IKF President Jan Fransoo, accompanied by IKF Asia President Ying-Che Huang, was in Delhi on Friday to discuss developments with the leadership of the Indian Korfball Committee ©IKF

Korfball development is gaining pace again in India after a number of years of administrative turmoil in the country, the sport's governing body has said.

International Korfball Federation (IKF) President Jan Fransoo, accompanied by IKF Asia President Ying-Che Huang, travelled to Delhi to discuss developments with the leadership of the Indian Korfball Committee (IKC).

The IKC was put in command by the IKF following the suspension of the Korfball Federation of India (KFI) for governance issues at the general meeting of the IKF last year.

Fransoo and Huang met with Dilip Kumar, the IKC chairman, and Dr Pramod Sharma, the IKC's co-chairman.

Work in the area of development has been gaining pace again, with various National Championships being held and an Indian Korfball League started.

Work in the area of development has been gaining pace again, with various National Championships having been held and an Indian Korfball League started ©Getty Images
Work in the area of development has been gaining pace again, with various National Championships having been held and an Indian Korfball League started ©Getty Images

Furthermore, korfball has been reinstated as part of the University Sports Championships and the School Sports Championships.

To that effect, the Presidents and the IKC leadership met with the secretary general and the director of sports at the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), as well as with the leading Lakshmibal National University of Physical Education.

The AIU expressed extensive support for the further development of korfball and the IKC, IKF and AIU will all work closely together on this.

Finally, the governance issue was discussed extensively with the relevant stakeholders in Delhi.

Next steps were agreed upon towards re-establishing a formal and recognised national governing body.