Tapish Thapa first AIFF Match Commissioner from HP

Dharamshala, July 26, 2017: Tapish Thapa of Dharamshala in Himachal has been appointed as the Match Commission, by AIFF (All India Football Federation) for I-League or Indian Super League Football Championships, to be played in India. Tapish is the first Himachali to achieve this honour.
Informing this, the media coordinator of Himachal Satya Dev Sharma said, “Tapish cleared different test of AIFF to get this post. Earlier, he was doing the duty as referee of AIFF.” Sharma said that with his efforts, Tapish conducted D-Licence Course for the referees in Himachal Pradesh.
Talking to this correspondent, Tapish Thapa said, “I will convince AIFF to organise I-League and Indian Super League football matches in HP too.”

Thapa said the new post has increased the game responsibilities a manifold now. He encouraged youth of the state to choose football as their career, as the game now has bright future in India.
Tapish , who started playing football at the school level, cleared all India Referee Exam in 2012.
“All the 24 match commissioners of India who cleared the Exam recently shall attend AIFF seminars at Mumbai and Kolkata next month before joining the duties,” said Thapa.