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Shri Uday Vishwanath Deshpande

ADDRESS:                B-13, Shanti, Mogal Lane, Mahim, Mumbai - 400 016.

PHONE NO.:              022 - 2430 85 74 / 022 - 2445 78 70. Mobile: - 098691 – 19916.

E Mail:                        udaydeshpande@hotmail.com

WEBSITE:                 www.deshpandeuday.com

DATE OF BIRTH:    20^th July 1953.

EDUCATION:           B.Sc.,  University of Mumbai in 1973, with Chemistry & Botany.

OCCUPATION:       Service - Central Government.

                                    Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise.

            INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Coaching to FoReigners

 

Imparted personal training in Mallakhamb to many Foreign Nationals in India, Hailing from different countries as follows:     

1.	Gabor Czanto	USA	8/1988 to 08/1991	2.	Shandor Remete	Australia	02/1995
3.	Simon Marrocco	Australia	02/1995	4.	Gigdem Tarkoglu	Turkey	08/2000
5.	Tobias Konishi	Denmark	08/2001	6.	Ricardo Magnalino	Mexico	09/2001
7.	Diana Montero Ayala	Mexico	10/2001	8.	Chantal Benjamin	Brazil	11/2001
9.	Fiona Mary Haviland	England	11/2001	10.	Noemi Rouge	France	12/2001
11.	Lara Bouman	England	12/2001	12.	Lucky Star	Korea	12/2002
13.	Jutta Schnieder	Germany	12/2002	14.	Toshihara Oiekawa	Japan	02/2003
15.	Elisa Bindle Jones	England	05/2003	16.	Satya Cotton Laphem	England	05/2003
17.	Kim Un Ji	Korea	05/2003	18.	Victor Duani	Israel	07/2003
19.	Arther Verissimo	Brazil	09/2003	20.	Andre Meyer	Brazil	09/2003
21.	Kathrin Bacher	Italy	03/2004	22.	Martin De’borah	France	05/2004
23.	Kim Hyo Jin	Korea	07/2004	24.	Natalia	Ukraine	12/2004
25.	Tatyana	Ukraine	12/2004	26.	Valentina	Ukraine	12/2004
27.	Marita Dortins	Australia	01/2005	28.	Kathy Ong	Singapore	06/2005
29.	David Denis Roy	France	07/2005	30.	Fauze Jalali	Iran	07/2005
31.	Singapore Yoga  Teachers	Singapore	12/2005	32.	Allesandra Ogren	USA	03/2006
33.	Cohdi Harell	USA	03/2006	34.	Consvelo Marie Guambania	USA	03/2006
35.	Yaron Heller	Israel	03/2006	36.	Pavel Kalina	Czech Republic	03/2006
37.	Murina Chong	Singapore	08/2006	38.	Marco Bizozero	Italy	01/2007
39.	Jiri Kalina	Czech Republic	01/2007	40.	Dany Michard	France	02/2007
41.	Laura Strokes	USA	03/2007	42.	Julia Hart	England	10/2007
43.	Carolina Medeiros	Brazil	11/2007	44.	Fred Ashcraft	USA	11/2007
45.	Nikoleta Giakoumelou	Greece	11/2007	46.	Amber Moelter	USA	11/2007
47.	Maria Theodoropoulou	Greece	11/2007	48.	Giorgos Garozis	Greece	11/2007
49.	Sarah Brown	UK	12/2007	50.	Punitama Shinohara	Japan	12/2007
51.	Patrice Caron	Belgium	12/2007	52.	Singapore Yoga Teachers	Singapore	12/2007
53.	Tereza Charousova	Czech Republic	12/2007	54.	Sara Holmes	New Mexico	2/2008
55.	Christene Tovar	USA	6/2008	56.	Edward Congerton	England	6/2008
57.	Terry Beeman	USA	11/2008	58.	Jessica Samuels	England	1/2009
59.	Charlie Anna Serena Bindra	England	1/2009	60.	Allie Cooper	USA	12/09
61.	Emily Knoblauch	USA	12/09	62.	Anna Bindra	UK	1/2010
63.	Ruth Anzenberger	Germany	12/2009-1/2010	64.	Wanda Weiß	Germany	12/2009-1/2010
65.	Moritz Schüller	Germany	12/2009-1/2010	66.	Johanna Karczmarek	Germany	12/2009-1/2010
67.	Isabelle Kreusch	Germany	12/2009-1/2010	68.	Beatrix Hebler	Germany	12/2009-1/2010
69.	Johannah Mayinger	Germany	12/2009-1/2010	70.	Gertrud Anzenberger	Germany	12/2009-1/2010
71.	Gabi Kreusch	Germany	12/2009-1/2010	72.	Jutta Schneider	Germany	12/2009-1/2010
73.	Dindayal	Ireland	3/2010	74.	Haridas Ahatefu	California	3/2010

 

COACHING ABROAD

Imparted personal training in Mallakhamb at the following places outside India:

1.           Sportive Center, Paris, France. (May 1998)

2. Rivers school, Berkshire, London, England. (November 1998)

3. H.S.S. Huston, U. S. A. (July 1999)

4. Reunion Island, France. (April 2002)

5.     Millennium School, Dubai. (February 2003)

6. Yoga Center, Kaulalampur, Malaysia. (March 2004)

7. Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August –September 2004)

8. Polideportivo, Madrid, Spain. (October 2004)

9. Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August –September 2005)

10.         Vivekanand Yoga Centre, Singapore. (March 2006)

11.         Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August – September 2006)

12.         Vivekanand Yoga Centre, Singapore. (November 2006)

13.         Coaching Camps in New Mexico, San Jose and USA. (June – July 2007)

14.          Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August –September 2007)

15.         Sokol Plazen, Czech Republic. (September 2007)

16.         Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August –September 2008)

17.         Yoga Forum, Munich, Germany. (August –September 2009)

Highlights of Coaching

·      The age group of students which took part in these various camps ranged from about 8 yrs to 80 years.

·      Children, Parents, Yoga enthusiasts, Yoga teachers and circus acrobats participated in these camps.

·       The goal of organising the camp has been to introduce a new sport, to improve physical fitness, to learn new skills and techniques.

·      Permanent Mallakhamb training has started in Munich, Germany, New Mexico, USA and Singapore.

·      Some of the coaches and students are constantly in touch on e mails informing about the progress in performance, taking tips, so e-coaching has also started.

·      Some of them have come to India to take advanced training.

DEMONSTRATIONS ABROAD

  

Lead Mallakhamb teams abroad for the promotion of Mallakhamb since 1997:

1.	Japan	1997	2.	France	1998
3.	United Kingdom	1998	4.	USA	1999
5.	Re Union Island	2002	6.	Dubai	2003
7.	Mauritius	2003	8.	Malaysia	2004
9.	Spain	2004	10.	Germany	2004
11.	Germany	2005	12.	Germany	2006
13.	Singapore	2006	14.	Germany	2006
15.	USA	2007	16.	Germany	2007
17.	Czech Republic	2007	18.	Germany	2008
19.	Germany	2009	20.	Italy	2010

Several demonstrations have been performed for the propagation of Mallakhamb. Most of these demonstrations have been accompanied by workshops and training sessions. These demonstrations have been performed in Schools, Sport Organizations and Prestigious Institutions. To name a few,

• Demonstration in United Kingdom (1^st  to 11^th  November 1998): Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh , Rugby., Nehru Centre , London., Feltham Asian Women's Group, Feltham., Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan , London., Ryver's School , Slough, Berkshire., St. James Independant School , Twickenham., Federation of Patidar Association , Wembley., Swaminarayan Temple, Neasden., Heathland School,Honslow., Arya Samaj , West  Ealing, Blair Peach Pr. School , South Hall., Hendon School , Hendon., Swami Narayan  School , Neasden.

·      Demonstration in USA (3^rd to 5^th July 99): 9^th biannual Convention Brihan Maharashtra Mandal at silicon Valley, San Jose, California., Montessori School of Fremont, San Jose.

·      Demonstration in Dubai (15^th Jan. to 15^th Feb. 2003): Dubai Shopping Festival at the Indian Pavilion.

• Demonstration in Czech Republic (9^th September 2007): TJ SOKOL PLZEN 1" sport organization, Plzeň.

·      Demonstration in Italy (26^th to 28^th March 2010): Festival MITICA INDIA that contained 9^th International Congress of Yoga and Ayurveda at CARRARAFIERE.

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

PLAYER:

·   Participated as a player in District, State & Nationals and won several laurels in Yoga, Mallakhamb, Gymnastics, Kho-Kho, Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling etc. from 1969 to 1975.

COACH:

·        Completed N.I.S. Certificate Course from South Center, Bangalore, in 1976 in GYMNASTICS.

·         So far produced fourteen “Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Award” winners in Mallakhamb since 1979.

·        Trained more than 100 National Champions in Gymnastics & Mallakhamb.

·        Conducted Coaching Camps all over India in 19 different states, in order to propagate & popularize the sport of Mallakhamb.

·        Trained a number of visually challenged students girls from Kamala Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, since 1992, who have excelled themselves, in the sport of Rope Mallakhamb, to the extent that they were selected to perform in front of the Honorable President of India, Shree A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, on 06.07.2003. Also trained blind boys from Victoria Memorial School for the Blinds, at Tardeo and Happy Home School for the Blind, at Worli, in Pole Mallakhamb & Rope Mallakhamb.                                

·        Along with visually challenged students, also trained Adivasis, Vanvasis from the tribal areas, deaf & dumb, mentally challenged & physically handicapped special children in number of coaching camps, all over the country.                               

·        Been appointed as Mallakhamb Coach by CISF to train their Jawans in Mallakhamb & to give a Mallakhamb demonstration in front of the Honorable Dy. Prime Minister, Shree Lalkrishna Advani at their Rising Day Parade in 1999, at Gaziabad, U.P.

·        Worked as Coach of University of Mumbai, in every All India Inter University Mallakhamb Championships conducted by different universities, since 1982 till today.

·        In the first National Women’s Mallakhamb Championships, held at Baroda, in 1985, was the Coach of the three Women’s teams, from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, which secured the first three places in the competition.

·        Conducted a Yoga Training Camp for the employees of Rajbhavan from May 06 to July 06

·        Gave personal training to his Highness Shree S.M. Kishna, Governer of Maharashtra and his wife Mrs. Prema Krishna in 2006.

Names of the outstanding players, coached:

i)“Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Award” Winners in Mallakhamb & Gymnastics:

1.	Dattaram Dudam	1979 - 80	Mallakhamb
2.	Mangesh Ingale	1985 – 86	Gymnastics
3.	Varsha Marathe	1989 - 90	Gymnastics
4.	Shantaram Joshi	1990 – 91	Mallakhamb
5.	Nanda Shinde	1991- 92	Mallakhamb
6.	Phulva Barve	1992-93	Gymnastics
7.	Rajesh Narkhede	1992-93	Mallakhamb
8.	Chitra Khawale	1994 - 95	Mallakhamb
9.	Mamta Oak	1999 - 2000	Mallakhamb
10.	Kunal Chokshi	2000 - 01	Mallakhamb
11.	Rashmi Ganpule	2000 - 01	Mallakhamb
12.	Aditi Deshpande	2003 - 04	Mallakhamb
13.	Poonam Deshmukh	2004 - 05	Mallakhamb
14.	Apurva Surve	2007 - 08	Mallakhamb

ii) Produced number of National achievers in Mallakhamb, Yoga and Gymnastics.

BOYS

1.	Dattaram Dudam	2.	Girish Kulkarni	3.	Mangesh Ingale
4.	Vilas Kane	5.	Deepak Surve	6.	Mohan   Phadke
7.	Vijay Goyal	8.	Purrushottam Kanchan	9.	Shreyas Mhaskar
10	Udayan Mhaskar	11.	Nishikant Jadhav	12.	Bhushan Shanbhag
13.	Atmaram Kulkarni	14.	Mahesh Kavitkar	15.	Pankaj Jadhav
16.	Shataram Bane	17.	Rahul Pathare	18.	Shantaram Joshi
19.	Harshad Bhome	20.	Sujeet Bhave	21.	Sameer Nagvekar
22.	Sushil Satwik	23.	Anand Gadre	24.	Prakash Kadu
25.	Manish Upadhye	26.	Kunal Chokshi	27.	Vinayak Todankar
28.	Rajesh Pawar	29.	Ajit Shinde	30.	Rajesh Narkhede
31.	Mahesh Atale	32.	Omkar Deshpande	33.	Shrinivas Chamankar
34.	Dhanesh Hedvikar	35.	Aditya Sahastrabudhe	36.	Dhiraj Jadhav
37.	Aditya Deshpande	38.	Sankalp Choudhary	39.	Nakul Choksi
40.	Haribaba Kahar	41.	Hitesh Sangale	42.	Mehank Palkar
43.	Swapnil Khese	44.	Aditya Mhaskar	45.	Snehank Palkar
46.	Abhishek Shintre	47.	Shreekant Madhavi

GIRLS

1.	Neeta Phansikar	2.	Asawari Joshi	3.	Jai Nerlekar
4.	Dhangauri Shere	5.	Shubhada Atre	6.	Sanjeevani Gokhale
7.	Shashikala Nawale	8.	Vidya Sabarad	9.	Geeta Sabarad
10.	Monisha Sathe	11.	Manisha Shanbhag	12.	Sangita Mhaskar
13.	Swati Agharkar	14.	Anjali Shinde	15	Sheetal Desai
16.	Lebana Penkar	17.	Gayatri Athalye	18.	Manaswini Shanbhag
19.	Deepali Athalye	20.	Vrushali Kulkarni	21.	Anagha Jambotkar
22.	Varsha Marathe	23.	Phulva Barve	24.	Abha Thipse
25.	Kalpana Cholkar	26.	Kaushika Shanbhag	27.	Kalyani Nigudkar
28.	Charuta Athalye	29.	Nanda Shinde	30.	Rupali Joshi
31.	Madhuri Deshpande	32.	Chitra Khawale	33.	Shalaka Deshmukh
34.	Mamta Oak	35.	Sheetal Mainkar	36.	Rashmi Ganpule
37.	Asawari Gurav	38.	Aditi Shete	39.	Reshma Dharmadhikari
40.	Aditi Deshpande	41.	. Deepashri Todankar	42.	Seema Kelkar
43.	Poonam Deshmukh	44.	Bhagyashri Sawant	45.	Nikita Vedak
46.	Apurva Surve	47.	Asmita Nayak	48.	Neha Bandivadekar
49.	Neha Kushe	50.	Yogita Madkaikar	51.	Prachi Phansikar
52.	Madhura Phansikar

Conducted Coaching Camps all over India in order to propagate & popularize Mallakhamb. To name some,

1.	Trivandrum (Kerala)	2.	Sandoor (Karnataka)
3.	Guwahati (Assam)	4.	Tinsukhia (Arunachal)
5.	New Delhi (Delhi)	6.	Udaipur (Rajasthan)
7.	Bharatpur (Rajasthan)	8.	Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu)
9.	Ahmedabad (Gujarat)	10.	Baroda (Gujarat)
11.	Jamshetpur (Bihar)	12.	Bhagalpur (Bihar)
13.	Khachrod (MP)	14.	Ujjain (MP)
15.	Kurukshetra (Haryana)	16.	Anantnag  (Jammu& Kashmir)
17.	Imphal (Manipur)	18.	Jaggannathpuri (Orissa)
19.	Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)	20.	Zargram (West Bengal)
21.	Amritsar (Punjab)	22.	Hyderabad (AP)
23.	Vijaywada (AP)	24.	Silvasa & Khanvel (Dadara – Nagar Haveli)
25.	Banglore (Karnataka)	26.	Bhavnagar (Gujrat)
27.	Junagad (Gujrat)

iii) Conducted more than 70 successful camps at Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai since last 35 years and rendered systematic and scientific training to about 40,000 children. The details are as follows:

Sr	Year	Vasantik Kreeda Shibir	Mansoon Mallakhamb Shibir	Deepavali Gymnastics Shibir	Total Trained Campers
		(April)	( June)	(October)
1	1975-76	65	-	65	130
2	1976-77	55	-	56	111
3	1977-78	87	-	-	87
4	1978-79	86	-	-	86
5	1979-80	102	-	-	102
6	1980-81	125	-	-	125
7	1981-82	140	-	-	140
8	1982-83	195	-	-	195
9	1983-84	150	89	-	239
10	1984-85	358	86	-	444
11	1985-86	522	169	185	876
12	1986-87	768	224	139	1131
13	1987-88	1552	260	409	2221
14	1988-89	1731	266	487	2484
15	1989-90	1819	280	302	2401
16	1990-91	2041	263	262	2566
17	1991-92	1534	144	317	1995
18	1992-93	-	-	-	-
19	1993-94	-	-	62	62
20	1994-95	997	104	223	1324
21	1995-96	1287	162	229	1678
22	1996-97	1282	168	188	1638
23	1997-98	2074	148	340	2562
24	1998-99	2079	198	127	2404
25	1999-00	2394	114	148	2656
26	2000-01	1350	225	164	1739
27	2001-02	1899	163	316	2378
28	2002-03	1951	168	213	2332
29	2003-04	1108	179	135	1422
30	2004-05	1316	243	126	1685
31	2005-06	1282	214	159	1655
32	2006-07	1268	214	132	1614
33	2007-08	1267	244	-	1511
34	2008-09	1175	180	-	1355
35	2009-10	1359	246	-	1605
36	2010-11	1474	-	-
		36892	4751	4784	46427

No. Of Camps: 81. Total Trained campers 44953

professional abilitIES

·           Qualified Referee in Gymnastics & Mallakhamb.

·           Worked as Judge in almost all the National Gymnastics Championships    since 1979 to 1990 and for the 3^rd National Games in Pune, Maharashtra & 4^th National Games in Mysore, Karnataka.                                                                                                                

·            Worked as Superior Judge in almost all the Mallakhamb Nationals held in different States, since 1976.

·           Worked as Chief Conductor and Chief Judge in every All India Inter University Mallakhamb Championships conducted by different universities, since 1982 till today.

·           Worked as Competition Director of Mallakhamb at the III National Games held in Pune, in 1994.

·           Conducted All India Mallakhamb Judging Examination, since 1991, till today, including conducting of lectures for the candidates, setting question papers, conducting viva, assessing answer papers and conducting practical tests.

·           Holding the post of Hon. Secretary of the Mallakhamb Federation of India since 1989, till today.         

·           Framed the syllabus & conducted the 1^st NIS course for Mallakhamb at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports City, Balewadi, Pune, between 18^th May to 28^th June 1994.

·           As a General Secretary of Mallakhamb Federation of India (MFI), since 1989, visited almost all the States, contacted interested people, brought them together and formed the State Associations, got it registered and had it affiliated to MFI. As a result now there are 29 State Associations in the country and they are affiliated to the Federation.

·           Got Rope & Pole Mallakhamb included at the N.C.C. Republic Day Parade at New Delhi, since 1977 and worked as in charge of Mallakhamb group for the first few years of its inclusion.

·           Organized over 1000 demonstration in Mumbai, in & outside Maharashtra in order to popularize & propagate Mallakhamb.

·           Organized 5 National Mallakhamb championships & 2 State Mallakhamb Championships in Mumbai.

·           Got Mallakhamb included as a demonstrative sport, in the 3^rd National Games at Pune, in 1994.

·           Done the Govt. of India, Ministry of Sports and Ministry of Railways recognize Mallakhamb, since 1996.

·           Got Mallakhamb, recognized by the Indian Olympic Association, since 1998.

·           Inducted Mallakhamb Competitions in the All India Mumbai Mayor’s Cup Sports festival, since 1988 and successfully conducted 15 Mumbai Mayor’s Cup All India Invitational Mallakhamb Championships, in Mumbai.

·           Got the Mumbai University Mallakhamb and Gymnastics teams entered in the All India Inter University Gymnastics & Mallakhamb Championships, since 1982.

·           Got the Rope Mallakhamb women’s competition included in the National Mallakhamb championships, since 1985 and was the Coach of the first three Women’s teams, from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, in the first National Women’s Mallakhamb Championships, held at Baroda, in 1985.

·           Got the Rope Mallakhamb Women’s Competition included in the Inter University competitions, since 2004.

·           Landmark Graduate Course in

           The Landmark Forum in September 2001.

           The Landmark Advance Course in October 2001.

           Forum in Action in December 2002.

           SELP in January 2002.

                                     

 ORGANISATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL WORK

·           In association with the District Association, started over 50 centers in the city of Mumbai.

·           As Hon. Secretary Maharashtra Amateur Mallakhamb Association, increased the number of affiliated districts, from 4 to 33 in a span of 12 years, by visiting each & every district, giving demonstrations, conducting coaching camps, providing guidance to form District Associations, from amongst the locals and getting it affiliated to the State Association.

·           Got Mallakhamb included in the State level School Games, since 1990, which is organised by the Department of Sports, Govt. of Maharashtra.

·           Got Mallakhamb included as an integral part of ‘Kala Ghoda Festival” organized by Maharashtra Tourism development Corporation (MTDC) every year, since 1997.

·           Got Mallakhamb included in the 1^st & 6^th Ashwamedh – Maharashtra University Sports Meet in 1994 & 2002.

MANAGEMENT ABILITIES 

·           Appointed as Hon. Secretary of the International Mallakhamb Federation at the 2^nd World Cup Mallakhamb Championships held in Brazil in 2002.

·           Working as Honorary General Secretary of the Mallakhamb Federation of India since 1989 till date.

·           Worked as Hon. Secretary of the Maharashtra Amateur Mallakhamb Association, since 1987 to 2000 and now working as Chief Organiser, from the year 2000.

·           Working as Hon. Secretary of Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Dadar, since 1984.

·           Working as a Trustee of Brihan Mumbai Kreeda ani Lalitkala Pratishthan, an autonomous multi purpose sports Organization, having 2 Sports Complexes at Andheri & Mulund, since its inception in 1988 and as Managing Trustee since 1997.

·           Appointed as Special Executive Magistrate, by Govt. of Maharashtra from 1998 to 2002.

·           Appointed as a facilitator on the Mohalla Committee, since 1997.

·           Appointed as Member on Board of Sports, SNDT Women’s University, and University of Mumbai.

·           Appointed as Co- ordinator of Walker’s Ecological Movement since 1978.

·           Appointed as Member of the Mumbai Mayor’s Cup All India Competition
Co-ordination Committee, since 1989.

·           Initially set up The Mahamumbai Vibhag Mallakhamb Sanghatana and later the Mumbai City District Mallakhamb Association and was elected as the First Chairman of the same, since 1998.

                                      

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS  CONFFERED :

1.       “SHREE SHIV CHHATRAPATI AWARD” 1982-83 as Sports Worker, in Mallakhamb, Conferred by the Government of Maharashtra, in May 1984.

2. “SAMAJSHILPI AWARD” given by Nanasaheb Dandekar Trust, Mumbai, in November 1997.

3.  “BALAMBHATTADADA DEODHAR AWARD” by Maharashtra Amateur Mallakhamb Association, Pune, in November 1998.

4. “BEST TEACHERS AWARD” by Lions Club, Mira Road, in September 1999.

5.  “MILIND KAMBLE SPORTS AWARD” by Milind Kamble Smruti Pratishthan, Ahmednagar, in May 2001.

6.  “UDAY LAD SPORTS EXCELLENCE AWARD” by U.R.L. Foundation, Mumbai, in May 2001.

7.       “MALLAKHAMB KREEDA PURASKAR” by Manohar Vichare Pratishthan, Mumbai, in July 2001.

8. “Manthan Puraskar” by the Manthan Foundation, Pune, in November 2002.

9. “VISHWAKALYAN MAHAPRAKALPA PURASKAR” for selflessly serving the society, by Manashakti Prayogkendra, Lonavala, in December 2002.

10. “Goregaon Sports Club Award” for contribution in the field of Mallakhamb, in June 2003.

11. First “VISHNUANNA PATIL STATE LEVEL AWARD” 2003-04 by Digvijay Vyayam Sanastha, Sangli, as Best Mallakhamb Coach, in October 2003.

12. “LOKHITWADI DESHMUKH PURASKAR” awarded by Marathi Vrittapatra Lekhak Sangh, for Newspaper writing skills, in June 2004.

13. “Proff. Manikrao Excellence Award” as Best Coach, by Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Dadar, in July 2004.

14. “District Sports Award” 2003 as Best Mallakhamb coach, given by Mumbai City District Sports Office of Directorate of Sports & Youth Services, Maharashtra state, in July 2004.

15.    “Vocational Excellence Award 2004-2005” by Rotary Club of Deonar R.I. District 3140, Deonar, Mumbai in October 2004.

16.    “State level Raktakarna Award” by Raktanand Group, Maharashtra, for donating blood for more than 50 times, in December 2004.

17.    “Madhavrao Maharaj Scindia Award” 2004 by Shantai Education Society, for contribution in the field of Sports, in January 2005.

18.    “Dadoji Kondadev Puraskar” 2003-04 as Best Coach, in Mallakhamb, conferred by the Government of Maharashtra, in February 2005.

19.    “Samaj shakti puraskar” 2006 for the contribution in the field of Sports by  Hariharputra Bhajan Samaj,Chembur, in May 2006.

20.    “Khelratna” Sahyadri Navratna AwarD 2007 by Mumbai Doordarshan Kendra, Sahyadri Vahini, in May 2007.

21.    “Bharat Jyoti Award” 2009 by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, in March 2009.

22.    “Shree Siddhivinayak Eklavya Puraskar’’ 2009 by Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, in October 2009.

23.    “SAMARPAN PURASKAR” 2009 by Samagra Yoga Foundation & Bhartiya Yoga Peeth for the excellent contributionfor the propogation of Traditional Indian Physical culture Mallakhamb in October 2009.

                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                     (Uday V. Deshpande)