I doubt whether the membership of the global governing body would feel he has done so.

After all, 2017 has been fraught with difficulties and obstacles for the FIH, some of which have been Batra’s doing.

The Indian official’s social media outburst earlier this year, where he attacked a Pakistani spiritual leader with a series of abusive posts, were rightly condemned within the hockey community and further afield.

His comments were not befitting of any public official, in sport or otherwise, and highlighted in blatant fashion how Batra was clearly new to the International Federation (IF) game.

Yes, he had been President of Hockey India up to his election victory in Dubai but a worldwide organisation requires much more political tact. You do not just have to impress those at home; you must appease everyone.

Concerns over his leadership have not gone away since and an internal review at the FIH over his actions has not yet been concluded.

Instead, they have been exacerbated by his recent election as head of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as it has sparked fears over how he plans to run the two organisations simultaneously.

“He will be undertaking both roles,” an FIH spokesperson told me in a short statement earlier this week.

That may be his plan, but this is a task which will be far from easy to master. Juggling the responsibilities of the FIH and the IOA concurrently raises a whole list of possible issues, namely how he ensures each governing body is given a sufficient portion of his time and the potential for conflicts of interest.

It is also not a common move, particularly with the public eye focused on sports governance like never before following a multitude of corruption and doping scandals.

Of course, it is not impossible, and he may succeed at both.

But his in-tray at the FIH was big enough as it is. By adding the duties of an IOA, an organisation which has hardly had a squeaky-clean reputation over the years, he runs the risk of neglecting one in favour of the other and, as an Indian official, it is not difficult to work out which one that would be.

“I fear the FIH will suffer,” Irishman David Balbirnie, who stood unsuccessfully against Batra, said on Twitter.

While some may take Balbirnie’s comments with a pinch of salt considering he was a direct rival to Batra, he has always come across as someone who has hockey’s best interests at heart.

Those best interests might be for Batra to step aside to allow another official to take the reigns and guide the governing body out of the choppy waters it finds itself in.

Batra is very much seen as the figurehead of the FIH and is not considered as hands-on as his IF President counterparts across the sporting spectrum. Chief executive Jason McCracken is the day-to-day man – but not for much longer.

The FIH and the sport of hockey was further rocked this week when it was confirmed McCracken, a former umpire and businessman, had resigned after just 11 months in the role.

McCracken is the latest in a long line of FIH staff members to call a premature end to their term with the organisation. Among the other departures is the well-respected former England player David Luckes, who has left his role as sport and development director to become the head of summer sports and IF relations at the IOC.

McCracken and Batra were supposed to herald a new dawn for the FIH after replacing their respective predecessors – Kelly Fairweather and Leandro Negre – last year. The New Zealander was appointed to succeed Fairweather in October and Batra followed the following month, signalling a fresh start for the governing body.

As is the case when a new management team comes in at any organisation, the optimism which followed was laced with an undertone of uncertainty. Will they be able to carry on the good work of those who had gone before? Will they transition into their roles quickly enough to make a difference?

South African Fairweather and Negre had, after all, been the ones to spearhead the FIH out of a tumultuous period, where hockey only narrowly avoided being axed from the Olympic programme, the nadir for any IF.

The launch of the 10-year “Hockey Revolution” strategy, initiated in response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) placing hockey in the bottom three in 2013, included the controversial scrapping of the Champions Trophy and Hockey World League Semi-Final and Final events in place of a brand-new home and away league.

Excitement returned in June when the Hockey Pro League was launched with the confirmation of the competing nations. This has, however, quickly dissipated and six months after it was unveiled to the world, there is still no title sponsor.

It is thought the lack of a big-name partner for the new tournament, due to start in 2019 and which will see teams play each other on a home and away basis, was one of the reasons behind McCracken’s shock resignation.

An absence of a title sponsor was compounded by the withdrawal of India, the sport’s main money spinners who generate considerable revenue for the FIH and hockey as a whole, from both the men’s and women’s events.

Indian broadcasters Star Sports, who show hockey on a regular basis, were even rumoured to be considering terminating their agreement to televise the Pro League as a result of the nation’s decision not to feature. Should this be the case, the effects will be felt throughout the global hockey fraternity.

In a bid to put out positive rhetoric at a time where there seems to be precious little to cheer about for the FIH, McCracken insisted the door was still open for Indian participation in the competition.

The desperate plea to India to perform a u-turn, however, signifies the FIH’s over-reliance on the country, particularly from a revenue and income standpoint.

“We are always talking to Hockey India,” McCracken said earlier this month.

“The doors are always open.

“The doors are open now. We are working on the schedule.

“There will be 144 games all over the world so we have to adjust the schedule.

“We think it's going to be a fantastic success because all the 144 games will be a home match for one or the other team. When we see India play we see a packed stadium and that's what we want see all over the world.”

At the same press conference, McCracken insisted hockey was in great shape, but others are not so sure.

The evidence certainly suggests otherwise. 

Resignations of senior officials, concern over their new flagship product and inappropriate social media comments from the President were certainly not the expectations from the FIH membership.

They will all be forgiven for being grateful for seeing the back of this year and will be hopeful the "annus horribilis" does not continue into 2018 and beyond.