Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields limited AN Sahay felicitated young wind surfer of the State Manaswini Maharana here on Wednesday, who had won the Bangkok Open Sail Championship held at Sandalay Surf Beach, Thailand recently. Wind surfer Manaswini Maharana is a young brand ambassador of MCl, the youngest production subsidiary of Coal India.
Sahay, along with the members of MCl Board of Directors, B K Saxena, Director (Marketing) Coal India, A K Tiwari, Director (Technical/Operations), MCl, P C Panigrahi, Director (Personnel), MCl, K K Parida, Director (Finance), MCl, felicitated the wind surfer in the presence of her coach Sabir Bux. The CMD congratulated Manaswini Maharana for her achievement at international level and wished her all the best for upcoming tournaments. MCl has been encouraging sportspersons in Odisha to bring laurels to the nation.
“The tournament supposed to start on May 7, due to bad weather condition the tournament was reschedule on May 11. I got extra five days for my practices under the foreign coaches who helped me to fetch the gold medal, said Manoswini. The more international events I will participate to gather more knowledge, as in Odisha it is not possible for me to get international standard coach and the competitors. For my development I have to Goa or Singapore for my practice.” “I am confident that in future I will bring Olympic medal for my State. My sincere thanks to Mahanadi Coal Field (MCl) because of their support I have purchased a international standard board for this meet and helped me a lot in the event,” she added.