Apeejay Stya & Svran Group associates with Special Olympic Bharat for supporting & sponsoring the Floor Hockey Team (Male and Female) for the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017, held in Graz, Austria from March 14 to 24, 2017

New Delhi, March 10, 2017: Apeejay Stya & Svran Group proudly associated with Special Olympic Bharat for supporting and sponsoring the Floor Hockey Team (Male and Female) for the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017, held in Graz, Austria from March 14 to 25, 2017. The Send-off Ceremony was held on 10th March 2017 at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, New Delhi for athletes, their coaches and officials going to participate in the Special Olympics World Winter Games. The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Vijay Goel and Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar also graced the occasion.

Mr. Nishant Berlia, Member, Management Board, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group handed over a cheque to Mrs. Mallika Nadda, Vice Chairperson, Special Olympic Bharat as a financial support for the Special Olympic Team (including Indian Floor Hockey Team) at a ceremony in the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Neha Berlia, Member, Management Board, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, attended the send-off ceremony and cheered the athletes. Mrs Mallika Nadda thanked Dr. Neha Berlia and Apeejay Stya & Svran Group for its initiative and financial support for the Indian Floor Hockey Team.

Parth Agrawal from Apeejay School, Pitampura was selected to represent the South-Asia Pacific Region in the GenUin Social Impact Summit, part of the Special Olympics World Games 2017. He was selected by Special Olympic International on the basis of his project on ‘Skill Development in people with Intellectual Disability’.