Patna: The Sipahi Bhagat Sports Foundation has announced the names of sports personalities, coaches, and players to be honored at the upcoming Sipahi Bhagat Sports Award function. The event is scheduled for August 27, coinciding with Sports Day, and will be held at Open Mind A Birla School, Danapur.
Aman Kumar, COO of Open Mind A Birla School, shared that senior cricket coach Devki Nandan Das will receive the prestigious Sipahi Bhagat Khel Ratna Award. In addition, several officials and coaches from various sports associations will be recognized for their contributions.
School Principal Paljinder Paul Singh emphasized 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 activities. The list of honorees has been 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 Honored:
- 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 Honored:
- 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 Honored:
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)
