Prachi Tehlan

Prachi Tehlan
Born Delhi, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality  India
Alma mater Montfort Senior Secondary School
Jesus & Mary College
University of Delhi
IMT Ghaziabad
Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies
GGSIPU, New Delhi
Occupation Netballer, basketballer, actress
Years active 2002–present
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Prachi Tehlan
Medal record
Silver Medal at 2011 South Asian Beach Games
Gold Medal at 34th 2011 National Games of India
Last updated: 12 December 2015

Prachi Tehlan is an Indian netball and basketball player, and an actress.

Prachi is former captain of the Indian Netball Team which represented India in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and in other major Asian Championships in 2010-11. Under her captaincy, the Indian team won its first medal in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. She has been given the title of “Queen of The Court” by The Times of India & “Lass of The Rings” by The Indian Express. She was the brand ambassador of Netball Development Trust- India for 2011-2013. She supports Indian Collegiate Athletic Program (ICAP) and has agreed to be a mentor of the program.

She made her acting debut in the TV series Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus in January 2016.[1]

Early Life & Education

She did her schooling from Montfort School, New Delhi. She graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi and completed her PG Diploma in Marketing Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. She had 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 in Development Bank of Singapore, Deloitte, Accenture and 1800Sports.in. 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 while still studying in School. She was selected to attend the Indian Camp thrice in 2004, in Cuttack, Orissa.

Basketball

Netball

Acting career

Prachi decided to accept an offer from Shashi Sumeet Productions and make her acting debut with side character role in the highly rated TV drama Diya Aur Baati Hum, on Star Plus channel in January 2016. She lost 15kg (33lbs) of weight to prepare for the role. Prachi stated her reasons to put her sporting career on hold due to the lack of opportunities and sponsors for female players of netball and basketball in India. Currently playing side character role in Diya Aur Baati Hum

Filmography

Television
Year(s) Show Channel Character Notes
2016 Diya Aur Baati Hum Star Plus Arzoo Rathi side character

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ Netball captain-turned-actress asked to lose 15 kilos for her show http://timesofindia.com/
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