Marzban Patel Receives Dronacharya Award

Marzban Patel Receives Dronacharya Award

Last week, Parsi Times was delighted to inform readers that our very own 69-yar-old Merzban Patel, Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, fondly known as ‘Bawa’ in the circuit, had been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in the field of Sport –…

Merzban ‘Bawa’ Patel To Receive Prestigious Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement Award

Merzban ‘Bawa’ Patel To Receive Prestigious Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement Award

Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, 69-yar-old Merzban Patel (popularly known as ‘Bawa’), who is revered to have shaped and nurtured hockey talent in Mumbai – many of them Olympians and World Cuppers – has been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in…