from 9 to 11 March 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, by the All India Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar was the Royal Park Resort Hotel, in Manali.
The Lecturer was IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran (IND), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Swanpil Bansod (IND).
The lectures were in the English language.
Thirty three (33) people from India participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures.
The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:
| NAME | FIDE ID | FED. |
| Neelesh Kumawat | 5061792 | India |
| Rajesh Dhankher | 25941127 | India |
| Komal Dahiya | 25605461 | India |
| Alok Mishra | 5035724 | India |
| Choudhary Pushpendra Kumar | 45097216 | India |
| Vatsala Mehta | 25941933 | India |
| Ashish Sharma | 25941380 | India |
| Nakul Chaudhary | 46657622 | India |
| Sumit Grover | 5020409 | India |
| Chandalia Manish | 35018035 | India |
| Suri Devender Singh | 5015901 | India |
| Kanak Parmar | 46637745 | India |
| Kavita Mehta | 25941402 | India |
| Bakshi Chandresh | 25941763 | India |
| Devi Naina | 45098620 | India |
| Rajesh Kumar | 25941739 | India |
| Dwivedi Ashish K | 5014492 | India |
| Gurjeet Singh | 46666702 | India |
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