ISports Control Board Games have so much freedom You can go anywhere you want Jenova Chen About Airports Authority of India Sports Control Board (AAISCB)
Airports Authority of India Sports Control Board (AAISCB) is responsible for the promotion of sports and welfare of meritorious sportspersons in India. AAISCB every year adopts meritorious sportspersons under its Sports Policy e.g. Contract Scheme and Scholarship Scheme. AAISCB has its nine constituent boards within AAI to look after the sporting activities. While AAISCB is headed by a President i.e. Member (HR), the other constituent Boards are headed by Regional Executive Directors in Five Regions, Airports Directors at Chennai and Kolkata, Principal, CATC at CATC, Allahabad and ED (Admn) at CHQ Delhi. Presently Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, AAI is the patron of AAI Sports Control Board. In 2016-17, AAI engaged in all 136 sports-persons out of which 41 were under AAI Contract Scheme and 95 were under AAI Scholarship Scheme. The sports-persons during this period pursued their specialised sport and AAI assisted them in the form of financial assistance. AAI fields its team in national tournament/championships conducted under the aegis of following national federations: a) Table Tennis Federation of India b) Badminton Association of India c) Chess Federation of India d) Kho-Kho Federation of India
During the year 2016, 16 AAI sportspersons excelled in team events as well as individual events nationally and internationally. Sports Control Board | Achievements in 2016-17 CONTENTS
2 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS (Chess) AAI Teams in National Tournaments 2016-17
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Inter-AAI Zonal 10 Tournaments
Badminton - Chandigarh 4 7
Badminton - Bengaluru 5
Badminton - Table Tennis - Thiruvananthapuram 6 Chandigarh
Badminton - 8 Mumbai 9
Badminton - Indonesia Chess - Bhubaneswar 10
Table Tennis - Jaipur
AAI Sports Achievements | 00 Compilation of Sports' Achievements AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA during 2016-17
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
KIRAN GEORGE Scholarship player Badminton Runner up in Under-17 Boys' Singles of Badminton Asia held in Indonesia in October 2016
AKARSHI KASHYAP Scholarship player Badminton Semi finalists in the same tournament in Under 17 Girls' Single S. L. NARAYANAN Contract player Chess Bronze in World Junior Chess Championship held at Bhubaneswar in August 2016
NATIONAL EVENTS
GEO JOSE Contract player Athletics Winner in Junior Men U-20 high jump in Junior National Athletics Championship held in Coimbatore in November 2016 SAHIL THAKRAL Contract player Athletics Runner-up in Junior Men U-20 1500 mtrs in the same Championship AVDESH NAGAR Contract player Athletics Runner-up Junior Boys U-16 2000 mtrs in the same Championship MAHIMA AGGARWAL Contract player Badminton Bronze medalist in Women's Doubles in Senior Nationals ARCHANA KAMATH Contract player Table Tennis Winner of Junior Girls Single -U-17 - Junior & Youth National held at Vadodara in January, 2017 SELENA DEEPTHI Contract player Table Tennis Semi-finalists of Junior Girls' Singles in same SELVAKUMR and Championship PRIYANKA PAREEK AYHIKA MUKHERJEE Contract player Table Tennis Semi-finalists in Youth Girl's Doubles in same and FRENAZ CHIPIA Championship RONIT BHANJA Contract player Table Tennis Winner Youth Boy's Doubles and Semi-finalist of Youth Boys' Singles ANIRBAN GHOSH Contract player Table Tennis Semi-finalist Youth Boys' Doubles CR Contract player Table Tennis Runner-up Youth Girls' Singles HARSHAVARDHINI SUSHMIT SRIRAM Contract player Table Tennis Runner-up in Men's Double in Sr. Nationals held at Manesar in February 2017
AAI Sports Achievements | 1 AAI TEAMS IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS 2016-17 46TH INTER-INSTITUTIONAL TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT JAIPUR - JULY 2016
Women's TEAM SILVER MEDAL QUALIFIED FOR SR. NATIONALS Men's TEAM SILVER MEDAL QUALIFIED FOR SR. NATIONALS GOLD MEDAL YOUTH GIRLS QUALIFIED FOR JUNIOR & YOUTH NATIONALS (DEFEATED PETROLEUM BOARD) YOUTH BOYS SILVER MEDAL NOT QUALIFIED, LOST TO PETROLEUM BOARD AYHIKA MUKHERJEE & RUNNERS-UP RONIT BHANJHA MIXED DOUBLE
JUNIOR AND YOUTH NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT VADODARA JANUARY '2017
YOUTH GIRLS GOLD MEDAL DEFEATED TAMILNADU IN FINALS SR. NATIONAL TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT MANESAR IN FEBRUARY, '2017
WOMEN'S TEAM BRONZE MEDAL LOST TO WEST BENGAL INTER INSTITUTIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT MUMBAI IN AGUSUT 2017 WOMEN's SINGLES WOMEN's DOUBLES MEN's SINGLES ALL EVENTS WON BY AAI MEN's DOUBLES MIXED DOUBLES AAI TEAM WON GOLD MEDAL QUALIFIED FOR SR. NATIONALS SR. NATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT PATNA, FEBRUARY, 2017 AAI TEAM RUNNER-UP LOST TO PETROLEUM BOARD
2 | AAI Sports Achievements AAI TEAM IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS 2016-17
For the first time AAI fielded its women's team in the Senior National Kho-Kho Championship held at Nagpur in October 2016. AAI team was runner-up amongst more than 40 states/institutional teams. AAI lost to Maharashtra in finals in a very close and exciting match. AAI men and women team finished runners up in their respective events in the National Open Team Chess Championship and National Women's Team Championship held at Bhopal in February 2017.
Participation in the activities of All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board
All India Public Sector Badminton Tournament organized by ONGC at Panchkula in February 2017 a) AAI Men & Women's team won Bronze Medals in the team events b) Rasika Raje and Anura Prabhu Desai won Silver and Bronze Medal respectively in Women's Singles c) Mahima Agarwal and Karishma Wadkar was Bronze Medal in the Women's Doubles
All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament organized by HPCL at Mumbai in March 2017 a) AAI Women's team won Bronze Medal in the team event b) Frenaz Chipia won Bronze Medal in Women's Singles c) Frenaz Chipia and Seraha Jacob won Bronze Medal in Women's Doubles
Inter-AAI Zonal Tournaments Details of the events conducted by various Zones
Games Conducted By Winner Runner-Up Cricket (M) East Zone at Kolkata North Zone West Zone Table Tennis North Zone at Allahabad West Zone(M) North Zone(M) (M & W) Central Zone(W) West Zone(W) Football (M) Central Zone at New Delhi East Zone South Zone Carrom (M&W) North East Zone at Guwahati West Zone (M) South Zone (M) NER Zone (W) West Zone (W) Chess (M&W) North East Zone at Guwahati West Zone (M) East Zone (M) West Zone (W) NER Zone (W) Volleyball (M) South Zone (M) East Zone (M) South Zone at Coimbatore Throw ball (W) South Zone(W) West Zone(W)
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Achievements of AAI Team in National Tournaments AAI team participated in the Senior National Badminton Championship held at Chandigarh from 5th to 10th April, 2016. The AAI Team reached in the finals for the first time and was adjudged the Runner-up.
Achievements of AAI Sportspersons in National Events Akarshi Kashyap, inducted under AAI Scholarship Scheme 2016-17, won both the Girls Singles Under-17 and Under-19 titles in the National Junior Ranking Tournament held at Bangalore in June, 2016.
4 | AAI Sports Achievements SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
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Achievements of AAI Sportspersons in National Events Kiran George, inducted under AAI sports Scholarship Scheme 2016-17, won the boys singles under-17 title in the Ranking Tournament.
Achievements of AAI Sportspersons in National Events Mahima Agarwal, inducted under AAI Sports Contract Scheme 2016-17, won the Girls Doubles Under-19 title along with Shikha Gautam, in a Nation Ranking Tournament held in Bengaluru.
AAI Sports Achievements | 5 SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
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Achievements of AAI Sportspersons in National Events Akarshi Kashyap won the Under-17 Girls' Singles as also the Girls' Doubles title, in Nation Ranking Badminton Tournament in Thiruvananthapuram. She also won the National U-17 for 2016-17
6 | AAI Sports Achievements SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17 IS N N E T E BL A T
Achievements of AAI Sportspersons in National Events. Priyanka Pareek, inducted under AAI Sports Scholarship Scheme 2016-17, won the Junior Girls singles title in the National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament held at Chandigarh from 25th to 30th June, 2016.
AAI Sports Achievements | 7 SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17 IS N N E T E BL A T Achievements of AAI Team in National Tournaments
On a request by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) with which AAI Sports Control Board is affiliated, AAI conducted the prestigious 46th All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis Tournament at Jaipur from 24th to 29th July 2016. 18 organizations participated in the Men's Team Event, 11 organizations in the Women's Team Event and four organizations in Youth Boys and Youth Girls Team Event. Apart from the team event, Men's Singles/Doubles, Women's Singles/Doubles and Mixed Doubles were also conducted in which players from various states also participated. AAI, which has in its ranks some of the most promising young players of the country, participated in all the events. This tournament is the second most important National Table Tennis tournament in the country after the Senior National Table Tennis Championship. All leading players of the country participated in the event including those who represented India at the Rio Olympics namely Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Mouma Das and Manika Batra. AAI Men's and Women's Team finished second in the team events losing to Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), a composite team of Public Sector Oil being the Winner qualified for the Junior and Youth Companies. The Youth Girls Team won the Youth girls Nationals to be held in Surat. team event defeating Petroleum Sports Promotion In the open events, AAI's Ronit Bhanjha and Ayhika Board while the Youth Boys Team lost to the Petroleum Mukherjee finished behind G Sathian and Ankita Das of Sports Promotion Board and finished second. In view of PSPB in the Mixed Doubles Event. The men's singles being finalists, the Men and Women team qualified for was won by G Sathian of PSPB, Women's Singles by the Senior National Table Tennis championship to be Suthirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal, Men's Doubles by held in Gurgaon while the Youth Girls Team in view of Sudhanshu Grover and Abhishek Yadav of PSPB and Women's Doubles by Mouma Das and K Shamini of PSPB. The tournament was inaugurated by Shri Ramcharan Bohara, Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) in the presence of Shri Rakesh Kalra, Regional Executive Director (Northern Region), Airports Authority of India ; Shri B. K. Tailang, Airport Director, Jaipur and Shri Dhanraj Chowdhury, Secretary General, TTFI on 24th July, 2016 while Shri Anuj Agarwal, Member (HR) and President, AAISCB was the Chief Guest at the Closing Ceremony in which Shri P. C. Chaturvedi, IAS and President, TTFI , Regional Executive Director, AAI, Northern Region and Airport Director, Jaipur were also present. The execution of the tournament was appreciated by one and all and the credit goes to the Regional Sports Control Board (Northern Region), AAI, Sports and Cultural Committee, Jaipur Airport and the officials of the Table Tennis Federation of India for looking after the minutest details to make the event a highly successful one.
8 | AAI Sports Achievements SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
TON N MI D A B Achievements of AAI Team in National Tournaments
AAI Badminton Team participated in the All India Inter Institutional Badminton Tournament conducted by the Department of Atomic Energy at Mumbai from 28th to 31st, August 2016. The AAI team won the Mixed Team Event beating LIC in the Finals thus qualifying for the Senior National Badminton Championship to be held at. In the open events, AAI players won the Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles while finishing second in the Men's Singles.
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On being granted provisional affiliation by Kho-Kho Federation of India, AAI Women's Kho- Kho Team participated in the Women's event of the Senior National Kho-Kho Championship held at Nagpur in October 2016. The team performed outstandingly well and finished second behind Maharashtra.
AAI Sports Achievements | 9 SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
TON N MI D A B Achievements of Professional Sportspersons in International Events BADMINTON ASIA UNDER-17 & UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT INDONESIA IN OCTOBER, 2016
Kiran George, Runner-up in Boys' Akarshi Kashyap, Semi finalist in Girls' Under-17 Singles Event Under-17 Singles Event
S WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AT BHUBANESWAR IN AUGUST, 2016 HES C • S. L. Narayanan finished third in the event
10 | AAI Sports Achievements AAI Board felicitating Sportspersons during AAI's 22nd Annual Day
Kiran George, Badminton Mahima Aggarwal, Badminton
Chairman, AAI along with Board Members
Chirag Shetty, Badminton Frenaz Chipia, Table Tennis AAI Sports Control Board, Airports Authority of India, A Wing, Room No. 120, Safdarjung Airport, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi-110003.