From a very young age, Arin started participating in table tennis tournaments.
This 7-year-old table tennis prodigy, last year competed with advance players in the U-10 category at district rankings and proved his skills.
“Arin gained this self-confidence, focus and concentrated approach towards table tennis and studies from Rising Star program”, says Arjeet Mukherjee, Arin’s father.
Arjeet his father is himself a sports enthusiast and an avid runner and cyclist, he always sees his son Arin to pick up some sports rather than sitting home and switching TV channels.
Arin started to join his father on his morning runs, this helps him choose sports and when he joined Swimming under the coach Ruplai Repale he became more focused.
“It was during the 2018 Palava Summer Camp that we saw Arin’s inclination towards table tennis. After the camp, we approached the PCMA team, who helped us enroll him with the table tennis coaching program”, says Shilpi Mukherjee, Arin’s mother.
From here, there was no looking back. Arin participated in Palaso 2018 and basis his performance; he got selected for ‘Palava Rising Star’ program.
During his summer vacations, Arin dedicatedly attended daily sessions of TT which starts at 5:00 am. He never missed a single TT session. ‘Palava Rising Star’ is an excellent sporting program where kids get to learn, be part of various sports sessions within and outside Palava.” says Shilpi Muherjee.
Today, Arin has developed a good sense of concentration and enthusiasm to learn more things. “At school Arin’s attentive nature is impressive”, mentions his class teacher. His teachers insisted Arjeet and Shipli to continue with Arin’s TT sessions and provide help in studies whenever required.
The journey of Arin from nowhere to junior TT sensation was challenging. Arjeet quit his job from a multinational IT firm and started his own business to give more attention to Arin’s TT coaching, while Shilpi is still juggling around her office hours and managing Arin’s whereabouts.
“With secure eco-system, close community and excellent sports and coaching facilities, Palava is producing national and international sportspersons”, say proud parents of Arin.
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