Career
He was awarded the Arjuna Award for hockey by the Government of India in 1990 and Laxman Award by the (Government of Uttar Pradesh) in 2004. Born and brought up in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, his father Darshan Singh also played hockey and organised the all-India Dhyan Chand tournament in the city. He was the coach of the Indian men"s team in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Test series against Pakistan/Spain/France and the Champions Trophy held the same year in Lahore.
He has attended various FIH coaching seminars and "Advanced coaching" courses of FIH. FIH appointed him as the Coaching Course Conductor for the Olympic Solidarity Coaching Programme held at Nepal in 2008.He is also the coach for Jaypee Punjab Warriors team in Hockey India League 2013 onwards.
He has been a popular commentator on television and a much-sought after columnist and opinion-maker on hockey in several prestigious national and regional newspapers and magazines in India. He has been part of the commentary and expert analysis team in almost all the major competitions like the Olympics, World Cup, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Asia Cup, and other international and domestic tournaments on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Ten Sports, Doordarshan, NDTV, Times Now, Cable News Network IBN et cetera