Prachi Tehlan

Tehlan did her schooling at an unaided Christian minority school named Montfort Senior Secondary School, Delhi. She graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi and completed her PG Diploma in Marketing Management from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. She had enrolled in Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, GGSIP University, Delhi where she completed her Masters in Business Administration (HR and Marketing).

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 youth from Jammu and Kashmir under National Skill Development Council, Delhi.

She started her sports career with basketball playing at the national level while still in school. She was selected to attend the Indian Camp thrice in 2004, in Cuttack, Orissa.

Netball

Prachi in an event

• Won a Gold Medal in 54th National Games.
• Played Inter College thrice and scored 1st position.
• Represented Delhi in Senior Nationals.
• Played Indo-Singapore series, 2010 held in Delhi & Noida, won it by 5-0.
• Captain of the team in 7th Youth Asian Championship, 2010 held in Delhi.
• Participated and captained the Senior Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
• Represented India and was captain of the senior team in 6th Nation Cup, Singapore-2010.
• Represented India and was captain of Indian team in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. The team bagged a silver medal. This was the first ever medal won by Indian team at an international level.

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 15 kg (33 lbs) of weight to prepare for the role.[4] 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.[5] In 2017, she played a leading actress role in the Punjabi movie Bailaras . She was last seen in Malayalam movie Mamangam (2019).[6][7][8]

• India won its first international medal under her captaincy in South Asian Beach Games, 2011 (Oct), Sri Lanka.
• Youngest Captain of any Netball in the Commonwealth Games 2010.
• Awarded as Sports Women of the Year 2010 by Jesus and Mary College and recognized as a Sports Achiever in Delhi University Achievers List.
• Short films made by Delhi Ajtak, Pragya T.V, Focus T.V, Living India by Ayur Group and NDTV. (2010, 2011)
• Subject of various articles published by leading newspapers, magazines and internet-
  • NDTV (2011) featured as one of the top 10 Hottest Sports Women in India.
  • India Today (2010) featured as one of the Top 10 Glamorous faces of Commonwealth Games-2010.
  • Sports Keeda (2010),
  • Cupid speaks(2010),
  • Hindustan Times (2010),
  • Times of India (2010), article “Queen of the Courts”.
  • Amar Ujala (2010,2011);
  • Indian Express (2005), article “Lass of the Rings”.
  • Chief Guest on various sports meets and social events(2010- 2012)
  • Chief Guest at IIM Kashipur sports meet (2016)
  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Sports Meet (2010) with Sushil Kumar and Dhanraj Pillay
  • Terry For Marathon with Satpal Singh and Mohammad Azruddin (2010)
  • Guest at Limca Book of Records with Vijender Singh, Jwala Gutta, Gagan Narang, Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar, etc.(2011)
  • Chal Leh Bhag Leh Sports Event
  • Deepalaya School Sports Meet (2011)
  • Dev Samaj School Sports Meet (2012)
  • KAPSONS for its Brand Promotion, Kirti Nagar, 2012

• Sana Dua

Prachi Tehlan Biography

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• Prachi Tehlan on IMDb