Sanjeeva Kumar Singh is an Indian

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

coach from

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

. He is Chief at Tata Football Academy and Sports,

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. He is the recipient of

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

and

Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ch ...

by the

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Education and career

Sanjeeva received his BE degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

from

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is a public deemed institute in Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, Mesra, Ranchi, by the industrialist Birla family, B. M. Birla. The institute was later headed by Ga ...

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and Diploma in Business Management from XLRI,

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

. Having started off as an amateur archer, Sanjeeva Singh went on to win many a laurels for

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at various international sports meets. His list of achievements includes 1 bronze at Asian Championship, 1 Gold and 1 Bronze at Federation Cup International Meet. He has also worked as the coach of the Indian Archery Team. Under his able guidance, the team won 12 Gold and 10 Silver medals at the 2nd South Asian Archery Championship in India. Sanjeeva has been working with Tata Housing Development Company as Vice President - Business Excellence in Mumbai.

Awards

In 1992, Sanjeeva received the

by the Government India for his contribution to Indian Archery. He has also received

in 2007.

References

Indian sports coaches Recipients of the Arjuna Award Recipients of the Dronacharya Award Indian male archers Living people Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra alumni Archers from Jharkhand Year of birth missing (living people) XLRI – Xavier School of Management alumni {{India-archery-bio-stub