Patna: Under the auspices of Turning Point, individuals who have contributed to the development of various sectors, including education, art, and sports, will be honoured at the Sardar Patel Award Ceremony to take place at Premchand Rangshala in Rajendranagar on 1st May. This announcement was made by Turning Point’s Managing Director, Vijay Sharma.
He stated that preparations for the function, which is being organised under the guidance of Santosh Tiwari, founder of the Sardar Patel Sports Foundation, are nearing completion.
Sharma added that the awards will recognise individuals who have dedicated their lives to sports, emerging athletes, and those working towards the advancement of other societal fields, such as education, health, business, and public service. The honourees will include ward councillors of the Patna Municipal Corporation and members of the empowered committee.
Additionally, players from the winning and runner-up teams of the Casa Picolla School Cricket League Season-5, organised by Turning Point, will also be felicitated during the ceremony.
Veterans
Life Time Achievement
Neeraj Kumar Pappu (Secretary, Kho-Kho Association of Bihar)
Sardar Patel Khel Ratna
Ranjit Bhattacharya (Senior Cricket Coach)
Devki Nandan Das (Senior Cricket Coach)
Sardar Patel Khel Vibhuti
Adhikari Madan Mohan Prasad (Senior Cricket Coach)
Nand Kishore Prasad (NIS Coach, Football)
Abhishek Kumar (NIS Coach, Athletics)
Sardar Patel Special Sports Award
Naveen Kumar-Coach Learning School of Cricket
Sports
Rimjim Singh (Manager Bihar Women’s Under-19 Team), Himanshu Hari-Ranji Trophy Player, Prateek Kumar-Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Player, Shambhavi Raj (Advocate, League Advisor WCC), Raju Rai-Senior Cricket Player cum Coach
Medicine:
Dr Kundan-Physio Bihar Ranji Trophy
Dr Sarita Akhour-Psychiatrist President Awardee
Public representatives
Indradeep Chandravanshi (Member, Patna Municipal Corporation Empowered Committee)
Ashish Kumar (Member, Patna Municipal Corporation Empowered Committee)
Kumar Sanjit (Councilor Ward No.-34)
Sanjeev Anand (Councilor Ward No.-37)
Vinay Kumar Balak (Councilor Ward No.-54)
Journalists
Md Ishauddin (Rashtriya Sahara), Amarnath (Dainik Aaj), Ashish Kumar (Rashtriya Sahara), Alok Kumar (Dainik Bhaskar), Razi Ahmed (Qaumi Tanjum), Rahul Singh (Dainik Hindustan), Dharamnath (Dainik Prabhat Khabar), Pintu Kumar (Dainik Jagran), Akshay Pandey (Dainik Jagran), Pulskar Kumar (Dainik Bhaskar), Alok Naveen (Dainik Sanmarg), Rajnandan (Khel Bihar), Suresh Mishra (Purviya News), Ujjwal Kumar (Krida News), Vikas Pandey (Dainik Jagran I Next), Ashish Gupta (Photographer), Jitendra Kumar (Photographer), JP (Photographer).
Education
Jainendra Sharma-Teacher, High School, Panel
Raunit Narayan-VTech Education
Soma Chatterjee-St. Karens High School
Mithilesh Kumar-Mithilesh Commerce
Akhilesh Anant-Physics
Raghuveer Kumar-Computer
Dr. Ratan Kumar-Commerce
Chandrabhushan-English
Shivani Sinha-Biology
Kanchan Yadav-Hindi
Sumona Ghosh-English
Madhupriya-History
Sanjay Kumar-Biology
Rajeev Kumar-Computer
Ajay Singh-St. Dominic School
Kaushalendra Kumar-Mathematics
Sports Coaches
Pawan Singh (Former Coach, Bihar Senior Cricket Team), Pramod Kumar (Coach, Bihar Ranji Trophy), Neha Singh (Coach, Chess), Pinky Kumari (Coach, Karate), Sapna Kumari (Coach, Football), Nirmal Kumar (Coach, Athletics), Ranjan Kumar Gupta (Secretary, Bihar Pickleball), MP Verma (Senior Cricket Coach), Chandan Kumar (Sports Promoter), Atul Kumar (Cricket Promoter), Ajit Kumar (Cricket Coach), Hasnain Akhtar (Cricket Coach), Udbhav Singh (Coach), Krishna Patel (Cricket Coach), Ashok Kumar Chhotu (Cricket Coach), Mukesh Kumar (Cricket Coach), Santosh Kumar (Cricket Coach), Satyajeet Aditya (Carrom Coach), Priyadarshna (Yoga Coach), Rohit Kumar (Cricket Coach).
Team Franchise
Kapil Mittal (Sanskrit University, Mathura), Junaid Basri (VJU University, Jaipur), Deepak Pandey (Ajikya DV Patil, Pune), Manish Kumar (Baddi University, Himachal Pradesh), Raju Mishra (Manav Rachna University, Faridabad), Hariom Gandhi (Aditya University), Arman Abbas (JIS Group Best Bengal), AK Shekhawat (Bihars, Patna), Sudhanshu Kumar (Oxford Business College, Patna), Shashi Bhushan (Quantum University, Roorkee), Javesh Ashraf (RIT Roorkee), Saurabh Kumar (Quad AI, Patna), Ankur Garg (Swami Vivekananda Group), Manish Kumar (Greater Noida Institute of Technology).
Institutions and individuals promoting sports
Best School- Open Mind A Birla School, Danapur
Best Coaching- Rize Coaching for IIT
Best Cricket Academy- Achiever Institute of Cricket
Shanti Lal Restaurant, Patna
Nishika, Director, Birla Open Mind Pre School, Saguna Mor
Amit Ranjan, Director, Kidzee Elementary School, Gultara Bazaar, Bihta
Women players:
Nivedita Bharti (Cricket, Gopalganj), Shilpi Kumari (Cricket, Gaya), Tanya Rani (Cricket, Gaya), Soumya Akhouri (Cricket, Patna), Chaitali Sanjit (Cricket, Patna), Riddhi Kumari (Cricket, Jamui), Siddhi Kumari (Cricket, Jamui), Pratibha Sahni (Cricket, Madhubani), Kashish Singh (Cricket, Muzaffarpur), Sarita Kumari (Cricket, Darbhanga), Anjali Chaudhary (Cricket, Vaishali), Rimjhim Kumari (Malkhamb, Khelo India), Sudha Kumari (International Player Powerlifting), Kumkum Kumari (Ball Badminton), Gudiya Rani Singh (National Player, Carrom), Bhoomi Gupta (Pickleball, National Player), Shikha Parveen (State Table Tennis Player), Aditya Gupta (National Player, Pickleball), Prem Kumar (International Player, Pickleball).
