Jay Shankar Menon
Jay Shankar Menon
First Basketball Player from South Asian region to represent ‘ASIAN ALL STAR’ Basketball team. Represented Asian All star Basketball team (comprising of top 16 Basketball players of Asia) at the Basketball extravaganza held at Seoul in 1997.
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- Captained Indian Basketball team at the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship in 1996 at Seoul.
- Winner of 2 Gold Medal in SAF Games held at Colombo ‘91 & Chennai ‘95
- Member of Indian Basketball team which secured ‘Silver Medal’ at the Kelantan International B’ball tournament held at Kota Bharu, Malayasia in ‘91
- Represented Indian Basketball team in 4 Asian Basketball Championships.
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- Represented Indian Basketball team for 11 years.
- Participated in 15 Senior Nationals and secured Gold Medal 5 times, Silver and Bronze Once.
- Captained TN State Basketball team which won the Calcutta Nationals- 1996
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Bangkok- 1987: Beijing – 1989: Kobe (Japan) – 1991 & Seoul – 1995
Recipient of MVP (Most Valuable Player) award in 2 Interzone Basketball Championships.
Awards :
- Recipient of Outstanding Sports Person Award from Dr. J. Jayalalitha, the former Chief Minister of Tamilnadu – 1993.
- Recipient of Outstanding Sports Person award of Indian Bank – 1992
- Brand Ambassador of Chennai Marathon organised by SDAT.
- Recipient of Guruvacharya Award for the year 2016 constituted by the National Institute for Education & Research (NIER) India.
Accolades:
- Founder & Secretary General of IBPA, the Integrated Basketball Players Association, formerly known as Indian Basketball Players Association.
- Founder Secretary of Kerala Sports persons Association (KESPA) Chennai.
- Former Member – Sports Committee of Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
- Expert Basketball Commentator for DD Sports
- Former Regional & District Service Director – Sports Y’s Men International South India Region.
- Director of Professional Basketball Academy.
Advisor, Wheel Chair Basketball Federation of India