Patna: The Sipahi Bhagat Sports Foundation has announced the names of sports personalities, coaches, and players who will be honoured at the forthcoming Sipahi Bhagat Sports Award ceremony. The event is scheduled for August 27, coinciding with Sports Day, and will take place at Open Mind A Birla School, Danapur.
Aman Kumar, COO of Open Mind A Birla School, Danapur, shared that senior cricket coach Devki Nandan Das will be awarded the esteemed Sipahi Bhagat Khel Ratna Award. Additionally, various officials and coaches from different sports associations will be recognised for their contributions.
The school’s principal, Paljinder Paul Singh, emphasised the Foundation’s commitment to social work and the promotion of sports. He highlighted that the school encourages students to excel not only academically but also in sports and other extracurricular activities. The list of those to be honoured was curated under the guidance of Santosh Tiwari, founder of the Sardar Patel Sports Foundation, who will also oversee the event.
Sipahi Bhagat Khel Ratna Award:
- Devki Nandan Das (Senior Cricket Coach)
Officials and Coaches to be Honoured:
- Syed Imtiaz Hussain (Secretary, Bihar Football Association)
- Ravi Singh (Basketball Coach)
- Sanjay Tiwari (Hockey Coach)
- Vishakha Benedict (Swimming Coach)
- Rajiv Ranjan (Volleyball Coach)
- Rahul Das (Table Tennis Coach)
- Anurag Bhuvalaka (Shooting Coach)
- Vinod Kumar (Ball Badminton Coach)
- Naveen Kumar (Cricket Coach)
- Subhash Kumar (Karate Coach)
- Sanoj Kumar (Archery Coach)
- Abhay (Chess Coach)
- Shrimod Pathak (Badminton Coach)
Players to be Honoured:
- Himanshu Hari, Vivek Kumar, Rishabh Raj (Ranji Trophy Cricketers)
- Pratik Arya (Under-23 Bihar State Cricketer)
- Vikram Kumar (Archery)
- Anshu Kumari (Handball)
- Suyash Madhup (Badminton)
- Ajay Kumar Munna (Shooting)
- Preeti Priya, Deepanjali Rani, Nandani Pandit (Women’s Cricket)
- Antara Rai, Pragya Singh (Softball)
- Rohit Kumar Suri, Bhoomi Gupta (Pickup Ball)
- Yogita Kumari, Shekhar Kumar (Soft Tennis)
- Deepti (Mini Golf)
- Satyam Vats (Badminton)
- Suruchi Pandey (Kabaddi)
- Khushi Kumari (Volleyball, Football)
- Aarti Kumari (Sepak Takraw)
- Kundan Kumar (Roller Skating)
- Shashikant (Ball Badminton)
- Preeti Raj (Karate)
- Kiran Kumari (Long Jump)
- Varsha Sagar (Softball)
- Eklavya Sharma (Table Tennis)
- Nimisha Rajput (Kabaddi)
- Rakshika Rajesh (Taekwondo)
- Ankaj Kumar (Handball)
- Rajiv Ranjan (Badminton)
Teachers and Students of Open Mind A Birla School, Danapur to be Honoured:
Teachers:
- Karandhir Sharma (Athletics)
- Poonam Pandey (Kho-Kho)
- Satyajeet Aditya (Carrom)
- Rahul Kumar (Judo)
- Nitish Kumar Upadhyay (Soft Tennis)
- Bhanu Prasad (Basketball)
Students:
- Swetank, Sabhy Rai, Deepanshu Raj, Abhiraj, Himanya Singh, Shreya, Saksham Kumar (Judo)
- Pratham Chakraborty (Shooting)
- Anushka Ajay, Rishabh Raj, Yatharth Yashasvi (All Athletics)
- Dev Kislay, Deven Aryan, Shaurya Singh, Rakshit Shaurya (All Kabaddi)
- Pranay (Lawn Tennis)
- Arya Parashar (Soft Tennis)
- Prajjwal Giri, Siddhant Kumar (Skating)
