Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Kolkata, IND |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Tata Archery Academy: India |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Tata Archery Academy: India |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Listening to music, surfing, cricket, football. (archery.org, 18 Jun 2012) |
Famous relatives |
His older sister, Dola, is a former world champion archer. (zeenews.india.com, 22 Jul 2012) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He would watch his older sister, Dola, shoot at the range. Soon after noticing his interest she bought him some good equipment and began coaching him on the finer points of the sport. |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
2011 he was given the Arjuna Award. (zeenews.india.com, 22 July 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Dharmendra Tiwary |
Handedness |
Right |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up the sport in 2004. |
International Debut |
Year |
2004 |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Student |
Languages |
Hindi, English |