We will soon have dedicated women's department in AIFF: Gen Secy Prabhakaran

The All India Football Federation AIFF is in the process of creating an exclusive womens department as a part of its structural revamp secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran said during the first meeting of the national bodys womens subcommittee chaired by Valanka AlemaoThe meeting was also attended by deputy secretary general Sunando Dhar former India players Thongam Tababi Devi and Sujata Kar among othersIndian womens team head coach Thomas Dennerby also attended the meeting held via video conference as a special inviteeNow we are in the process of setting up a separate womens department A girls Festival for Football will be organised by state associations from January 1 for promoting womens football across the country Prabhakaran said in an AIFF releaseAlso readMatch fee for mens and womens national team players on anvil says AIFF secretary generalThe committee recommended that more former national team players should be inducted into the AIFFs scouting wing to spot talented players from all over the country Suggestions were also made to frame a cocommittee of scouts composed of the former national team playersThe Committee felt that India should start spotting talented players from the age of 13 itself and nurture them thereafterTo that extent the members recommended that leagues similar to the U17 Khelo India League should be held at the U13 and the U15 levels as well The under13 girls festival and the Federation Cup should be revived the Committee recommendedIn order to further incentivise player performance the Committee recommended the AIFF to award cash prizes in the Senior Nationals and participation certificates to all the players in the Indian Womens LeagueThere should be zonal camps and zonal academies for girls it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever