Chirag Yadav, a Volleyball Champion and an Art student of Parul University, is all set to represent India at the Asian Championship that is to take place in Japan. The 2021 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship will be the 21st edition of the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship, a worldwide volleyball competition by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) in collaboration with Japan Volleyball Affiliation (JVA). The competition will be held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan in September 2021.
Chirag, who hails from Haryana, is a 2nd-year student of Parul University’s Faculty of Arts, Journalism, and Mass Communication. He is amongst the University’s students to be awarded the sports scholarship under its scholarship scheme. Throughout his sporting career, Chirag has displayed a record of excellence placing him at the top of the game and bagging numerous medals and titles in competitions.
He has made some notable achievements which include winning a Gold medal at the Khelo India youth games in Guwahati Assam, A Silver medal at the U-23 Asian Championship, in Myanmar, in the year 2019, participated in the Youth National Championship held in Rajasthan and he went on to win the Bronze medal at the U – 19 National championship, Karnataka. In addition to this he also took part in the Junior National Championships held in West Bengal and went on to participate in the Khelo India National Championships held in Pune, Maharashtra, and he won the bronze medal in his participation at the U -19 National Championship, held in Himachal (2017).
Parul University has allowed students to showcase their expertise while at the same time enhancing their knowledge in the numerous fields of academics. This has been further helping the youth to come up and inspire others to showcase and explore their sporting talents and expertise. Chirag not only stands as the pride of the University, but his pursuit for his passion has also made him the pride of India and soon, of Asia.
“As a University, we are truly proud of the achievement which Chirag Yadav has made, I am confident that he will go on to make the nation proud in this new sporting endeavor”, said the University’s Vice President, Dr. Parul Patel.
