Kanchanmala Pande

Kanchanmala D Pande is a blind international female swimmer.[1][2] She has won several medals at international, National and State level since she was a child. She has competed successfully with sighted swimmers at all levels.[3]

Pande has won nine international medals, apart from participation in commonwealth games,[4] 2006 at Australia,[5] FESPIC Games 2006 at Malaysia,[6] Para-Asian games 2010, at China and numerous other tournaments. She has always been a [7] gold medalist at national and state levels. She intends to participate in forthcoming Para Asian games to be held in South Korea

Honours and awards

  1. 26 January 2003 Awarded by Vilasrao Balkrushna Patil, Ministre Maharashtra state & Palak Mantri.
  2. March 2004 'Parakh Khel Ratna Purskar' Awarded by Parakh Samaj Kalyan Sanstha, Nagpur.
  3. AIASHA Jagatik Kartrutwan Mahila Purskar 2005, Awarded by All India Stri Heeth Association, Mumbai.
  4. Krida Ratna Purskar 2006, Awarded by Commissioner, Amravati Municipal Corporation, Amravati on 29 March 2006 .
  5. "Neelam Kanga Award 2009" Awarded at Mumbai by Dy. Chief Minister Shri Chhagan Bhujbal on Jan. 19, 2009.
  6. EKLAVYA [8]
  7. "ASPIRE Talent Award 2009" Awarded by H.R.D. Minister Shri Kapil Sibble at Gurgaon (New Delhi) on 27 Aug. 2009.
  8. "Outstanding Sportsman Special Award" Awarded by IBSA (India Blind Sports Association) New Delhi on 10th Jan. 2012.
  9. Featured in‘Nazar ya Nazariya’ National [9] tele-serial by Eye way, and ‘Yeh Hai Raushni ka Karvan’ a National Radio Serial by Score Foundation.
  10. Featured in [10]“The light within” a book by Sipra Das 2013 ISBN 9789381523629

References

  1. ↑ http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp181113.html?
  2. ↑ Indian blind swimmer Kanchan Mala D Pande
  3. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlaAqlT9R9E
  4. ↑ http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106091?
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/.../article3054348.ece?
  6. ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/.../2010-12/.../content_11700479.htm?
  7. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJOqO2-zUs
  8. ↑ Krida Puraskar 2008, Awarded by Govt.of Maharashtra State (at the hand of his excellency Hon. Governor of Maharashrta Shri Jamir) On 2nd Aug. 2009
  9. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlaAqlT9R9E
  10. ↑ The light within A Different Vision of Life Sipra Das ISBN 9789381523629 Publisher: Niyogi Books Territory: USA & Canada
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