Rajan Khinvasara- Chairman of Manisha Group of Companies is the man behind successful Real Estate Company known by its development in Residential, Commercial / Shopping Mall, IT Parks, Multiplex; Entertainment and Hospitality in Pune.
He is the President of Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) as well the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra (BSAM)
He has served 2 Terms as Vice President of BSFI: Yr. 2010-2014 & Yr. 2014-2018 & as President of BSAM (Yr. 2014- 17). Vice President of BSAM for two terms (Yr. 2008-2011 & Yr. 2011- 2014)
Dated back in 1985, he recalls his first encounter with the world of cue sports at The New Club (Poona) Ltd; and thereafter at The Poona Club, where he developed his passion to play snooker and got playing at the Poona Club. Since then it’s been 36 years and there’s no looking back. When asked to share this journey, he is amazed and proud to reach at a level where he is able to contribute immensely to this sport. From being the Title sponsor of 13 National Championships held across India (Year 2006- 2020) & 2 Asian Championships held in India (Yr. 2014 & 2018 to 6 World Championships (Yr. 2007 to 2019), the feat continues.
Year 2021 was a challenging year for the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI); but Kudos to the President, Rajan Khinvasara that despite the pandemic and dire situations , BSFI has successfully managed to end 2021 on an optimistic & commendable note for the Cue-sports Fraternity of India.
With prevalent Covid restrictions and limitations “The 88th Billiards and Snooker Nationals and 10th 6 Red Snooker” took off with a bang on the 24th of November 2021 and successfully concluded with a dash of splendor on 29th of Dec 2021, just before the omicron surge across the country.
The Nationals were postponed by 10 months, due to the Pandemic, nevertheless the President and his team were determined and how.” this was the first time that both the 2 Championships were hosted in the same venue successively”.
With unfeigned thanks to the Almighty for its benign blessings that sailed us through the 36 days of this magnanimous Championship without anyone being affected by Covid, Mr. Rajan Khinvasara expressed his heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Sunil Bajaj, the most efficient Secretary-General of BSFI & Hon. Secretary of MPBSA & his team members for the tremendous work without which this tournament wouldn’t have been possible; the Chancellor & CMD- Er. Sanjeev Agarwal of SAGE University and his subordinates for generously supporting BSFI with top class facilities and a majestic venue of the SAGE University; The M.P. Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs, Mr. Ashok Shandilya, the National Coach & team and the Chief Referee, Mr. Prakash Mehrotra and his fellow referees.
This 36 days National Championship witnessed the participation of 970 players from age 11 to 70 years; it was notably a marathon compendium of 14 Events, diligently conducted by 26 Referee-Official.
The winners were:
1. 10th 6 Red Snooker– S. Shrikrishna (PSPB)
2. Ladies- Vidya Pillai (Kar).
3. 88th Senior Billiards- Pankaj Advani (PSPB)
4. 88th Senior Snooker- Ishpreet Singh (Mah)
5. 30th Ladies Billiards- Varshaa Sanjeev (Kar)
6. 30th Ladies Snooker- Amee Kamani (MP).
7.46th Junior Boys- Billiards -Rayaan Razmi ( Mah).
8. 46th junior boys Snooker- Rayaan Razmi (Mah).
9. 14th junior girls-Billiards- Anupama R. (TN).
10. 14th junior girls Snooker- Anupama R. (TN)
11. 17th Sub junior boys Billiards- Sumehr Mago (Mah).
12. 17th Sub junior boys Snooker- Ranveer Duggal (Chand).
13. 14th Sub junior girls Billiards- Snenthra Babu (TN)
14. 14th Sub junior girls Snooker- Kanisha Jurani (MP).
Overcoming the never ending obstacles and creating such grandeur moment as the concluding Nationals is an achievement to boast but the relentless Mr. Rajan Khinvasara exclaims. ‘it’s still a long way to go …he will take a toast only when this sport gets the much deserving fame and position on the Indian Sports scene and a top spot in the Olympics”. His thrust is towards marketing and branding of Cue sports on Pan India level in order to tap as much potential from the smaller cities and rural areas and bring in new players/ talent in the forefront. He wishes to see cue sports being coached in every school and colleges in India, as part of their curriculum.

Bhopal: Billiards and snooker are becoming very popular among the youth in our country. The Sports Department and the Federation are constantly striving to promote this sport. Sage Group organizes many events and competitions to engage the youth in sports along with the future-ready academic facilities. The 88th Sage Billiards and Snooker Nationals 2021 started today hosted by Sage University Bhopal. The tournament is organized by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI), MP Billiards and Snooker Association from Madhya Pradesh, and Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh are partners in this event. This tournament started on 24 November 2021 and will run till 29 December 2021. Over 1000 national and state players will compete for 18 titles in the tournament. SAGE University Bhopal invites everyone to witness such a grand tournament and encourage participants to play their best!

Telangana’s youngster Dhruv Sinh entered the next round with a scintillating performance by winning two matches on the third day of the championship. In his first victory, Dhruv defeated Madhya Pradesh player N. Choudhary in a very contested match. In this match of Best of Seven Frames, both the players were tied 2-2 in the Frames table for four frames. After this, both the players won 1-1 frame and 3-3 equals. Displaying solid concentration and graceful style in the deciding seventh frame, Choudhary did not let one go and won the match by winning the frame. In his second match, Dhruv Sinh faced Shah Aluf of Kerala, and Dhruv immediately took a 3-1 lead, maintaining the momentum of the first match. But Shah Aluf tried to return by doing the fifth frame in his favor. But like in the first match, when the need arose, Dhruv played carefully, increasing the star of his concentration and winning the sixth frame and winning the match also turned the match in his favor. The match scores in Dhruv’s first match were 30-13, 23-31,05-42,35-18, 01-40, 42-47, and 40-06 points in his favor. In the second match which Dhruv won, his score was 47-39, 32-28, 05-33, 45-00, 04-47, and 33-23 points in his favor. The students of SAGE University encouraged the players by being thrilled and inspired by them. Although on one hand Shah Aluf lost a match, on the other hand, his fellow Kerala player Marshad showed attractive potting to Madhya Pradesh player Vipul Ambekar 41-12, 29-06, 13-48, 13-48, 00-38, 34-12, and defeated by 28-20 points. Another player from Telangana V Sanjay also performed an excellent game on this day. He played Uttarakhand player Saksham Gyrola in an exciting match that lasted for seven frames. Defeated by 36-25, 35-47, 38-11, 01-37, 00-45, 36-29, and 40-29 marks. Digvijay Kadia, the shining star of snooker from Haryana, also displayed his amazing style and won the two matches playing confidently. In the first match, Digvijay defeated Kerala player M Midhun by 20-33, 47-08, 04-72, 45-08, 64-00, and 38-16, in which the winner scored 64 points in the fifth frame. Also applied a solid brake. Whereas in his second match, Digvijay defeated Manish Khaporde of Madhya Pradesh by 50-00, 47-03, 48-15, and 48-12 points and did not give his competitor in the entire match. In another match, Punjab’s Rishi Khosla defeated Assam’s Sumit Sridhar by 4-3 frames in a fierce battle to enter the next round. Scores in favor of Rishi were 34-21, 32-24, 15-43, 13-39, 22-30, 22-14, and 42-25. Gangadhar of Andhra entered the next round by defeating Kankanala of Telangana 35-09, 49-20, 43-15, 07-51, 26-33, 18-38, and 51-12 in another match. Altogether, 52 matches were played today, which thrilled all the spectators and the students of SAGE University, indicating that in the coming days, the popularity of this game will reach every youth of the country.

2021 National Championships for Billiards, Snooker, 6 Red Snooker for Men, Women, Juniors and Sub Juniors

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Many Congratulations Pankaj Advani for winning the finals of Asian snooker championship 2021 Doha, Qatar

Pankaj Advani mastered the Doha tables, won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by 6-3 in a convincing way against a strong contender Amir Sarkosh (Iran)