Mysuru :

The Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES), will be honouring the sports-persons who have represented India and also won medals in the national level for the year 2012 & 2013 with cash prizes at a function to be held at MCC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall, J.K. Grounds at 4 pm.

Chief Minister Siddharamiah will inaugurate the function. District In-charge Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad will distribute the cash prizes. Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Abhayachandra Jain, MLA Vasu will be present on the occasion.

Mysuru’s skaters top the prize money list bagging a total cash prize of Rs.30,55,000. City’s roller skater Varsha S. Puranik, who represented India in the Asian Championships in China, will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 9.5 lakh in the women’s section and V. Varshith, also a roller skater, will be p represented with a prize of Rs. 5. 40 lakh in the boys section.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Saturday – June 27th, 2015