     Madhya Pradesh DSP (Earlier BPCL)
Hardik Singh          IOC
Akashdeep Singh        Punjab Police DSP (Earlier ONGC)
Varun Kumar            BPCL
Dilpreet Singh        IOC
Birendra Lakra        BPCL
Rupinder Pal Singh    Indian Overseas Bank
Simranjeet Singh       IOC
SV Sunil              BPCL
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay   BPCL
Gurjant Singh         ONGC
Sumit Kumar          ONGC
PR Sreejesh          Joint Director, Kerala Education Department
Amit Rohidas          Railways