About Founder

Sri H. Chandrashekar, State and National Coach, Paravolley and member of Karnataka Sports Association for Physically Handicapped (R) and Karnataka State Volleyball Association for Physically Challenged (R) since a decade. As a State Coach, he has immensely contributed for the promotion & development of Para Athletes/Paravolley in the State. Under his training/coaching Karnataka State team won 06 times consecutively Senior National championship since 2006-07. As a well-trained coach, he has trained & guided many National and International Para Athletes / Paravolley.

He participated in the specific Asian Game KL 06 at Malaysia, World Cup Standing Volleyball at Cambodia in 2010, World Sitting Volleyball Championship at USA and World Series Beach Paravolley at China in the year 2019.

He is very much dedicated towards the development and promotion of sports among the Para Athletes and Paravolley sport.

In view of all achievements, I strongly recommend Sri H. Chandrashekar for Dhyanchand Award / Life time achievement award for the year 2021.

Date of Birth: 13-04-1954
S.no Name of the event Venue Date(s)& Year Achievements
1 9th FESPIC GAMES, KL 06, KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia(International Event) Malaysia 2006 Paritcipaiton
2 IWAS World Games 2009, Bengaluru, India (International Event) Bengaluru, India 2009 Participation

Details of contribution made for promotion and development of sports

 NSNIS Coach for football during 1983/84. Due to the passion towards promotion and development of sports among the disabled, from the year 2005 I have been training and providing coaching for disabled sports persons to take part in various para sports especially Paravolley Ball. Attended “Introductory Seminar on Volleyball (Coaching, Refereeing, Classification and Practice) for Disabled” during IWAS World Games in 2009.

Participated in National Championship / Asian Game/ World Paravolley. I was the coach for the Indian National team in the World Cup, World Championship and World Series.

Member of Paralympic Volleyball Federation of India (PVFI) and committed towards the development of the game of Volleyball for disabled in India. Registered by vide reg. no. SJNS201-2007-08 and affiliated to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) which is recognised by Government of India. PVFI is a member of Para Volleyball Asia Oceania, World Organisation Volleyball for disabled (WOVD). PVFI has qualified coach and classifier.

Vision: To uplift the game of Volleyball for disabled in India and keep building stronger National Men & Women team; to participate in the International Tournaments & Forthcoming World Championships.

I have trained and provided coaching to the players and they have represented at National level and International level.

My contribution in brief are as follows:

►Trainer / Coach for Sri Prasanta Karmakar in the 1st Paralympic Sitting Senior Volleyball National Championship in 2009, Bangalore who later participated in the International events and he has been an Arjuna Awardee, Maj. Dhyan Chand Sports Awardee, Bhim Awardee, Kolkata Shree Awardee

►Coach for Sri Sukhbir Singh (Dhyan Chand Awardee) who was part of Indian Paravolley Team and participated in WOVD Standing Volleyball World Cup, Cambodia held in 2007.

►Trainer for Sri H.N Girisha (Arjuna Awardee & Padmashri Awardee) from Karnataka State in the 16th Senior National Para Athletics Championships 2016.

► Coach for Sri Santhappa Anthonappa from Karnataka State who participated in the * Experimental Open International Beach Volleyball Championship for Disabled” in 2011 in Bonn, Germany and secured SECOND position by winning a Silver Medal. He also participated in th WOVD Standing Volleyball World Cup at Cambodia in 2007 and 2009.

►Coach for Sri Naresh Yadav Ragula from Telangana State who participated in the Peace Cup Para Volleyball Championship 2016 in Sri Lanka. PVFI deputed to the World Para Volley Coaching, Thailand and has been awarded Diploma in Coaching.

S.No. Period Details
1 2007 Coach for Sri Sukhbir Singh (Dhyan Chand Awardee) who was part of Indian Paravolley Team and participated in WOVD Standing Volleyball World Cup, Cambodia held in 2007. (International event)
2 2009 Observer for Under 19 team Junior World Championship at I.R.Iran (International event)
3 2009 Trainer / Coach for Shri Prasanta Karmakar (Arjuna Awardee, Maj. Dhyan Chand Sports Awardee, Bhim Awardee, Kolkata Shree Awardee). He participated in the Senior Standing Volleyball World Championship in 2007 held at Cambodia. (International event) Trainer / Coach for Shri Prasanta Karmakar (Arjuna Awardee, Maj. Dhyan Chand Sports Awardee, Bhim Awardee, Kolkata Shree Awardee). He won FIRST PLACE in 100m Freestyle -S9 and FIRST PLACE in 200m I.M.- S9 at IWAS World Games. (International event)
Coach for Indian Team and participated in the IWAS World Games 2009, Bengaluru, India (International event)
4 2010 Coach for Indian Paravolley Team and participated in the WOVD Sitting Volleyball Championship, Edmond USA (International event)
5 2010  Trainer for Sri Sukhbir Singh (Dhyan Chand Awardee) who participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou, China
6 2011 Coach for Indian Paravolley Team and secured SECOND and won Silver Medal at “International Beach Volleyball Championship for disabled in Bonn, Germany. (International event)
7 2016  Coach for Indian Paravolley Team and participated in the 2nd Para Volley Ball India - Sri Lanka held in 2016 at Sri Lanka (Peace Tournament) Sri Datar Singh from Rajasthan State has taken part in the event.
8 2016 Trainer for Sri H.N Girisha (Arjuna Awardee & Padmashri Awardee) for 2016 IPC Athletics Asia - Oceania Championships held in Dubai. (International Event)
9 2018 Coach for Sri Virendra Singh who emerged as Runners of the India Thailand 1st Sitting Volleyball Series Cup 2018 held at Thailand.
10 2019 Coach for Indian Paravolley Team and participated in the World Paravolley Beach Paravolley World Series - Pingtan Open, China in the year 2019 (International Event) Naresh Yadav Ragula (Telangana), Datar Singh (Rajasthan), Sahir Ali Mallick (West Bengal) and Virendra Singh (Rajasthan) participated in the World Paravolley Beach Paravolley World Series - Pingtan Open, China in the year 2019.
11 2019  Trainer for Kum. Astha Tokas who participated World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil, Swizterland.
12 2019 Trainer for Sri H.N Girisha (Arjuna Awardee & Padmashri Awardee) who has WON GOLD MEDAL in High jump under class F42 (Men) in the IWAS WORLD GAMES 2019 held at Sharjah, UAE. (International Event)

Other awards received:

Life Time Achievement Award by the State Government of Karnataka in the year 2014.

Undertaking by the sportsperson nominated for the Award: –

That I have carefully read the provisions of the Scheme for the Dhyan Chand Awards for the Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games and hereby accept all its provisions.

I have never been penalized for any unfair practice like age fraud etc.

None of my trainees has been penalized or no enquiry is pending / ongoing against any of my trainees for of drugs I substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) based on a sample collected by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) or any other agency authorized by WADA and tested by National Dope Testing Laboratory or any other WADA accredited laboratory. This is applicable for the period the disciple(s) was/were under my training.

I have never encouraged the use of drugs I substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) by any sportsperson(s)

Teams from across the country are confirmed MENS 15 teams WOMENS 10 teams namely KAR TN AP TAL PONDICHERY RAJASTAN GUJARATH DELHI UP UTARKAND JARKAND BIHAR WEST BEGAL HIMACHAL PRADESH HARYANA