Badminton Legend Prakash Padukone conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award by BAI
INDIAN BADMINTON legend Prakash Padukone who was the first shuttler to bring the country onto the map of world badminton has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by BAI.
4/Today Indian badminton has established itself globally and I must admit the steadfast efforts of Badminton Association of India in this. I also acknowledge and thank Indian media for popularising the sport, and glad to see that it excites people as much as cricket today. pic.twitter.com/UvwFn0xqwY
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 29, 2018
The 1980 All England title changed his career and was the big beginning for the growth of the sport in India. After that we've had a rise of shuttlers and champions and India has come a long way since then.
Many congratulations to #prakashpadukone sir for Lifetime achievement award and also had a lovely time with the family n with one of my favourite @deepikapadukone 😍😘
— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) January 29, 2018
#lovelymoments#selfietime#favorite#deepikapadukone😍#lifetimeachievementaward#prakashsir🙏🏻# pic.twitter.com/bcfEl8mBiR
The only Indian male player to reach World No.1 ranking will be awarded a cash award of INR 10 Lakhs and a citation.
This was announced last year in September and ceremony was held in Delhi whilst the opening ceremony of the India Open which has been renamed to late Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta India Open.
3/I am pleased to announce that in honour of late Sri Akhilesh Das Gupta and given his monumental contributions to badminton, we have rechristened the tournament after him. This is a fine tribute to all that he did to take Indian badminton to great heights. @BAI_Media pic.twitter.com/YzbjWBrnHu
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 29, 2018
The whole Padukone family was present at the occasion.
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