KATHMANDU, JULY 13

The Kathmandu Badminton Academy and Presidential Business School reached an agreement for the sponsorship of the academy here today.

KBA President Rita Bista and Presidential Business School Chairman Laxman KC exchanged the memorandum of understanding amidst a ceremony organised to felicitate the legendary coaches on the occasion of Teacher's Day.

As per the two-year title sponsorship deal, Presidential Business School will provide KBA with Rs 500,000 cash per year and one million rupees worth scholarships to the academy's students for bachelors and masters degree studies. In return, the academy will be named as Presidential Kathmandu Badminton Academy.

Presidential Business School Principal and Director Kalpana Gurung thanked KBA for providing them with platform to connect with sports fraternity.

'We feel proud to be associated with the KBA. As an educational institution, our main focus is on education excellence of our students,' she said. 'We always borrow stories from sports sector to motivate our students.'

The KBA felicitated legendary coaches of badminton Triratna Manandhar, Uday Kumar Shrestha, Prakash Uday, Rajani Joshi and Shanti Manandhar along with sports journalist Kushal Timalsina. According to KBA General Secretary Deepak Thapa, four coaches - Pranav Kumar Talukdar, Uttam Simkhada, Dharma Lal Shrestha and Mahendra Lal Shrestha - could not attend the programme.

The KBA also remembered late Gyan Bahadur Khadka, Dilendra Bir Pandey and Purushottam KC on the occasion.

National Sports Council Member Secretary Tanka Lal Ghising, Nepal Olympic Committee General Secretary Nilendra Raj Shrestha, Nepal Golf Association President Tashi Ghale, Nepal Badminton Association President Ramji Bahadur Shrestha, Nepal National and International Players Association President Deepak Shrestha and Kathmandu District Badminton Association Vice-president Prem Ayer handed over memento to the coaches and sports journalist Timalsina.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 14, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.