Sahara felicitates India's leading archers Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate and the prime promoter and patron of sports in India, on April 20, 2010, as a part of its emotional commitment towards the betterment of sports in India, joined hands with the Archery Association of India (AAI) to motivate the sportspersons of this skill-based sport. Sahara also announced to give incentives to at least 14 archers each year, starting from 2009-10 onwards. Excerting the opportunity very passionately provided by Sahara in the tie-up agreement, the AAI, through a three-member panel, reviewed the performance of archers from across the country for 2009-10 and consequently selected 24 archers under the Achievers and Promisers categories for receiving cash awards by Sahara India Pariwar. Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Head Corporate Communication, Sahara India Pariwar, said, " we are proud to be associated with the game of archery and hope the cash award provided to the Achieving and Promising archers would encourage them to perform better and bring glory and laurels to the country. Sahara, under the able leadership of our Chairman and Managing Worker, Saharasri Subrata Roy, has once again set an example in the promotion of sports in India. Archers selected for Sahara's cash awards for 2009-10 Recurve Men Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia Recurve Women Dola Banerjee, Rimil Buruily, L. Bombayla Devi and V. Pranitha Compound Men I.R. Sanam, C. Srither, Chungda Sherpa and Kh. Ratan Singh Compound Women Manjudha Soy, Jhano Hansdah, Bheigyabati Chanu and Namita Yadav Promising archers: Recurve Boys Atanu Das and Sanjay Boro. Recurve Girls Deepika Kumari and Seema Verma. Compound Boys Ch. Jignas and Ritul Chatterjee. Compound Girls S. Jayalakshmi and Gagandeep Kaur. About Sahara India Pariwar Sahara India Pariwar is a multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include Finance, Real Estate, Media & Entertainment, Tourism & Hospitality, Healthcare, Consumables, and Services & Trading.