16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Silver Medal Tally for India

16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Silver Medal Tally for India

Sport	Name	Event	Medal
Archery	RAI Tarundeep	Men’s Individual	Silver
Athletics	SREEDHARAN Preeja	Women’s 5000m	Silver
Athletics	RAUT Kavita	Women’s 10,000m	Silver
Billiard Sports	India	Men’s SnookerTeam	Silver
Boxing	VIROTHU Santhosh K..	Men’s 64kg	Silver
Boxing	KUMAR Dinesh	Men’s 81kg	Silver
Boxing	SINGH Manpreet	Men’s 91kg	Silver
Golf	India	Men’s Team	Silver
Rowing	India	Men’s Four	Silver
Rowing	India	Men’s Eight	Silver
Rowing	India	Lightweight Men’s Four	Silver
Sailing	India	Open Match Racing	Silver
Shooting	NARANG Gagan	Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Silver
Shooting	India	Women’s 10mAir Pistol Team	Silver
Shooting	India	Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team	Silver
Tennis	MIRZA/VARDHAN	Mixed Doubles	Silver
Wushu	WANGKHEM Sandhyara..	Women’s Sanshou 60kg	Silver

16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Gold Medal Tally for India

16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Gold Medal Tally for India

Sport	Name	Event	Medal
Athletics	SINGH Sudha	Women’s 3000m Steeplechase	Gold
Athletics	Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham	Men’s 400m Hurdles	Gold
Athletics	AKKUNJI Ashwini Chidananda	Women’s 400m Hurdles	Gold
Athletics	SREEDHARAN Preeja	Women’s 10,000m	Gold
Athletics	India	Women’s 4 x 400m Relay	Gold
Billiard Sports	ADVANI Pankaj	Men’s English Billiards Singles	Gold
Boxing	VIKAS Krishan	Men’s 60kg	Gold
Boxing	SINGH Vijender	Men’s 75kg	Gold
Kabaddi	India	Men’s	Gold
Kabaddi	India	Women’s	Gold
Rowing	TAKHAR Bajrang Lal	Men’s Single Sculls	Gold
Shooting	SODHI Ronjan	Men’s Double Trap	Gold
Tennis	DEVVARMAN SK	Men’s Singles	Gold
Tennis	DEVVARMAN/SINGH	Men’s Doubles	Gold

Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta win Gold for Badminton Doubles in CWG

Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta win Gold for Badminton Doubles in CWG, the news spread far and wide, we were all cheering for India and for Ashwini and Jwala. Ashwini is daughter of MA Ponnappa, this write up is to congratulate the father, family, daughter and her partner.

MA Ponnappa is a proud father of Ashiwini Ponnappa, his chest would swell with pride for the achievement of his daughter, Ashwini from current world ranking of 82 and Indian ranking of 11, to go on to win the Gold for Doubles with partner Jwala Gutta, at Commonwealth Games is a great achievement. They trained hard, especially with all that Jwala went through, the motivation probably was stronger to be known for medal rather than anything else. They pair excellently, the combination of amazing net-play and the back field cover is a treat to watch. Some shots of Ashwini was just not negotiable, the speed at which the shots came were counted as fastest shots. The final was announced, people watched glued to the television watched the pair move from strength to strength. The moment came of victory after hard toiled game, the pair made India proud.

When Ashwini was born on 18th September, 1989, Ponnappa may not have imagined that his daughter would be as good an athlete/player that he has been.

A senior at School, Lt.Col. BGV Kumar shares his view "Ponnu as some of us called him back then was a gifted sportsman. Any game came naturally to him. Ponnu and KV Basavaraj could have been a part of the Brazilian foot ball team or a part of Indian hockey team back in 1968/69! Ponnu could execute a scissor kick with perfection on the football field as a 12 year old boy!" As Somashekhar Basappanavar and Shashi Albur put it, He has been unique during those days to date, he could take up any game and excel in it; Inter-house competitions would be as fiercely fought battles and Ponnappa enjoyed every sport. May be if there was sports like Badminton, Tennis and Swimming during those times in the School, he would have gone on to become a world class player even before Ashwini, as what his friends reckon. He even now forms a part of RBI Hockey team.Above all,he is a thoroughbred,unassuming and a down to earth human being.In school team, his presence in the left wing,along with the solid right back Brahmendra and KV Basavaraj on the right wing and Shashi and Somashekhar bought laurels to the school team.

MA Ponnappa, Congratulations on your daughter's success. 

 Ashwini has also been awarded Karnataka Rajyostava Award for Sports Excellence. 

Ashiwini Ponnappa

Ashwini and Jwala God Bless you Ashwini, MA Ponnappa, his family and Jwala Gutta. We are proud of you. Solute. MA Ponnappa’s address once was MA Ponnappa, Roll Number. 167, Sainik School Bijapur-586102

BRONZE MEDAL TALLY INDIA-14th October, 2010

BRONZE MEDALS TALLY INDIA-14th October, 2010


1 ATOM Sandhya Rani Devi Women's 48kg Category  Weightlifting

2 VS Rao Men's 56kg Category  Weightlifting

3 KUMAR Sunil Men's 66kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

4 DALAL Dharmender Men's 120kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

5 KARMAKAR  Prasanta Para Sport - Men's 50m Freestyle S9  Aquatics-Swimming

6 India Women's Compound - Team Bronze Medal  Archery

7 KUMAR  Ashish Men's Floor  Gymnastics-Artistic Gymnastics

8 CHITRADURGA Sudhir Kumar Men's 77kg Category  Weightlifting

9 KUNDU Suman Women's 63kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

10 India Men's Recurve - Team Bronze Medal Match  Archery

11 RAUT Kavita Women's 10000m  Athletics

12 SINGH Gurpreet Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol  Shooting

13 SINGH Harminder Men's 20 Km Race Walk  Athletics

14 India Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)  Shooting

15 India Men's Team Event Bronze Medal Match  Table Tennis

16 India Men's Doubles - Bronze Medal Match  Tennis

17 DEVI Laishram Monika Women's 75kg Category  Weightlifting

18 BANERJEE Dola Women's Recurve - Individual Bronze Medal  Archery

19 TALUKDAR Jayanta Men's Recurve - Individual Bronze Medal Match  Archery

20 SANDHU Manavjit Singh Men's Trap (Singles)  Shooting

21 India Women's Doubles - Bronze Medal Match  Tennis

22 KUMAR Anil Men's 55kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

23 ANTIL Seema Women's Discus Throw  Athletics

24 SINGH Amandeep Lightflyweight (49kg)  Boxing

25 BHAGWAN Jai Lightweight (60kg)  Boxing

26 SINGH Dilbag Welterweight (69kg)  Boxing

27 SINGH Vijender Middleweight (75kg)  Boxing

28 India Women's 50m Prone Rifle (Pairs)  Shooting

29 1446 NAIK Kashinath Men's Javelin Throw  Athletics

30 MAHESWARY Renjith Men's Triple Jump  Athletics

31 India Women's 4 x 100m Relay  Athletics

32 India Men's 4 x 100m Relay  Athletics

33 PARUPALLI Kashyap Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match  Badminton

34 JUNG Samaresh Men's 25m Standard Pistol (Singles)  Shooting

35 India Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match  Table Tennis

Source: IndiaTimes

SILVER MEDALS TALLY-14th October, 2010, CWG New Delhi

SILVER MEDALS TALLY INDIA-14th October, 2010

1 CHANU NGANGBAM Soniya Women's 48kg Category  Weightlifting

2 DEY Sukhen Men's 56kg Category  Weightlifting

3 India Men's 50m Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

4 India Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs)  Shooting

5 India Men's Double Trap (Pairs)  Shooting

6 BINDRA Abhinav Men's 10m Air Rifle  Shooting

7 SARNOBAT Rahi Women's 25m Pistol  Shooting

8 KUMAR Manoj Men's 84kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

9 India Men's Compound - Team  Archery

10 SODHI Ronjan Men's Double Trap  Shooting

11 DEVI Nirmala Women's 48kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

12 India Mixed Team Event - Gold Medal Match  Badminton

13 KUMAR  Ashish Men's Vault  Gymnastics-Artistic Gymnastics

14 India Men's Trap (Pairs)  Shooting

15 India Women's Team Event Gold Medal Match  Table Tennis

16 KUMARI Babita Women's 51kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

17 MIRZA Sania Women's Singles - Gold Medal Match  Tennis

18 GOWDA Vikas Shive Men's Discus Throw  Athletics

19 MALIAKKAL Prajusha Women's Long Jump  Athletics

20 KUMAR Vijay Men's 25m Centrefire Pistol (Singles)  Shooting

21 KUMAR Anuj Men's 84kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

22 KUMAR Joginder Men's 120kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

23 KAUR Harwant Women's Discus Throw  Athletics

24 India Men's 25m Standard Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

25 SAWANT Tejaswini Women's 50m Rifle Prone (Singles)  Shooting

26 SIDHU Heena Women's 10m Air Pistol  Shooting

27 India Men's Gold Medal Match  Hockey

Source :India Times

GOLD MEDALS TALLY-14th October, 2010-CWG Games-New Delhi

A Gold Medal is a Gold Medal for the Country, These Sport persons have made India proud. Congratulations.

GOLD MEDALS TALLY INDIA-14th October, 2010

No Name Event Discipline

1 India Men's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)  Shooting

2 India Women's 25m Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

3 SINGH Ravinder Men's 60kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

4 Sanjay Men's 74kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

5 KUMAR Anil Men's 96kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

6 NARANG Gagan Men's 10m Air Rifle  Shooting

7 SAYYED Anisa Women's 25m Pistol  Shooting

8 SINGH Omkar Men's 50m Pistol  Shooting

9 YUMNAM Renu Bala Chanu Women's 58kg Category  Weightlifting

10 KATULU Ravi Kumar Men's 69kg Category  Weightlifting

11 KUMAR Rajender Men's 55kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Greco-Roman

12 India Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

13 India Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

14 Geeta Women's 55kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

15 India Women's Recurve - Team  Archery

16 India Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs)  Shooting

17 SINGH Omkar Men's 10m Air Pistol  Shooting

18 KUMAR Vijay Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol  Shooting

19 TOMAR Alka Women's 59kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

20 Anita Women's 67kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

21 India Men's 25m Centrefire Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

22 NARANG Gagan Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions  Shooting

23 DUTT Yogeshwar Men's 60kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

24 YADAV Narsingh Panch Men's 74kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

25 KUMARI Deepika Women's Recurve - Individual  Archery

26 BANERJEE Rahul Men's Recurve - Individual Gold Medal Match  Archery

27 SINGH Harpreet Men's 25m Centrefire Pistol (Singles)  Shooting

28 DEVVARMAN Somdev Men's Singles - Gold Medal Match  Tennis

29 KUMAR Sushil Men's 66kg - Repechage  Wrestling-Freestyle

30 POONIA Krishna Women's Discus Throw  Athletics

31 India Women's 4 x 400m Relay  Athletics

32 India Women's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs)  Shooting

33 KUMAR Manoj Light Welterweight (64kg)  Boxing

34 MAYENGBAM Suranjoy Flyweight (52 kg)  Boxing

35 SAMOTA Paramjeet Super Heavyweight (Over 91kg)  Boxing

36 India Men's Doubles-Gold Medal Match  Table Tennis

37 India Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match  Badminton

Source: India Times

Capt.Gopinath-Simply Fly- Baanallu Neene, Bhuviyallu Neene

Is there anything new you can write about Capt.Gopinath, his success and his life story has become darling of story tellers/writers in the media and also in Business Schools around the world. There has been plenty of paper and many more in digital forms spent writing about the achievements of Capt.Gopinath, his life.



Now you can fly in his book, "Simply Fly" pages and instances are like seats of his flight, you have to find your right seat, you seat yourself, tighten your senses like seat belts and you takeoff to understand and learn the intricacies of hardship, spirit of an entrepreneur, the unending zeal to achieve mission with a great passion. Just as you are about to enjoy the flight, he fills the journey with no frill narration, his life as he grows up from a village boy and moves on to become a pioneer in the field of low cost carriers in India.

Beyond what a village boy transformed a sector of economy in one of the fastest growing economies of the world. He set his eyes on an unchartered path, his journey has left a large scale transformation for the aviation sector in India. Business schools across the world continue to study the first mover, game changer, path breaker, so on and so forth. Capt Gopinath has moved on from the field and left a undeniable imprints in the aviation sector. The sector has progressed so fast from early 2000, when he first took imagination to reality to "Simply Fly"

Despite the changes that brought about increased passengers the aviation sector in India is going through rough weather due to high aviation turbine fuel prices, rising labor costs and acute shortage of skilled labor, The rapid fleet expansion, and intense price competition has created more need for innovations like that of Air Deccan. The problem has also compounded by new players entering the industry even before the existing players could stabilize their operations. The recession didn't care less about the already troubled weather of our civil aviation, which exacerbated all these factors, hit. Indian aviation industry has been more resilient than its global counterparts. The common man can still take his bag and his umbrella to the airport, aviation has become affordable with check fares and discount schemes, operators started to try with different business model, the growth foreseen in the Aviation Industry should help the overall economics to work well. More trips per person per annum will let the aviation industry take off in the right spirit.

Only people like Capt.Gopinath can get his vision right even in such scenario, the potential demand with growth in Indian economy, meant that air cargo is expected to grow and there are limited Indian players with dedicated flights. So Capt takes another flight now cargo. There is now improvement in airport facilities, parking bays,air traffic control facilities and takeoff and landing slots. He still is targeting around a 3000 thousand tonnes of air cargo, Capt Gopi has large shoulders and a lion heart, now in a better position to take on the world backed by timely investments and wise people around him.

Son of the soil he is, Son of Air, he is "Baanallu Neene, Bhuviyallu Neene, a common man sings, Nannallu Neene"

God Bless you Capt.Gopinath, my dear Ajeet, you could be a non-believer, We believe in God and many believe you can, you will, you are meant to reach greater heights. We are proud of you.

Respect, Salute my dear Ajeet .

His address once was GR Gopinath, Roll Number. 50, Hoysala House, Sainik School Bijapur-586102