I Shanti Kumar, Y Samarendra receive Life Time Achievement Appreciation Awards in Badminton
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 02 2020:
I Shanti Kumar, Section Officer, Manipur Secretariat and Y Samarendra, Director, Manipur Legislative Assembly were honoured with "Life Time Achievement Appreciation Awards" during All India Civil Services Badminton Tournament 2019-20 which was held from December 27, 2019 till today (January 2, 2020) at Sachivalaya Gymkhana, Sector-21, Gandhinagar, Gujarat under the aegis of Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board Department of Personnel and Training, Govt of India.
Y Samarendra, who has been playing badminton since 1986 was honoured with the award for participating All India Civil Services Badminton Tournament for a long period and achieving many feats which include team runners up titles in the year 1986, 1987 and veteran doubles runners up in 2013.He also finished doubles runners up for above 55 years in veteran championship held in Kochi in 2017 and became an international veteran player by participating in the World Senior Badminton Championship.
I Shanti Kumar, who also received the same award, has been taking part in the All India Civil Services Badminton Tournament since 1983.The veteran player was among the runners up team in the 1984 championship and finished third in the singles competition.
The following year, Shanti Kumar was among champions' team and finished runner up in singles event.
In the year 1986, he was also in the runners up team and bagged singles runner up title before finishing doubles runners up title in 55 years+ category in 2017's National Veteran Badminton Championship.
He too took part in the World Senior Badminton Championship held in 2017 .