Indian national team hockey player and Arjuna awardee Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil, known as S V Sunil tied the nuptial knot with Mangalurean Nisha at Kudroli temple on Sunday, March 4.
Nisha, daughter of Tharnath Acharya hails from Derebail Konchady. SV Sunil and Nisha got engaged last year at Konchady.
The reception ceremony will be on March 5 at Madikeri where several hockey players are expected to take part.
SV Sunil, son of Vittal Acharya, made his international debut at the young age of 18. With 11 years of experience, presently S V Sunil is one of the key members in the Indian hockey team. He was part of the team in the year 2008 for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, in which India won the silver medal. In 2011, he played in the Champion’s Challenge and scored four stunning goals, the most by any Indian forwarder. He was also part of the team that secured gold in 2014 at the Asian Games at Incheon. Sunil was part of the team in the Hero Champions Trophy 2016 and won the silver medal.
S V Sunil received the prestigious ‘Arjuna Award’ from president Ram Nath Kovind on the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand on August 29 last year.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK) / Mangaluru – March 05th, 2018
Talking to reporters after being announced as Kolkata Knight Riders captain for Indian Premier League 2018, Dinesh Karthik said he would like to carry on with the legacy of past captains Gautam Gambhir and Sourav Ganguly.
Dinesh Karthik will captain Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 Indian Premier League.(Getty Images)
Dinesh Karthik was named captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The announcement was made live on Star Sports by the team management on Sunday morning.
Talking to reporters after the announcement, Karthik said he was very pleased to receive the honour and would like to carry on with the legacy of past captains Gautam Gambhir and Sourav Ganguly.
In the run up to the announcement, Karnataka batsman Robin Uthappa had emerged as the frontrunner to lead the two-time IPL winning franchise from Kolkata. Uthappa, who was later named vice captain, though welcomed the decision and said the right choice was made.
Karthik was also all praise for Uthappa and said both of them complement each other well.
“Robin and I share a great deal of camaraderie. We have different personalities and therefore we play a perfect foil to each other. I take my decisions rationallly and don’t like to show too much of emotion. Robin, on the other hand, is quite emotional and loves to wear his heart on his sleeve. In that sense, we make a perfect pair,” the 32-year-old said.
Karthik also appeared excited with the talent pool that is at his disposal at the KKR.
“We have a great balance. Lynn, Russell, Starc and Narine are probably going to be our four overseas players in the team and all of them are proven match winners. We have a great bunch of Indian players as well.”
The Tamil Nadu batsman also said he would use this opportunity to press for his inclusion in the Indian team as well.
“I am looking forward to doing well with bat as well as gloves behind the stumps. Hopefully, I will be able to establish myself as a key member of Indian team in future as well.”
source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> Sports> Cricket / by Ankit Kumar Singh, Mumbai / March 04th, 2018
B’lore Eagles defeated ADE FC 3-0 to take an unassailable lead atop the BDFA A-division league and was thus crowned champion here on Saturday.
Eagles, which became a BDFA affiliated club in 2011, has steadily risen through the ranks earning promotions from as low as the C-division and will ply its trade next season in the Super Division.
The results: A-div: B’lore Eagles FC 3 (K. Manivanan 48, M. Sujikumar 58, 70) bt ADE FC 0. Super div: Students Union FC 5 (Amoes 11, 36, 75,Sunil 28, Samanth 33) bt RWF FC 2 (Rajesh 37, Nandakumar 85) .
Chengappa stars for Kodava Samaja
P.S. Chengappa starred with a 67th minute winner as Kodava Samaja beat Canara Bank 3-2 to clinch the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Memorial hockey tournament here on Saturday.
Special awards: Best goalkeeper: H.T. Sanjay (DYES); Best defender: V.R. Raghunath (Kodava Samaja); Best midfielder: P.S. Guria (ASC & Centre); Best forward: Nikkin Thimmaiah (Canara Bank); Player of the tournament: K.P. Somaiah (Canara Bank) .
RBI advances with hard-fought win
RBI men notched up a hard-fought 3-1 win over ESIC to enter the semifinals of the all India Public Sector badminton tournament at the Padukone Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence here on Saturday.
Tremendous comeback
After RBI had taken a 2-1 lead, Kritesh looked set to seal the deal after he won the first game against Anmol in the fourth match. But Anmol made a tremendous comeback and won the second game 24-22.
In the third, Anmol clawed his way back from 11-16 courtesy some thundering smashes.
But at 17-17, he suffered a lapse in concentration, as Kritesh won four points in a row and closed the contest.
V.R. Raghunath scored a hat-trick as Kodava Samaja defeated MEG 4-1 to enter the final of the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Memorial hockey tournament here on Thursday. In Saturday’s final, it will take on Canara Bank which beat ASC 3-1.
Surana College emerges champion
Surana College won the Bangalore University South Zone inter-collegiate volleyball tournament beating host RJSIMS College 25-16, 25-20 in the final.
Rajkumar, Kishan shine in NCC’s win
Inspiring batting by opener S.M. Rajkumar (47 & 116) and good mediumpace bowling by Kishan S. Bedare (seven for 26) helped National Cricket Club register a 39-run win over Mysore CC in the two-day KSCA Mysore Zonal first division league tie recently.
The scores: National CC 180 in 55.1 overs (A.M. Kiran 53, S.M. Rajkumar 47, Sandeep four 33, K.M. Sharath three for 16) & 215 for six in 39 overs (S.M. Rajkumar 116, Thushar Harikrishna 34, M. Naveen four for 105) bt Mysore CC 89 in 25.5 overs (M. Naveen 32, K.M. Sharath 34 n.o., Kishan S. Bedare seven for 26) & 267 in 73.5 overs (S. Suprith 66, K.M. Sharath 34, Ayush Shetty 31, M. Naveen 25, M.S. Vinay three for 50, J. Madhu Prasad three for 49). Points: National CC: 5 points, MCC minus 1.
Yodhan, Darshan
star for Mahajana
A six-wicket haul by mediumpacer G.S. Yodhan Hrudhay (six for 19) and an all-round performance by M.B. Darshan (59 & four for 24) helped SBRR Mahajana FGC score a 74-run win over Sharada Vilas College and enter the semifinals in the KSCA Inter-collegiate tournament on Thursday.
The scores:
SBRR Mahajana FGC 126 in 12 overs (M.B. Darshan 59, Vatsa three for 34, Lohith three for 26) bt Sharada Vilas College 52 in 12.2 overs (G.S. Yodhan Hrudhay six for 19, M.B. Darshan four for 24).
MES FGC 45 in 17.4 overs (Goutham seven for 13) lost to Maharaja’s College 49 for two in 14 overs.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport / Bengaluru – February 23rd, 2018
Joyappa Achaiah and Lim Changappa have started a campaign to ensure that the poor are able to walk safely.
Bengaluru duo roughs it out to convince people to donate footwear
It was not a barefoot beach holiday. When Joyappa Achaiah and Lim Changappa, both 36, doffed their footwear and walked to work for 100 days from May to August, they were keen to make a point.
A large segment of the population, they say, cannot afford footwear. This, despite India being the second large producer in the world. The Bengaluru-based entrepreneurs came up with the Barefoot India Campaign to drive home the message, that the poor should be able to walk safely. A month-long footwear collection drive has begun in Bengaluru as part of the effort, from September 3.
‘Essential gear’
On what motivates them, Mr. Achaiah said, “We’ve been doing multiple drives to educate the girl child, and on women’s safety and environment protection. But these are initiatives that a lot of other NGOs have also taken up. We thought about the one thing that everyone needs, which is footwear. It’s not just part of attire, but essential protective gear.”
Before launching the campaign, they visited villages and slums and spoke to people about what they needed the most. “More than money, they highlighted the difficulty of walking without cover for feet. More than 10% of the poor in the State cannot afford footwear. We want to help them,” said Mr. Changappa.
The activists decided to convince by example, and took up the 100-day no-footwear challenge.
For the collection drive, cardboard boxes are being kept in public locations like ITPL, Manyata Tech Park, Embassy Golf Links, Forum Mall and Phoenix Mall, and in colleges. “People can drop their used pairs,” he said.
Those in good condition will be distributed directly, and the rest, refurbished.
The entrepreneurs have petitioned the Karnataka government to initiate a ‘Padharaksha Bhagya’ programme to supply footwear to 10 lakh needy people. A marathon in November and a shot at a Guinness record with a 100 ft rangoli of a bare foot are on the cards.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Sarumathi K / Bengaluru – September 03rd, 2017
Mahout Vasantha and Gundu and kavadis Jaibal and Ravi being felicitated by retired secretary for forests A C Lakshmana and his wife Savithri at Mathigodu Elephant Camp, in Virajpet taluk, Kodagu district, on Wednesday. ACF S R Prasanna Kumar, RFO Y K Kiran Kumar and veterinarian Dr Mujeeb ur Rehman are seen.
In recognition of their services, mahouts Vasantha and Gundu and kavadis Jaibal and Ravi were felicitated by retired secretary for forests A C Lakshmana at Mathigodu Elephant Camp in Virajpet taluk, under Nagarhole National Park, on Wednesday.
It has to be recalled that Jaibal and Ravi, caretakers of elephant Drona, successfully took part in the operation to rescue a rogue elephant at Nagavara in Alur taluk, Hassan district, recently. Another elephant, Gopalaswamy, from Veeranahosahalli camp had taken part in the operation.
Jaibal and Ravi could complete the operation even though Drona was attacked by the rogue elephant, which was in ‘mast’. “Drona was injured but he recovered in a few minutes and joined Gopalaswamy to complete the operation,” Jaibal said.
Vasantha is the mahout of Abhimanyu, the star trouble shooter. Vasantha said, “Abhimanyu has taken part in 30 operations to rescue rogue elephants in Hassan district alone. He has taken part in various elephant rescue operations across India whenever there was a man-animal conflict. Besides, he was instrumental in rescuing seven tigers. When my father Sanappa was his mahout, Drona had rescued 12 elephants in Madhya Pradesh,” he said.
Assistant Conservator of Forests S R Prasanna Kumar said Vasantha was also on a 10-day tour to Indonesia, along with Nayaz from Dubare camp, to train the elephant caretakers in that country.
A C Lakshmana said that elephants are the most intelligent animals on earth and their caretakers understand them well and train them accordingly. “The services of the elephant caretakers to the Forest department in tackling man-animal conflict and in conserving the nature is commendable. They work under adverse conditions. So, it is our responsibility to recognise their services,” he said.
He said that even though there is a general feeling among the people that ‘kheda’ (operation of rescuing elephants) has been stopped, only ‘kheda’ as a sport has been stopped. “The last kheda as sport was held at Kakanakote forest in 1972, and in 1962, even then President Rajendra Prasad was witness to ‘kheda’. However, all rescue operations of elephants, during man-animal conflict, are similar to ‘kheda’. Now, the officials have the option to use tranquilisers in case the operation becomes difficult,” he said.
Range Forest Officer Y K Kiran Kumar said, till recently, there were 38 elephants in Mathigodu camp, but four of them have been given to Chhattisgarh while another four have been shifted to nearby camps, where availability of fodder is adequate.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DH News Service, Mysuru / February 14th, 2018
The skies are not opening up as expected and the state is likely to witness drinking water crisis next summer. In an attempt to protect the environment and raise awareness, especially about the Cauvery catchment area, two cyclists Ashish Muthappa, a second-year interior design student at Jain University in Bengaluru, and his friend Chengappa Chekkara, an HR consultant, also based in Bengaluru, will cycle from Bengaluru to Virajpete on August 12.
Muthappa told BM, “Cauvery is the lifeline of South India. It provides water to over 80 million people and 600 major industries across the region. The food, water and economic security of southern India depend largely on Cauvery. Trees were axed for a high-tension power line from Mysuru to Kozhikode in Kerala. There is a proposal to expand the railway network and four-laning of national highways through Kodagu. The weather is already changing and it is becoming humid. The projects will indeed cause large scale destruction of several thousands of precious trees that guard the Cauvery catchment area. Do we really need this development at the cost of water?”
In the past, the duo participated in several cycle expeditions in Bengaluru city for a cause. Ashish said,”“We hope to leave Bengaluru at about 1am so that we reach Mandya early in the morning. We are looking forward to interacting with farmer groups there. We hope to video-record our interactions with famers. We are approaching cyclists in Mysuru. Cyclists from Coorg are expected to join us in Mysuru, Gonikoppa and Virajpete were the expedition ends, “he said.
Cycling 270 km to protect the catchment area is just the beginning. “We would like to spread more awareness on environment degradation by cycling through the Western Ghats stretch soon. When we observe the Cauvery catchment area, we have noticed that massive deforestation is taking place and no afforestation,” they said.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> News> State / by Deepthi Sanjiv, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / August 02nd, 2017
Boverianda Nanjamma And Chinnappa Recollect The Efforts Of Their Late Grandfather In Documenting The Folklore And Songs Of The Kodava Community.
Much as we admire him and are inspired by him, we have never seen our grandfather Nadikerianda Chinnappa; he died before we were born. We—Nanjamma and Chinnappa—are cross cousins. The narrative of our grandfather that follows is based on the recollections of our parents, aunts and elder cousins, gleaned from casual conversations over the years.
Our grandfather, who worked with the police, had gone to a remote village, riding his horse across a stream and through a forest path to investigate a quarrel over the ownership of a strip of land. On his way back, he stopped by the stream to eat the akki (rice) roti sweetened with jaggery his wife had packed for him. The sun was setting behind the hills and had painted the skies in brilliant hues of red and gold. Captivated by the scene, Nadikerianda Chinnappa sat lost in thoughts, when he heard the distant sound of Kodava dudi (small handheld, hourglass-shaped drums). Mounting his horse, he set out to locate the origin of the drumbeats. He found four men seated around a bonfire singing Kodava folk songs, practising for Puthari, the harvest festival. It was getting dark but he waited for them to finish. Recognising that our grandfather was in the police, the singers touched his feet respectfully. Our grandfather took the leader of the team home on his horse.
This was not uncommon; his wife Nanjavva knew he had brought a singer home for the night. She made a bed for the visitor in the attic and served them a hot meal with a drink of frothing toddy. Refreshed, grandfather and the singer sat in the hall; while the singer sang a ballad, Chinnappa transcribed the words late into the night. After many such sessions with various singers, he had a good collection of Kodava songs sung during weddings, funerals and festivals, and ballads in praise of deities and heroes.
Himself a good singer, Chinnappa’s passion for Kodava songs and ballads prompted him to transcribe them. During his travels around Kodagu as a police officer in the early 1920s, he observed that the unique customs and traditions of the Kodava community were being forgotten or altered. Chinnappa feared that Kodava traditions and songs that had been handed down orally over generations would be lost because of the dominance of English, and the influence of the cultures of neighbouring areas. So, he decided to document them.
Late in the evenings, after work, he neatly wrote down all the songs, proverbs and riddles by the dim light of a kerosene lamp, while smoking his favourite cigars. When he started documenting the customs and traditions, he consulted his mother Ponnavva who was well-versed in them. Meanwhile, his wife would read the draft first to ensure that it was clear to a layperson. If there were parts she did not understand, Chinnappa rewrote them. It used to be said that the waste paper basket would always be full in the morning.
British officials in Coorg—as Kodagu was called by them—got his draft reviewed by some prominent Kodavas. On their recommendation, C S Sooter, commissioner of Coorg, authorised financial assistance to publish it. Chinnappa chose the name Pattole Palame, meaning ‘silken lore’, for his book, which was first published in 1924. The 6th edition was printed in 2012.
Pattole Palame is a precious document of the heritage of the Kodava community. In the second edition published by the University of Mysore in 1975, the editor describes it as “one of the earliest, if not the earliest, extensive collection of folklore of any Indian community written in an Indian language by an Indian”.
The text of Pattole Palame is in Kannada and the folk songs, proverbs, etc, in it are in Kodava thakk, the language of the Kodavas, an oral language written using the Kannada script. Nearly two-thirds of the book consists of folk songs transmitted orally down generations, which are sung even today. Traditionally known as Balo Pat, these songs are sung by four men beating dudi. The songs have haunting melodies and evoke memories of times long past. Kodava folk dances are performed to the beat of many of these songs, which are a rich source of information on the culture, language and history of the Kodava people.
Chinnappa himself began translating Pattole Palame into English but could not complete it, as he died of cancer in 1931 at the age of 56, a few months after his retirement. It was in 2003, nearly 75 years after Pattole Palame was first published, that we, his grandchildren, translated it into English and published it.
Although he was best known for Pattole Palame, Chinnappa’s major literary work as a poet was Bhagavantanda Paat, his translation of the Bhagavad-Gita into the Kodava language, composed in the style of Kodava folk songs, published in 1929.
When Grierson, a British linguist, embarked on the first Linguistic Survey of India (1913 to 1920), he looked for knowledgeable representatives of the various Indian languages. Chinnappa, who was fluent in both English and Kodava thakk, was chosen for the Kodava language. As required, he translated the parable of the ‘Prodigal Son’ into Kodava thakk and narrated it, and sang his own poem, Sri Moola Kanniye, an ode to river Kaveri. These were recorded in 1922 on gramophone records; copies of the recordings were kept in the British Library in London and the Madras Museum. They were digitised recently by the Linguistics Department of the University of Chicago.
Born in 1875, Chinnappa was the fifth of eight children. After matriculating in Madikeri, he went to Mangalore for further studies. But when his elder brother Subbayya died suddenly, Chinnappa returned to Kodagu to take on family responsibilities. In accordance with Kodava tradition, he married Subbayya’s widow, Nanjavva.
His career took many twists and turns. A teacher at first, then a revenue inspector, and then an officer in the Coorg Regiment of the Army, he joined the police department when the regiment was disbanded in 1904, and rose to the rank of a prosecuting inspector.
Our grandfather was fond of sports. He was a bowler in the All Coorg XI Cricket team, which in those days consisted mainly of Englishmen. When he played billiards at Victoria Club in Virajpet, his British opponents would often swear under their breath on losing a game to him. On one such occasion, Chinnappa lost his patience, broke the billiards stick on his knee and threw it on the floor. This was a very daring act for an Indian in those days.
Chinnappa was also involved in establishing the Police Officers’ Cooperative Society, Coorg Cooperative Society, Coorg Central Bank and the Coorg Education Fund. He was fond of children and always carried peppermints in his pockets. He was a caring father to his own three children, the two stepchildren by his elder brother, and to his deceased sister’s daughter, whom he and Nanjavva adopted. He sponsored the education of many poor children, and there were always a few students boarding in his residence, free of cost.
Our grandfather was a man of vision and talent, and was self-driven. He was a folklorist, poet, police officer, sportsman, historian, singer, philanthropist, and caring householder. Above all, he was a man who lived life to the fullest and left a lasting and invaluable legacy for his people in his writings.
The authors are translators and scholars of Kodava studies
Featured in Harmony — Celebrate Age Magazine
August 2016
source: http://www.harmonyindia.com / Harmony / Home> Columns / August 2016
A Kodavn takes aim: a shortage of bullets threatens his way of life
An acute shortage of cartridges is threatening the way of life of the Kodavas, a martial race living in Kodagu (Coorg) district in south-west Karnataka. The Kodavas are one of the few tribes in India allowed to possess a gun without a licence. Cartridges are sold like any other commodity in Janata bazaars, cooperative stores and by private traders throughout the district.
But every time a fresh consignment of cartridges is received by the 36 licenced ammunition dealers, long queues are formed in front of these shops. The cartridges are rationed and usually-one box is allotted per person. At least four private dealers have closed shop because of the shortage.
C.U. Kalappa, president of one of the Janata bazaars, told India today in Mercara: “We had indented for 20,000 cartridges but the Government supplied us only 5,000. Now there is such a big rush for them that quarrels are frequent.” Of course, there are no shoot-outs as bullets have become a scarce commodity. Of the district’s demand of two-and-a-half lakh cartridges, the Government was able to supply only 1.3 lakh last year.
Shortage of bullets had been reported in the past few years after the Government banned manufacture of ammunition by private dealers and made the Government ammunition factory at Kirki the sole supplier. But it is only now that the shortage is being felt acutely and has restricted certain rituals of the Kodavas for whom guns are as common as ploughs.
Exception: The Kodavas have been exempted from the Indian Arms Act right from the time it was introduced by the British in 1834. The British made an exception for this tribe in appreciation of their valiant support to them in their fight against Tipu Sultan. Of the 3.8 lakh people living in Kodagu, almost every family possesses a gun, some even ten. The only regulation is that the Kodavas should obtain an exemption certificate from the Government, which gives them the right to possess any gun without a licence. Borkar, the district superintendent of police said: “In the past five years 12,189 exemption certificates have been issued. We can roughly estimate that about 40,000 weapons are in the district.”
Kodagu is perched on the summit of the Western Ghats and its numerous hills are covered with thick forests. Panthers, tigers, wild boars, bisons and elephants abound in large numbers and the Kodavas are adept hunters. The 1973 Wild Life Preservation Act put an end to one of the important traditions of this tribe. But even now, clandestine hunting goes on.
Legend has it that in the good old days no Kodava was allowed to cultivate a handlebar moustache unless he had shot a tiger. Even as late as 1970 there were nine forests reserved specially for hunting and licences were issued to people who wanted to shoot tigers. Today most of the ancestral houses are decorated with stuffed bisons or boar heads and tiger skins.
The Kodavas are one of the few races in India who worship a god for sports and hunting called Sarthau. Every year a special festival called Kiel Poldu (worship of arms) is held in which Kodavas perform poojas for their guns and swords. Every festival is usually accompanied by a shooting competition in which three coconuts are placed and the men are expected to knock them down. The Kodava festive dress, a black robe with a white turban, is embellished with jewelled guns and swords.
The men usually carry an ornamental dagger and a sharp sword. According to tradition, whenever a male child is born two rounds of ammunition are fired in the air. When a male member dies, two rounds are fired simultaneously and if it is a female, only one round. During the death ceremony, every time a group of mourners pay homage to their dear departed, a round is fired.
Complaint: Because of the acute shortage of cartridges, these customs have to be curtailed drastically. The more affluent families still observe these customs with the full paraphernalia and usually buy the bullets in ‘black’ at double the controlled price. Said B.D. Ganapathy, a noted Kodava writer: “We don’t use the guns as indiscriminately as before because of the cartridge shortage. But it has not drastically affected our culture because we are still willing to buy cartridges from other sources. But I don’t know how long we can continue.”
Said K.N. Ponappa, vice-president of the Mercara Kodava Samaj: “Our major complaint is that our crops are systematically being destroyed by wild animals and we are helpless because of the Government Act banning shooting. The Government must modify these laws.”
The present law stipulates that if a wild animal is troubling a village then the forest officer should be called to shoot it. But one planter said: “Who can afford to wait till a government officer comes to shoot the animal?” Many planters kill the animal themselves and have a feast at dusk.
source: http://www.indiatoday.in / India Today / Home> News> Magazine> Coorg / by Raj Chengappa / November 20th, 2013
Team Coorg overcame Oman Veterans XI to win the top honours in the Republic Day of India Hockey Festival at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Friday.
The annual Festival was organised by Friends of Naqvi Group and Team Coorg under the patronage of Indian Embassy.
In a closely-contested final of the Republic Day of India Trophy, Team Coorg outlasted Oman Veterans XI for a 5-4 victory and to lift the title for the second successive time. Belu Kutappa winning the best player award came as an icing on the cake for the triumphant Team Coorg.
Meanwhile, there was a double delight for Indian School Al Seeb with their boys team winning the Ambassador’s Cup for men after defeating Indian School Maabella and the girls squad lifting the Ambassador’s Cup for women by beating Indian School Maabella.
Chief guest Indian Ambassador Indramani Pandey presided over the Festival, which was also graced by Oman Hockey Association chairman Talib Al Wahaibi and former Oman Olympic Committee vice-chairman and chairman of football and athletic associations Sheikh Soud Al Rawahi as guests of honour and Syed Anwar Ahsan, an Oman Cricket official and General Manager of Raha Poly Products, as the special guest.
During the presentation ceremony, the organisers also honoured distinguished personalities from the Indian community, including Dr. Benny Panakkal, eminent cardiologist and Medical Director of Badr Al Saama Hospital, Dr. Satish Nambiar, Chairman of Indian Social Club (ISC), Leena Francis, Principal of Indian School Al Seeb. Indian School Muscat’s musical talent Santrupth Vedanthi and MK Iqbal, famous cricket coach and Ranji Trophy player from Tamil Nadu, and Inayat Naqvi, former national hockey level player from India, were also feted during the ceremony.
Mohammed Noordeen, General Manager of the Future Group of Companies was awarded the trophy and memento for being the main sponsors. The event is co-sponsored Bank Muscat, Raha Poly Products, ROCA (Khimji Ramdas Group), Monalisa Grand Mall, Mohammed Rafiq & Partners, UTSC, Team Coorg Muscat, Pocari Sweat (Muscat Pharmacy), Oasis Water Company, Al Omaniya Financial Services, Oman Hockey Association, Al Ansari Group of Companies and Oman United Insurance.
source: http://www.timesofoman.com / Times of Oman / Home> Sports> Hockey / by Times News Service / January 14th, 2018
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