Never Aspired for an Award, But Now Have Sense of Gratitude: Pradeep Gandhe on Dhyan Chand Award
4 years, 4 months ago

Never Aspired for an Award, But Now Have Sense of Gratitude: Pradeep Gandhe on Dhyan Chand Award

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Set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe said he never aspired for awards but expressed gratitude that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. "I feel honoured but I think more than it, the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later as an administrator," Gandhe, who also served as an office-bearer of Maharashtra Badminton Association and Badminton Association of India, told PTI. Besides Gandhe, Indian men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, coach Gaurav Khanna, who has been the reason behind the meteoric rise of Indian para-badminton, has been chosen for the Dronacharya Award. "I was always supported by my elder brother Ravindra Gandhe and eldest sister Jayashree Pendharkar, who is the mother-in-law of former India captain Rahul Dravid, and my employers the Shroff family."

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Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde
4 years, 4 months ago

Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde

The Hindu  

Trupti Murgunde, Pradeep Gandhe and para-shuttler Satyaprakash Tiwari were among the three former badminton players to be conferred with the Dhyan Chand Award this year. Trupti, the 2009 women’s singles national champion and two-time South Asian Games singles gold medallist, is over the moon. Trupti has served as a badminton national coach and selector, and as a television commentator for …

Never aspired for an award, but now have sense of gratitude: Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award
4 years, 4 months ago

Never aspired for an award, but now have sense of gratitude: Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award

India TV News  

Set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe said he never aspired for awards but expressed gratitude that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. "I feel honoured but I think more than it, the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later …

Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award: Grateful that my work has been recognised
4 years, 4 months ago

Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award: Grateful that my work has been recognised

The Hindu  

Former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe, who is set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, is grateful that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. “I feel honoured, but I think more than it the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later as an administrator,” Gandhe, who …

Top shuttlers back Pradeep Gandhe for Dhyan Chand award
4 years, 4 months ago

Top shuttlers back Pradeep Gandhe for Dhyan Chand award

The Hindu  

India’s greatest badminton player ever, Prakash Padukone, leads some of the biggest-ever names in the sport including Dinesh Khanna, P. Gopi Chand, P. V. Sindhu and U. Vimal Kumar in recommending yesteryear star shuttler Pradeep Gandhe for the 2020 Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award. In separate letters of appreciation, all of them as well as London Olympics quarterfinalist P. Kashyap …

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