Prachi Tehlan

Personal information

Born

2 October 1989
Nangli Sakrawati, Delhi

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

School

University

Jesus & Mary College, University of Delhi
IMT Ghaziabad
Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies
GGSIPU, New Delhi

Occupation

Professional

Medal record

Silver Medal at 2011 South Asian Beach Games

Last updated: 23 February 2015

Prachi Tehlan born on 2 October 1989 at Nangli Sakrawati village in Delhi, is an Indian netball and basketball player. She was captain of the Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and in other major Asian Championships in 2010-11. Under her captaincy, the Indian team won its first medal under in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. She has been titled as “Queen of Court” by The Times of India & “Lass of The Rings” by The Indian Express. She was the brand ambassador for Netball Development Trust- India for 2011-2013. She supports Indian Collegiate Athletic Program (ICAP) and has agreed to be a mentor for the program.

Career

Prachi Tehlan has an MBA in human relations from Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She graduated from Jesus & Mary College, University of Delhi. She has worked on various projects with the Development Bank of Singapore, Deloitte, Accenture and 1800Sports.in. Currently she has been working as Consultant at Accenture. She is contributing to a project named UDAAN - Skills to Succeed for Mobilization, Training and Employment of youths from Jammu and Kashmir under National Skill Development Council, Delhi

Education

She started her schooling from Montfort School, New Delhi. She graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi and completing her PG Diploma in Marketing Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. She enrolled in Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, GGSIP University, New Delhi where she completed her Post Graduation in MBA (HR and Marketing).

Sports

She started her sports career from Basketball at National level from School. She got selected to attend the Indian Camp thrice in 2004, in Cuttack, Orissa.

Basketball

2002-2007
- Played 2 sub junior nationals (under-14), Pondicherry and Karnataka. (2002–03)
- Represented Delhi 8 times in under-17 category out of which the team secured position 3 times. Played on the grounds of- Kotkapura (Punjab), Chittoor (AP), Gotan (Rajasthan), Kangra (HP), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), Chandigarh, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Hyderabad etc.
- Represented Delhi 3 times in under-19 category and secured 1st position all the three times. Played on the grounds of Delhi.
2008
- 2008: Secured 1st position in Basketball inter-college and got 1st position in Inter University at Bhubaneshwar and All India at Nelloor
2009
- 2009: Secured 1st position in Basketball inter-college and participated in Inter University held in Punjab.

Netball

Won a Gold Medal in 54th National Games.
Played Inter College thrice and scored 1st position.
Represented Delhi in Senior Nationals.
Played Indo-Singapore series, 2010 held in Delhi & Noida, won it by 5-0.
Captain of the team in 7th Youth Asian Championship, 2010 held in Delhi.
Participated and captained the Senior Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
Represented India and was the captain of the senior team in 6th Nation Cup, Singapore-2010.
Represented India and was captain of Indian team in 2011 South Asian Beach Games.
Position- 2nd. This was the first ever medal won by Indian team at international level.

Recognition

India won its first international medal under my captaincy in South Asian Beach Games, 2011 (Oct), Srilanka.
Youngest Captain of any Netball in the Commonwealth Games 2010.
Awarded as Sports Women of the Year 2010 by Jesus and Mary College and recognized as a Sports Achiever in Delhi University Achievers List.
Short films made by Delhi Ajtak, Pragya T.V, Focus T.V, Living India by Ayur Group and NDTV. (2010, 2011)
Subject of various articles published by leading newspapers, magazines and internet-
- NDTV (2011) featured as one of the top 10 Hottest Sports Women in India.
- India Today (2010) featured as one of the Top 10 Glamorous faces of Commonwealth Games-2010.
- Sports Keeda (2010),
- Cupid speaks(2010),
- Hindustan Times (2010),
- Times of India (2010), article “Queen of the Courts”.
- Amar Ujala (2010,2011);
- Indian Express (2005), article “Lass of the Rings”.
Chief Guest on various sports meets and social events(2010- 2012)
- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Sports Meet (2010) with Sushil Kumar and Dhanraj Pillay
- Terry For Marathon with Satpal Singh and Mohammad Azruddin (2010)
- Guest at Limca Book of Records with Vijender Singh, Jwala Gutta, Gagan Narang, Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar, etc.(2011)
- Chal Leh Bhag Leh Sports Event
- Deepalaya School Sports Meet (2011)
- Dev Samaj School Sports Meet (2012)
- KAPSONS for its Brand Promotion, Kirti Nagar, 2012