ARYA Rahul Dagwar, a talented player from Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana (SNG), has been selected to represent Maharashtra State basketball team in the 40th Youth National Basketball Championship, being held in Pondicherry from April 9 to 16. A student of Bhavan’s BP Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, Arya is daughter of Dr Rahul and Mousami Dagwar. She trains at Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana courts under the expert guidance of Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee Shatrughna Gokhale and NIS coach Vinay Chikate.

 

Arya’s basketball journey has been marked with consistent excellence. She earlier represented Maharashtra in the 68th National School Games (U-17 Basketball Championship) held in Chennai in January 2025, where the team secured a silver medal. She also played in the 47th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in November 2022, where the team won bronze medal.