Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

SUKHMEET SINGH,

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He won gold in a rowing event in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. Jakarta was his first-ever internatio­nal outing. Relentless practice is the key to his success. He is also very inspired by the movie Bhag Milkha Bhag. He won the Asian Tour event Yeangder Tournament Players Championsh­ipat Taipei last year, followed by a win in the Japanese Challenge tour. She was part of the all-woman crew of INS Tarini, the first Asian team to circumnavi­gate the globe in 254 days. She was awarded the Nau Sena gallantry medal on August 15 . This engineer by training has a won a bouquet of awards which include the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi Award 2017, All India Academy of Fine Arts Award 2017, Raghu Rai Scholarshi­p in Multimedia Arts by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi 2017. After Kapil Dev, Yograj Singh and Chetan Sharma, Siddharth Kaul is the fourth pacer from Chandigarh to play for India in the T20 and ODI format. He made his T20 debut against Ireland and his ODI debut came against England in June 2018. She was part of the India under-16 Football team that won the SAFF Cup held in Bhutan in August this year. She was also part of the U-16 AFC qualifiers tournament held in Mongolia. She stood first in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences MBBS entrance examinatio­n, and also grabbed the top rank in the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsa- She was part of the India under-16 Football team that won the SAFF U-15 Cup held in Bhutan in August this year. She was also part of the U-16 AFC qualifiers tournament held in Mongolia. She is a striker for her team. She is the first woman president of the PU Students Council, a position that has always been held by a man.

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