by PRIZE MONEY TIMELYThe prize m oney many athletes felt was timely given their kitting, other expenses Star hockey player Harish S Mutagar said This is not just a morale booster for us it also relieves us of some financial burden We are grateful to our university for this recognitionThe chief guests for the event were two alumni of the undivided Bangalore University former Indian hockey skipper Arjun Ha lappa, mer athlete Mohammed Mudassir Olympian Halappa stressing on the importance of cash incentives for athletes many of whom come from economically backward families called on the un iversity to have more athletefriendly initiativesGiven that the university is branching out into more sportsoriented courses there should be a pathway for athletes to come back, work at the university But for that to happen I call upon sportspersons to take their studies seriously Being a sportsperson does not mean train ingsleeptrainingsleep You must attend classes, study as well The former midfielder also requested the university to enhance travel, daily allowances for the athletes, ensure reservation while they travel for tourna ments Mudassir also underlined the difference such awards make in an athletes lifeAwardees AthleticsArpitha EB Rs 45000 Mohammed Sibgathulla Rs 20000 Nirmala Gowda Rs 20000 manager CyclingKeerthi Rangaswamy Rs 15000 HockeyHarish S Mutagar Neelesh Hanagal Ansar Ali Sukalyan Mondal Sanjay HT Bharath MK Majji Ganesh Punith R Ravi Kumar H Pranam Gowda Sridhar BN Ashik NR Vasanth Kumar Teju R Deepak Yadav Mayur Boppiah Pavan FM all Rs 37000 CB Poovanna Rs 12000 Vijayakrishnan T Coach Rs 25000 Mohd Ilyas Manager Rs 25000 KickboxingNanditha Raj Rs 20000 Pencak SilatHarshitha Rs 20000
Published in The Times of India (Online) (15.11.2022)