Chikkanda Bhagyasri

Chikkanda Bhagyasri is a sportsperson from Andagove village in Kodagu. A hockey talent from Kodagu has represented many tournaments.

Family

Father

Chikkanda Prabhu Madappa

Mother

Chikkanda Renuka Madappa

Education

• Schooling at St. Mary’s English Medium School at Suntikoppa
• Completed her PU education from the Government College in Madikeri
• Graduated from Field Marshal Cariappa College

Career

• She was selected to Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel in Madikeri at the age of 12.
• Honing her skills in hockey under the tutelage of Coach Vivek Chaturvedi, she was selected to the State women’s hockey squad

Achievements

• She was the Manager of Karnataka Hockey squad which is took part in the seventh Indian Sub-Junior Hockey Championship at Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu.
• In 2011 she played in the National Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament at Chhatisgarh
• National Games at New Delhi in 2011
• National Women’s Championship at Hyderabad,
•  Second National Junior Hockey Meet at Haryana in 2012
• 58th National Hockey Championship at Punjab
• Third Junior Hockey Meet at Ranchi in 2013
• Fourth National Junior Hockey meet in Mysore in 2014
• National Games at Uttar Pradesh and Kerala in 2015
• Sixth National Meet held at Bangalore and the ties at Haryana, UP and also in Mangalore, organised by Association of Indian Universities in 2016,
• She has 11 National meets to her credit, thus bringing laurels to the State.