A student from Somaiya Vidyavihar brings Gold in International Boxing Tournament Wako Indian Open International Kickboxing Championship held at Delhi, making India proud!
Date
14th February 2020
Area of Interset
Sports
Institution(s)
K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce
A student from Somaiya Vidyavihar brings Gold in International Boxing Tournament Wako Indian Open International Kickboxing Championship held at Delhi, making India proud!
Vidhi Tekchandani, a student of K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, represented India at the International Kickboxing Tournament Wako Indian Open International Kickboxing Championship, 2020. She bagged a Gold medal under women above 70kg category.
Mumbai, February 14th, 2020: 18 year old Vidhi Tekchandani studying in FYBMS at K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce bagged the Gold medal representing the above 70kg women category. She represented India at the International Boxing Tournament Wako Indian Open International Kickboxing Championship held at Delhi.
Vidhi started practicing boxing since 2014, at the age of 12. She has also won several medals in state and national level tournaments. Vidhi’s achievement is a result of her dedication and committed training for 5 hours each day.
Vidhi’s quote- “I feel on top of the world! I worked very hard for this competition, and winning this makes me feel that all the hard work and dedication has paid off! This could not have been possible with the uncompromised support of my support system. For any athlete, there is an army of people who are responsible for making it happen. In my case, my coach, my family and friends, the support of my college for allowing me to practise thus balancing academics and sports and of course the Somaiya Sports Academy who believed in my dream and sponsored me to send me for competition.”
Director Somaiya Sports Academy Aazaz Khan said, “At our academy, we not only encourage and provide the necessary training to our students but we also sponsor our promising students. Vidhi has demonstrated excellence in her sport and is entirely deserving, of the chance to represent India. We are proud that she has come out with flying colours, completely justifying her participation. We wish her all the very best for her future endeavours of making India proud time and again.”
About Somaiya Vidyavihar: (www.somaiya.edu)
Padmabhushan Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya founded Somaiya Vidyavihar an education trust in 1959, to provide quality holistic education. It was founded on the belief that, education is an important pillar of nation building with the power to change lives, and education must innovate to encourage holistic development of youth. It is known as much for its Science, Technology, Engineering, Management, Social Sciences and Commerce programs, as for its programs for academic studies in various faiths and cultures of India.
Somaiya Vidyavihar fosters a start-up ecosystem that encourages multi-disciplinary collaboration, accelerates innovation, and cultivates the next generation of start-up leaders.
Somaiya Vidyavihar encompasses 34 institutions, with more than 39,000 students and 1,500 faculty. It’s main campus is in Mumbai, but Somaiya Vidyavihar also operates six schools in rural India i.e. in Dahanu, Sakarwadi, Laxmiwadi, Kopargaon, Sameerwadi, Kutch, Bagalkot and Bhopal.