New Delhi, March 28: Munna Khalid, a PhD student of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has won silver medal in the 6th National Para Badminton Championship 2024 held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand during 19-23 March 2024. The championship was organised by Badminton Association of India and sponsored by Tata Steel Foundation. A total of 567 para players from about 28 states and 4 union territories participated in this national championship.
Khalid won the silver medal along with his partner Shashank Kumar. For the gold medal, Munna Khalid and Shashank Kumar gave a tough fight to national champions for the last five years and lost in three sets 1-2 (21-12, 14-21 & 14-21).
In December last year Khalid won the bronze medal in ‘Khelo India Para Games 2023’ and recently he participated in Para Badminton World Championship 2024 also.
Khalid aims to win medals in the upcoming Asian Games and Paralympics and bring glory to the country, state and JMI. A student of PhD in Hindi Literature at JMI, Khalid had earlier completed his B.Sc.(Hons), MSW and M.A Hindi also from JMI.
