Ajit Pal Singh received the IDFC Lifetime Achievement Award on the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards, which was held on the Taj Mahal Resort in Mumbai.
Hailing from the well-known nursery of hockey, Sansarpur in Punjab, Ajit Pal was a part of the Indian groups that received bronze medals within the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. Ajit Pal performed within the first three editions of the boys’s hockey World Cup and bagged a bronze and a silver in 1971 and 1973 earlier than main the Indian facet to its solely World Cup gold medal in 1975 in Kuala Lumpur.
"Thanks very a lot, Mr Sunil Gavaskar, Chairman of the jury. I have to thank Sportstar. We used to have Sports activities and Pastime throughout my time. I used to be very fortunate I additionally had some footage in that journal. That impressed me to do effectively and I attempted my finest. We're sitting as sporting household. We're seeing massive corporates like Reliance, IOC selling sports activities. We'd like extra corporates to help sports activities," Ajit Pal mentioned. Mr. Balakrishnan Madhivanan, Chief Working Officer, IDFC First Financial institution was additionally current.
"When you put your youngsters to sports activities, I'm certain they are going to get stronger. Sports activities can groom any individual into a great human being. We've got actually made India proud not too long ago and I'm particularly pleased with the hockey group. They've damaged the jinx i'm certain they are going to preserve doing effectively. They need to go larger up the ladder."
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Ajit Pal, a well known midfielder of his time, was additionally a member of the Indian groups that claimed silver medals within the 1970 and 1974 Asian Video games. A 3-time Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976), Ajit Pal was appointed the chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent for the 2012 London Olympics (though he couldn't carry out the job as a result of poor well being).
He was the primary sportsperson from the nation to get such a possibility. He additionally carried out administrative jobs in numerous sports activities organisations. He was honoured with Arjuna and Padma Shri awards.
Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, former India hockey captain M. M. Somaya, chess nice Viswanathan Anand, former India soccer skipper Bhaichung Bhutia and Olympians Anjali Bhagwat and Aparna Popat are the members of the Sportstar Aces 2022 jury.
