2017: A Look Back – Men who made India Proud
In our last article, we provided the list of few women who made India proud in 2017 across various sectors. Here is a list of 10 men who made India proud this year.
1. Gopi Thonakal
First Indian to win Asian Marathon Championship
2. Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik
Created Guinness World Records for the World’s tallest sand castle
3. Jeakson Singh
Scored India’s First FIFA World Cup Goal in U17 World Cup
4. Colin Gonsalves
Won Alternative Nobel for Path-Breaking Legal Work
5. Rohan Chakravarty
Won International President’s Award, 2017
6. Prashant Ranganathan
Won the World’s largest Pre-college science competition, US
7. Arjun Maini
First Indian driver to win a GP3 race
8. Rifath Sharook & his team
Designed & developed World’s lightest satellite weighing a mere 64 grams, called KalamSat
9. Dr. Shrihari Chandraghatgi
First foreigner to win Japan’s Ministry of Environment Award
10. Kidambi Srikanth
First Indian to win French Open Super Series title
*There are many other phenomenonal achievers, we could cover only few!
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