Pune (Voice News Service): Former Indian Womens Captain and member of BCCI Shubhangi Kulkarni, FilmMaker Kranti Kanade , Noted Medical Practitioner Dr Arjun Viegas, Dr Milind Bhoi Social Worker, Mr Arvind Meshramkar working in field of Education for the hearing impaired alongside 10 young players from various sports were awarded the Chandu Borde Foundation awards .
The first ever awards awarded by Chandu Borde Foundation initiated by PadmaBhushan Chandu Borde was given at a ceremony held in the city yesterday.
The awards were given away at the Hands of Vir Chakra Col Lait Rai, speaking on the occasion Col Rai said one should not run for Money in pockets or For getting Money into pockets but should bid for Hopes in your heart and Dreams in your minds , the winners of this award have all achieved what they hoped for , he said
Speaking on the occasion Mr Borde said that the society had given him a lot and he and his family decided they have a responsibility towards society and give back to society in some form or the other
There was no better way than to honour individuals who have given all to their careers and towards society
Mr Borde said he was elated with the performance of girls in sports and said that women are bringing glory to the society and the country .
The young sportspersons that our selection committee has selected are from other sports than cricket and this was to honour contribution of other sports which our nation was excelling
The Adarsh Award consisted of Rs 25000/- shawl, memento) while the onetime Scholarship of Rs 10,000/- was presented to few budding young sportspersons to encourage youngsters and help them financially to meet their Immediate requirements
The Scholarships were awarded to Atharva Wanve.- Cricket, Mrunmayee Salgaonkar- Rowing, Prathamesh Sonar- Swimming, Pritha Vartikar- Table Tennis. Kushi Mulla – Cricket , Natasha Dumne – Archery, Sidra Anwar Shaikh- Boxing, Siddhanth Binde – Weightlifting, Jyotiba Atakale – Wrestling, Abhijeet Sarjerao Khopade- Taekwondo
The awards were given away at the hands of Chandu Borde and Col Lalit Rai. Vijaya Borde, Avinash Bansode, Dr. Mahendra Chitre, Surendra Mohite, Kaka Pawar, Milind Gunjal, Shirish Mohite and Sharad Kale were present on the occasion. trustee of the foundation Uday Borde proposed the Vote of Thanks.
