Men who made India Proud in 2017

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!