Governor awarded Sports Diploma to 262 Trainees at NIS
Patiala-55th Diploma award ceremony of diploma course in sports coaching was held today at SAI NS NIS Patiala where Governor of Punjab V P Singh Badnore was the chief guest who confer the diplomas to the successful trainees in 18 different sports disciplines. Diploma was awarded to 262 trainees out of whom 52 trainees got grade “A”, 207 trainees got grade “B” and 03 trainees got grade “C”.
The following trainees were declared toppers in their respective sports disciplines.
| S.No | Game | Roll No. | Name of Trainee |
| 1. | Athletics | Ath-29 | Yogendra Singh Chahar |
| 2. | Basketball | BB-38 | Smithin Markose Settu |
| 3. | Boxing | BOX-56 | Lovepreet Singh |
| 4. | Cricket | Ckt-77 | Yagnesh Dilip Sapkal |
| 5. | Cycling | Cyc-90 | Naseeb Saini |
| 6. | Fencing | Fen-100 | Nitish Nav |
| 7. | Football | FB-125 | Ms.Neha Yadav |
| 8. | Gymnastics | Gym-133 | Amarnath |
| 9. | Handball | HB-161 | Ms.Harvinder Kaur |
| 10. | Hockey | Hky-167 | Ashish.S |
| 11 | Judo | Judo-195 | Vivek Thakur |
| 12. | Swimming | Swg-206 | Ms.Priyanka Yadav |
| 13. | Table Tennis | TT-214 | Mohit Bisht |
| 14. | Volleyball | VB-228 | Sudhir Kumar Gupta |
| 15. | Weightlifting | WT-LT-240 | Nogender Singh |
| 16. | Wrestling | Wrest-254 | Ms.Priyank Singh |
| 17. | Wushu | Wushu-305 | Ms.Anjana Rani |
| 18. | Yoga | Yoga-316 | Ms.Pinki |
OVERALL TOPPER
| S.No | Game | Roll No. | Name of Trainee |
| 1. | Athletics | Ath-29 | Yogendra Singh Chahar |
TOPPER IN SPORTS SCIENCES
| S.No | Game | Roll No. | Name of Trainee |
| 1. | Yoga | Yoga-316 | Ms.Pinki |
Toppers of each discipline were given mementos by the chief guest.Besides the officers of local administration Governor of Punjab was received by Dr. S.S. Roy. Executive Director, SAI NS NIS Patiala. The diploma award ceremony started with the National Anthem. Dr. S. S. Roy, Executive Director (Academics) SAI NSNIS Patiala formally welcomed , Governor of Punjab and presented him flower bouquets. Brief academics report of SAI NS NIS Patiala was presented by Dr. I. P. Nagi, Controller of Examination. Bahadur Singh, Padama Shree, Dronachrya and Arjuna Awardee addressed the audience and blessed the diploma trainees.
Badnore praised the functioning and contribution of NIS. He insisted for creating the sports infrastructure at the school level as the real talent exist there and will come from there only. His Excellency congratulated the fresh passed out coaches and wished them all success in future.
The prominent sports personality like GS Sandhu, Dronacharya Awardee in Boxing, Shakti Singh, Aruna Awardee Shot putter, National Campers, National Coaches, Mayor of Patiala Sanjiv Sharma Bittu, Social worker Bhagwan Dass Juneja were also present at this occasion.Dr. Rajdeep Talwar, Dean Faculty of Sports Sciences, SAI NS NIS Patiala conveyed the Vote of thanks.
