Shadow Correspondent
JAMMU, FEB 15:
NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company and a ‘Mini Ratna’ Category-I Enterprise of Government of India hosted the 19th Inter CPSU Table Tennis Tournament under the aegis of Power Sports Control Board (PSCB), Ministry of Power, Govt. of India organized from 12th to 15th February, 2017 at NHPC’s Chamera Power Station – I, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. Ten teams from power sector i.e. Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority, Damodar Valley Corporation, Powergrid, NEEPCO, SJVNL, PFC, BBMB, THDC and NHPC participated in the tournament.
Three events i.e. Team, Doubles and Singles were organized during the tournament. In the team event, Powergrid, SJVNL and BBMB held the position of Winner, 1st Runners up and 2nd Runners up respectively. In the doubles event, Shri J. Mukherjee and Shri Charanjeet Singh of Powergrid, the team of Shri Inderesh of Ministry of Power and Shri Naresh Chhibber of CEA and Shri Paramjit Singh and Shri Navneet Gupta of BBMB emerged as Winners, 1st Runners up and 2nd Runners up respectively. In the individual event, Shri J. Mukherjee of Powergrid, Shri Jeta Ukhal of SJVNL and Shri Ravi Chaudhary of Powergrid emerged as Winners, 1st Runners up and 2nd Runners up respectively.
Felicitating the winners and participants on the occasion of closing ceremony, Chief Guest, Shri Balraj Joshi, Director (Technical), NHPC congratulated the winning teams and appreciated all players for their participation and sportsman spirit. Trophies, medals and certificates were presented to the winners on behalf of Power Sports Control Board. Himachal Pradesh Table Tennis Association conducted the Tournament.