Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay on Friday laid the foundation stone for an archery academy at Lower Karmang in Namchi district. The academy has been named after state’s Olympian archer Padmashri Tarundeep Rai.
Tarundeep Rai, a three-time Olympian archer, was conferred with the Padma Shree Award by President of India Ramnath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi in 2021. Hailing from Purano Namchi in South Sikkim, Tarundeep received Arjuna Award in 2005.
Rai is the first Indian to win an individual men’s silver medal in archery at the 16th Asian Games in 2010 in China and a silver medal in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth and 16th Asian games 2010. Olympian archer Tarundeep Rai at present holds the post of Subedar in the Indian Army.
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