About Shanti Foundation

INRODUCTION:

Shanti Foundation Trust is a Non-Governmental Organization registered under ………………….. act. This organization was founded on ……march 2016 by Lalita Pradeep W/O- Shree Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Resident of 32, Raj Bhawan Colony, Hazratganj, Lucknow (U.P.). This organization is dedicated to Women Empowerment but with a little difference. We want to make change to empower women but not only by the means of education. Sports can play a vital role in this task of empowering women. This way our organization is working to empower women through Education and Sports.

LEADERSHIP

VISION

Shanti Foundation Trust’s vision is to
“Empower Women thru Education and Sports”.

Womens’ Hockey is our Flagship Program. We are only a year old in this field, but our passion for sports encourages us to keep on going further for uplifting the state of Womens’ Hockey in the country. Within one year, we have been able to create an enabling environment for Womens’ Hockey, and with good support from the society, we get audience and players alike to participate in various women hockey events.

ACHIEVEMENTS

In April, 2016, the Foundation organized its first State Level (Prize Money) Championship wherein 08 teams from various corners participated. The Winning Team was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- while the two runner ups received Rs. 75,000/- and Rs. 25,000/- respectively. To motivate the young and budding women hockey players, the Star performers were also awarded cash prizes for their sterling performances during the 05 days-long event.

It was very heartwarming to see budding players with Veteran players who represented India in Olympics and in other International events. The event witnessed people from all walks of society i.e. NGOs, school going children, Government Officials, top bureaucrats, sports officials, socialites, business class, Clubs like Lions, and Rotary, academicians and education officials to watch the matches on ground. Mr. Anandeshwar Pandey, President, UP Hockey, and Dr. R P Singh, Director Sports, UP, have extended all their support to us.

Apart from this State Level Championship, with handholding from UP Hockey, and the Department of Sports, UP, we supported around a dozen events by facilitating the teams’ travel, boarding and lodging and other such requirements including gifting them with Kits, Sticks etc. as and when required within our limited financial resources.
It is well known that Women Hockey is our Flagship Program, we again organized “State Senior Women Hockey (Prize Money) Championship – 2nd Edition, 2017” as per the following details:

Dates : 17th to 20th November, 2017.

Venue : Mohammad Shahid Stadium (Astro Turf), Vijyant Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

We are requested Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Yogi Aditya Nath to grace the occasion. Other dignitaries were Mr. Chetan Chauhan, Hon. Minister for Sports, UP, Mr. Anil Kapoor, actor; Mr. Anup C. Pandey IAS, Industrial Development Commissioner, UP; Mr. Iftkharuddin IAS, Principal Secy, Sports, UP and Dr. R P Singh, Director, Sports, UP etc. to name a few.

WINNERS & RUNNERS

MEDIA COVERAGE

It was very pleasant that national as well as local newspapers covered our event and provide a space on their pages. Few of them were as follows:

Hindustan
Hindustan Times
Times of India
Nav Bharat Times
Amar Ujala