29 December 2022, Hazaribagh: Navneet Kumar, class 9th student of NBJK run and CBSE affiliated Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School, Bahera (chouparan, Hazaribagh) won Bronze Medal in National Gatka Championship held at Chandigarh.
Navneet has defeated participants from Tamilnadu, Maharashtra in the category Under 14 and made Jharkhand proud with his bronze medal. He is already the gold medalist of state level Gatka competition in Jharkhand.
Ms. Reena Pandey (Principal, SPBPS) said that Navneet is a promising student and his achievement has enriched the identitiy of SPBPS. The school will honour Navneet separately, she added. Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Mr. Santosh Chaurasia and Mr. Umesh Bhagat (Sports Teachers, SPBPS) have expressed their happiness over this success.
Also Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) and Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Programme Director, NBJK) have conveyed their congratulations to Navneet as well as SPBPS Family for the feat during national championship of Gatka.
Gatka was one of basic technique of self-defence for Sikh warriors during the martial period of great Sikh Gurus.