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Prachi Tehlan- Netballer and Basketball player.

Prachi Tehlan- Netballer and Basketball player.


Prachi is a netballer and basketball player of India. She is the winner of various awards and accolades. She was captain of the Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and in major Asian Championships in 2010-11. She got the title of “Queen of Court” by The Times of India.

Prachi Tehlan  born 2 October 1989, in Delhi and she is an Indian netball and basketball player, and an actress.
Tehlan was captain of the Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and in other major Asian Championships in 2010-11. Under her captaincy, the Indian team won its first medal under in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. She has been titled as “Queen of The Court” by The Times of India & “Lass of The Rings” by The Indian Express. She was the brand ambassador for Netball Development Trust- India for 2011-2013. She supports Indian Collegiate Athletic Program (ICAP) and has agreed to be a mentor for the program.
She made her acting debut in the TV series Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus in January 2016.



About her  Life & Education

She started her schooling from Montfort School, New Delhi. She graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi and completing her PG Diploma in Marketing Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. She enrolled in Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, GGSIP University, Delhi where she completed her Post Graduation in MBA (HR and Marketing).
Prachi Tehlan has an MBA in human relations from Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She graduated from Jesus & Mary College,University of Delhi. She has worked on various projects with the Development Bank of Singapore, Deloitte, Accenture and 1800Sports.in. Currently she has been working as Consultant at Accenture. She is contributing to a project named UDAAN - Skills to Succeed for Mobilization, Training and Employment of youths from Jammu and Kashmir under National Skill Development Council, Delhi

Sports career

She started her sports career from Basketball at National level from School. She got selected to attend the Indian Camp thrice in 2004, in Cuttack, Orissa.

Basketball

  • 2002-2007
    • Played 2 sub junior nationals (under-14), Pondicherry and Karnataka. (2002–03)
    • Represented Delhi 8 times in under-17 category out of which the team secured position 3 times. Played on the grounds of- Kotkapura (Punjab), Chittoor (AP), Gotan (Rajasthan), Kangra (HP), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), Chandigarh, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Hyderabad etc.
    • Represented Delhi 3 times in under-19 category and secured 1st position all the three times. Played on the grounds of Delhi.
  • 2008
    • 2008: Secured 1st position in Basketball inter-college and got 1st position in Inter University at Bhubaneshwar and All India at Nelloor
  • 2009
    • 2009: Secured 1st position in Basketball inter-college and participated in Inter University held in Punjab.



Netball

  • Won a Gold Medal in 54th National Games.
  • Played Inter College thrice and scored 1st position.
  • Represented Delhi in Senior Nationals.
  • Played Indo-Singapore series, 2010 held in Delhi & Noida, won it by 5-0.
  • Captain of the team in 7th Youth Asian Championship, 2010 held in Delhi.
  • Participated and captained the Senior Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
  • Represented India and was the captain of the senior team in 6th Nation Cup, Singapore-2010.
  • Represented India and was captain of Indian team in 2011 South Asian Beach Games.
  • Position- 2nd. This was the first ever medal won by Indian team at international level.
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