Indian Squash is on a high and celebrating the appointment of Mr. N Ramachandran (Secretary General – SRFI), third from left alongside others in the newly elected team, as President of World Squash Federation. Taking over from the legendary Jahangir Khan who had the unique distinction of winning the British Open 10 times in a row and World Open title 10 times and was heading the WSF since 2002.
The game of Squash in India would have not reached where it is today due to the centrated efforts put in by Mr. Ramachandran (Executive Director) – Indian Cements Limited. A humble man actively involved in promoting education. A keen sportsman - his passion for sports are varied and range from Triathlon, Squash and other Olympic Sports. Mr. N.Ramachandran is also;
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Associate Vice president of the Indian Olympic Association
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Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Olympic Association.
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He is the Secretary General of the Squash Rackets Federation of India http://sports4healthunlimited.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/your-associations-federations/
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President of the Asian Squash Federation. http://www.asiansquash.com/members.html
He has shown what Corporate Participation can do for Indian Sport if there is desire, committment and sincere ambition. Mr. Ramachandran has actually revolutionised the game of squash by creating a state of the art training acadmey in Chennai. Besides training the National and Tamil Naidu state teams the acadmey works on training camps at the grass-root level.
The facility at the ICL Squash Acadmey is soo good that India has hosted many Junior and Senior World Championships including PSA events thereby enabling Indian Players ready access to International Competiton and youngsters access to view the higest competition in the game. To read more on competiton at ICL please click …
It is no surprise that the game has seen the likes of Saurav Ghosal, Ritwick Bhattacharya, Siddhart Suchde in men’s and the likes of Joshna Chinnapa and Dipka Palikal in women start leaving their mark in the international circuit. The Indian Juniors recently surprised everyone to come fourth at the World Juniors Team Event –
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Sports4Health Unlimited – joins its small but focused readership across FIVE continents in Wishing Mr. N. Ramachandran – “The Very Best – may his stay in office as the President of WSF take the game to greater heights further than Olympics.”
For those who know Mr. Ramachandran and understand his style of administration will appreciate that his journey from SRFI to ASF and now to WSF is based on solid credentials. It was indeed no surprise that Mr. Chris Stahl of England the other nominee for the post withdrew his nomination. Mr. Stahl has been elected as the Vice President of WSF.
A simple man full of humility he has given a new meaning to CSR – corporate social responsibility. Has shown how passion and sincere vision can get rich and meaningful dividends in support of any cause. Indian Squash is indeed fortunate to have someone a true visionary supporting its cause.
Happy Squashing !!