Encouraging players from the soil of Jharkhand, a felicitation ceremony for Jharkhand’s Lawn Bowlers who recently brought laurels to the state by clinching medals in Commonwealth Games 2022, Birmingham, UK was organized at Amity University Jharkhand on Thursday along with their coach.
The list included gold medalists Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and silver medalists Sunil Bahadur and Dinesh Kumar, and their coach Madhu Kant Pathak, Secretary General of Jharkhand Olympic Association (JOA).
The programme started with a brief description of the players by Dr. Kasturi Sahay, Assistant Director, Amity University Jharkhand.
Gaurav Gupta, Vice President, Amity Education Group informed that its an honour to be part of this occasion. On behalf of U Ramachandran, Senior Vice President of Amity Education group he said one should prepare like a competitor and rest more like an infant. He suggested including lawn bowls in Amity University Jharkhand's upcoming permanent campus in the state capital.
He said now not only MS Dhoni, but we have many other jewels that make Jharkhand and India proud. Prof. Dr. Raman Kumar Jha, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Jharkhand conveyed his blessings.
Dr AK Srivastava, Senior Director, Amity Education Group expressed gratitude to the players for shining the state's name globally. "We have 100 indicators from Jharkhand at international platforms now," he quoted and appreciated the efforts of Coach Madhu Kant Pathak.
Dr Nishant Mani, Assistant Director, IQAC, Amity University Jharkhand felicitated Madhu Kant Pathak while Prof. Dr Ajit Kumar Pandey, Director, Amity University Jharkhand felicitated Lovely Choubey. Dr SA Pandey, Director, Law, Amity University Jharkhand felicitated Rupa Rani Tirkey.
P Tripathi, Registrar, Amity University Jharkhand felicitated Mr Dinesh Kumar. Mr Sumit Singh, Deputy Director, Amity University Jharkhand felicitated Mr. Sunil Bahadur.
Prof. Dr Ajit Kumar Pandey, Director, Management and Allied Sciences, Amity University Jharkhand requested Madhu Kant Pathak to receive Commonwealth Games silver medalist Chandan Kumar's token of appreciation as he couldn’t make it to the event.